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Mark Frauenfelder is the founding editor-in-chief of MAKE magazine, the founder of Boing Boing, and the editor-in-chief of Cool-Tools. org.

[caption id="attachment_7660" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via Flickr[/caption] Not everyone — ok, almost no one — can pull a Thoreau and go running into the woods in the pursuit of a deliberate life. But in the summer time, many of us can take a few blissful days off to retreat into the great outdoors and refresh our minds.

[caption id="attachment_7620" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image by Josiah MacKenzie via Flickr[/caption] The stereotype of the artist who stays up all night and drinks themselves to an early death has been interrupted in the last few years by a new class of thinkers who take physical health as seriously as they take the health of their creative pursuits. From avid runner and author Haruki Murakami to entrepreneur and fitness advocate Tim Ferriss, the importance of physical health on creativity has gotten a lot more attention of late.

[caption id="attachment_7603" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via Cornell University[/caption] Fidgety kids are often relegated to the back of the classroom, but that may be the wrong approach. A new study out from researchers at Stanford found that students who move around might be less likely to absorb information or be able to recall it during a testing situation.

[caption id="attachment_7594" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image by Lori H. Designs via Flickr[/caption] Getting started with quilting can be daunting -- where do you even begin?