This experience has changed my perception of shopping . . . I’d be likely to turn to the Web first in the future.

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Home is an emotional state that can be evoked and fostered by the right surroundings.

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If you haven’t heard the term “co-housing” already, you will. Just Google it, and you’ll turn up a whole new world.

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Something in us needs to be thrilled. We long to experience awe. To be a “bride married to amazement,” as poet Mary Oliver says. I believe it’s a true human requirement, and cheap thrills just won’t do.

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I recently heard that marketers are following research on the hormone oxytocin – the brain chemical that seems to play a large role in engendering empathy and trust. This is the stuff being called “the bonding hormone” or the “in-love chemical,” and you can just imagine where this leads in a brave new world. I’m already waiting to get spritzed with it when I walk into Macy’s; I’m sure to desire everything in sight.

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