Susan O'Connell brought up an interesting paradox to the enthusiasm surrounding the Zen-inspired Enso Village retirement housing in Healdsburg. She said it's about better spiritual living until ...

These are some of the many “Zen-inspired” amenities for residents of the newly constructed Enso Village in Healdsburg, a new retirement community that’s the first of its kind in the country.

Or, to put it into Apple argot, insane simplicity. Zen is everywhere in the company's design. It's the industrial design equivalent of the enso, or hand-drawn circle, the most fundamental form of ...