Monthly Archives: June 2007

It’s a small world

Posted on 17th June 2007
in Life, the Universe and Everything Else
by Cath

I met an old friend today. Every year, my city holds a Drive In, a meet of classic cars. They close off the main street and fill it with classic American and international cars. We’ve been a couple of times now, and being British, usually spend our time drooling over [...]

Perception and motivation

Posted on 11th June 2007
in Nostalgia and other random musings
by Cath

A week or so ago, someone commented that I was always keen to learn and that they admired that in me. They’re right, I am. But it doesn’t stem from curiosity or intelligence or any of that stuff. I want to learn because I always have this feeling that I’m [...]

On Courage

Posted on 2nd June 2007
in Writing
by Cath

We’re into the AbsoluteWrite Blogchain #9 and I’m following Virginia Lee, who kicked us off with a post about quitting jobs. It got me thinking about the nature of courage. If someone asked me to define a courageous act, I’d probably tell them about a firefighter going into a burning [...]