After an exceedingly long, exceedingly busy couple of years—during which any time I wasn’t actively doing something, I was worrying about things I should be doing—I woke up one morning with ...

After an exceedingly long, exceedingly busy couple of years—during which any time I wasn’t actively doing something, I was worrying about things I should be doing—I woke up one morning with ...

While puttering, one often has a list and a timeline. Things get done by puttering, not in spite of puttering, as is the case with my own putzing. Here’s an example of the more linear and well ...

The act of puttering is not conducive to short bursts. I need time to ease into puttering, which feels weird to say now that I’ve written it down and am looking at my words, but it’s true.

Puttering Away the Day. August 19, 2004. By Mary Jane Solomon. Summer just isn't summer until I've played at least one game of miniature golf: There's something so carefree and old-fashioned about ...

My father bought an old-fashioned, human powered lawn mower for us to use as children, because my mother convinced him it was safer than those motorized ones.

Beware: Puttering around on golf carts can be hazardous to your health. Those little vehicles that lurch and buzz past fairways and greens — and increasingly down suburban streets — might be a ...

Puttering is a tonic relaxation from the mechanical efficiency of our professional selves, a corrective of the extreme specialization that, otherwise, would result in our becoming all foot, ...