Monthly Archives: February 2017

holdouts.

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the last holdouts at the grandies’ slumber party at peaches’ (my) cottage.

cousins, cartoons, baby golf, talking dogs, books,

made-up group stories, pizza, mac ‘n cheese, apple juice, suckers,

stuffed animals, laughing, whispers,

sleeping bags, pillows, pj’s, flashlights,

and not much sleep.

“no one looks back on their life and remembers the nights they got plenty of sleep.”

-author unknown

exchange.

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staff members of the slovak and slovenian embassies meet once a month to exchange incorrectly addressed mail.

close enough, but alas, two very different places. 

i should organize this with my neighbors.

‘i believe that the open exchange of information can have a positive global impact.”

-biz stone

credit: mental floss

short.

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we were an audience of six

(including the organ player)

at the beautiful michigan theatre

where we saw some amazing short films

thus proving once again that

sometimes less is more.

2017-oscar-nominated-short-films-live-action-54“if you have the audience, that is good, that gives you a good motivation!

if you don’t have the audience, that is good, that gives you a good motivation to try to have some!”
― mehmet murat ildan

clarity.

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when you find a perfect circle of ice 

in the bottom of a sand pail

and hold it to the winter’s sun

things become crystal clear.

“there is a beauty and clarity that comes from simplicity that we sometimes

do not appreciate in our thirst for intricate solutions.”

-dieter f. uchtdorf

marvelous.

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what a birthday for grandie j

on an afternoon spent with family and friends at

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imagine a mash-up of

barnum and bailey

music

guiness book of records memorabilia

carnivals, cotton candy, prize tickets

vintage

coin-operated animatronics, mechanical games

and

collections of very imaginable oddity

along with some 

you could never imagine. 

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it was a boy’s dream come true.

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“once a person has all the things they need to live, everything else is entertainment.”
-neal stephenson

fire and ice.

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just chillin’ in the polar ice cave

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when quite suddenly

a firefighter

from out of nowhere

makes a daring rescue

and

enters stage left.


“it’s more fun to experience things when you don’t know what’s going to happen.”

-louis c. k.