[ad_1] But the basketball court spoke the truth about time. It was broken. The scoreboards were cracked, the paint was peeling and the whole frame stooped, as if bent by 19 years of bad luck. It broke my heart to see the court in that state. I had taken it for granted when I lived […]
[ad_1] Like other nature-based activities, gardening may derive some of its benefits from reducing stress. The attention restoration theory hypothesises that natural stimuli may decrease mental fatigue by gently holding our attention with “soft fascination”. But one trait that makes gardening stand out is that it “requires active participation” and “getting the hands in the […]
[ad_1] In a 2010 study of more than 14,000 people in the Netherlands, for example, researchers concluded that weather conditions were not associated with a low mood. And a 2008 study of more than 1200 people in Germany found that the average effect of weather on mood was small, and that both sunny and rainy […]
