Monthly Archives: July 2006

Last week, an acquaintance explained to me at some length how he’d managed to give up coffee. I’m a deeply committed coffee-drinker, so I must confess I wasn’t very interested hearing his tactics. But what did interest me was the fact that he didn’t have any particular reason to give up coffee. No, it didn’t make him jittery, and it … →

Every Wednesday is Tip Day. This Wednesday: Tips…for using Ziploc bags. For years, I hesitated to use Ziploc bags. I’ve always loved them, but it seemed very wasteful to buy a bunch of plastic bags, especially because so often they’d just be thrown away. (I knew I would never be one of those people who will wash and re-use Ziploc … →

We were in East Hampton over the holiday weekend, for a wedding. We stayed with friends, and had a wonderful time at the wedding and during our stay, but I did notice that I found myself thinking a lot about money. Maybe it’s because July is the month when I’m focusing on the connection between money and happiness, but I … →

“The fountain of content must spring up in the mind…he, who has so little knowledge of human nature, as to seek happiness by changing any thing, but his own dispositions, will waste his life in fruitless efforts, and multiply the griefs which he purposes to remove.” — Samuel Johnson