“It's tape! Just what I always wanted!”

The couple of hours we had just spent hanging out in the bowling alley and chatting had been far more fun and far less stressful than many of the Christmas gatherings I have endured over the years. 

Boredom has less to do with having too much time than with having to adjust to a different schedule and a different pace of life.

The things we value, the words we use, the traditions we practise – so much of that is rooted in the generations that preceded us. 

In my family, our conversation circulates around the questions that we find important – politics, art, morality, philosophy, religion, activism, and so forth.