When he lost a second term to Thomas Jefferson, John Adams refused to attend the inauguration. But the two founders, who alternately loved and hated each other, reconciled. A timely reminder of the power of civility and dialog for our troubled times.
~July and August~ Leisure
”And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with summer."
F. Scott Fitzgerald's Nick Carraway
"Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious—if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise—think about these things.”