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Conversations with Riley, General Growlings

Riley’s Innocence (And Our Own)

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Me: Excuse me Riley, I need to get something from the cabinet
Riley: ?
<Riley moves, I open cabinet door, Riley looks in>
Riley: …it … opens…
Me: Cabinets do that.
Riley: <in her best George Takei impersonantion> oh my!

In many ways, Riley’s innocence is something we all share, and all too often it is lost too early. 

Spring 2000. Y2K had come and gone with a whimper (where was the chaos I was promised?).  My father had passed away the previous fall (miss you Dad!). And I had just returned to college after a nearly 4 year hiatus.

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Quote of the Day – February 26, 2012 – Thought Control

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Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny.
–Tryon Edwards

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Quote of the Day – February 16, 2012

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“All the pathos and irony of leaving one’s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel: one knows that the first joy can never be recovered, and the wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time.” – Paul Fussell

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Quote of the Day – February 11, 2012

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“We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness if compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.”
– Dr. Seuss

 

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Quote of the day – February 10, 2012

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“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
― Dr. Seuss