Oct11
what we do is less than a drop in the ocean. but if it were missing, the ocean would lack something.– mother teresa
Oct10
essence.
as we share
our stories, our rituals, our celebrations, our food, our connections
we are reminded
as we feel
our songs, our fears, our joys, our tears
we are reminded
as we say
our final goodbyes to c.
we are reminded
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image credit: elephant journal
Oct9
the tarter the apple, the sweeter the cider.- beverly lewis
by the side of the huron river
a stop by the dexter cider mill
is always, always a treat
feels like fall is in the air
very friendly and delicious
even an apple cider slushie
sooooooo good
Michigan is known for having one of the densest networks of traditional, family-owned sweet cider mills (over 125 licensed mills) alongside a massive hard cider industry, producing roughly one billion pounds of apples annually. Established in 1886, Dexter Cider Mill is Michigan’s oldest continuously operating cider mill. It sits right on the banks of the Huron River and uses an original oak rack press.
Selling wood-pressed fresh unpasteurized cider, warm cinnamon doughnuts, caramel apples, apple nut bread, and small-batch hard ciders. Cash or check only.
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“the cider tasted like Michigan too and I always remembered the cider mill.”
– Ernest Hemingway, True at First Light
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source credits: rural innovation exchange, dexter cider mill
Oct8
greatest achievements.
morning walk with friends
to the park
to the cider mill
shared
fresh hot donut
to breakfast
at the little town’s diner
inside
warm, friendly, comfort, yum
outside
a
corner of community
taped to their window
invite for a casual party pace group bike ride
signup for the 2nd anniversary
baseball golf outing
with prizes
fancy door for the fairies
to come and go
as they please
best of all
handmade thank you note
from a child to the diner
joyful art
kind words
curls
swirls
squiggles
biiiiiiig smile
fancy hair
blowing in the wind
balloon?
giant snail ?
baby snails?
maze?
imagination
and
gratitude.
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‘mankind’s greatest achievements are found on thank you notes, not resumes.’
-wes fessler
Wesley (Wes) Fesler (1908-89) was an American football, basketball, baseball player and coach of football and basketball.
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dexter, mi, usa – october 2026
Oct7
i have no words.. wait, i do: ‘gigil.’
owlet
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Gigil (Tagalog):
The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is unbearably cute.
Prononciation: Ghee-gill
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image credit: huffington post
Oct6
look.
the sky
the tree
the berries
i
SEE.
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nature is not stingy
with her miracles
we simply forget to look.
-sara sarna
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argo park, ann arbor, mi, usa, october 2026
Oct5
shoot with your camera, not your weapon.
Orangutans in Borneo – critically endangered
A program in Borneo is paying villagers to photograph wildlife instead of hunting it, turning former hunters into protectors of endangered species. Through the KehatiKu program, run by Borneo Futures, more than 800 people in nine villages in Indonesia’s West Kalimantan province earn up to $200 a month by uploading photos and audio recordings of animals, with bonuses for rare sightings like orangutans. Their contributions have produced 378,000 confirmed observations, including Critically Endangered and Endangered species like the Bornean orangutan and Abbott’s gibbon. “Where previously they caught one bird and it was worth 50,000 rupiah, now they just need to take a photo,” the program’s Indonesia director told AFP, while a 72-year-old farmer named Imelda said, “we really, really want to protect them.” One farmer said the extra income is helping pay for his children’s college educations. Funded through 2028 with $300,000 in philanthropic money, the program is expanding to two more villages next month, and its managing director says there’s now evidence that local forests and wildlife are “valued more for conservation than exploitation.”
‘Through increased awareness and education
World Animal Day (October 4th)
seeks to create a world where animals are always
recognized as sentient beings and full regard is always paid to their welfare.’
-carole king, american musician
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source credits: Aaron Parnas, Borneo Futures Science For Change, Kehati Ku
Oct4
where does it begin?
“in every country in which there has been a loss of freedom, where does it begin?
it begins in news media, in public print, in books, and on the proscenium.
that’s where they attack you first right there.
that’s the bread basket.”
-Rod Serling, writer, creator of ‘the twilight zone’
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credit: anne c. serling (rod’s daughter)
Oct3
with a thousand memories.
Under the harvest moon,
When the soft silver
Drips shimmering
Over the garden nights,
Death, the gray mocker,
Comes and whispers to you
As a beautiful friend
Who remembers.
Under the summer roses
When the flagrant crimson
Lurks in the dusk
Of the wild red leaves,
Love, with little hands,
Comes and touches you
With a thousand memories,
And asks you
Beautiful, unanswerable questions.
-carl sandburg
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for C, you will be missed by so many.
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image credit: cm
Oct2
sloth and the air of possibility.
one of my favorite fund-raisers ever
i love this cause
sitting quietly by the register
at my favorite local mexican street food carryout place.
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“it is better to aim high and miss than to aim low and hit.’
* Les Brown is an American politician and motivational speaker who served as a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives.
Brown was born with his twin brother Wes, in a low-income section of Miami, Florida. He was adopted by Mamie Brown, a 38-year-old single woman who worked as a cafeteria attendant and domestic assistant. Brown said that he was labeled “educable mentally retarded” in elementary school, which damaged his self-esteem and confidence.
When Brown decided to get his life together and get his career going, he was hired by a radio station where he was repeatedly unsuccessful with his speeches. It was only after the on-air failures of the previous afternoon DJ that he was hired full-time. Upon his termination from the radio station, he ran for election in the Ohio House of Representatives and won. After leaving the State Legislature he shifted his career to television and became the host of his own show on PBS and had a syndicated radio show on KFWB in California. Les went on to marry R&B soul singer Gladys Knight, became a motivational speaker, and wrote Live Your Dreams, a motivational self-help book encouraging personal achievement and goal setting.
