We don’t sulk with everybody. We limit our sulks to a very particular person: the person who’s supposed to love us and understand us. And we make this equation that if you love me, you’re supposed to understand me even if I don’t explain what’s wrong. Alain de Botton Dogs behave much the same way…
July 3: 911 memorial
“If there is any solace to be found in the carnage of September 11th, may I find it in understanding that the potential to do great good can handily rival the tendency to carry out great evil. And out of that understanding may I commit in my own life to make certain that in such…
July 4: Happy Independence Day!Â
If you think Independence Day is America’s defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down. Tony Snow I would agree that although this is an awesome summer holiday for all the right reasons, in celebrating the independence of this amazing country, thanksgiving is pretty much THE holiday of the year, and celebration of family.…
July 2: New car
The secret to happiness is freedom… And the secret to freedom is courage. Thucydides So, after much discussion back and forth, the time has come for Caitlin to buy her own car to have the freedom of not having to use her bicycle, or wait for the bus. Exciting times, freedom to go where she…
June 30: New apartment
“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.” — Charlotte Brontë (Jane Eyre) Well, it’s official…Cait is not coming home for summer, and has just moved into her new apartment…proud that she is so independent and is taking charge of who she is and…