“Sometimes you’re 23 and standing in the kitchen of your house making breakfast and brewing coffee and listening to music that for some reason is really getting to your heart. You’re just standing there thinking about going to work and picking up your dry cleaning. And also more exciting things like books you’re reading and trips you plan on taking ( Read more... )

things that you'll remember later about Dookie:

• the friendly but lethargic black dog sleeping under the chairs in the laundry room
  
• those giant biting ants who have built their home right on your doorstep
  
• the sunsets that remind you of Tibet
  
• the Friday afternoon teas with occasional cookies from Andrew's wife Pam
  
• the little green finch that ( Read more... )