had tea and morning meditation with one
surprised and had coffee with another
shared a friendly birthday dinner with yet another, at her in-laws’.
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it was a good day.
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‘be happy for this moment. this moment is your life.”
-omar khayyam
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image credits: google images, pinterest
listen to the aerosmith rock classic “dream on” as you’ve never heard it before
as morgan james belts it out – jazz style.
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credits: postmodern jukebox, morgan james
i love her final gesture
and it made me give pause –
if i were to go today
i would leave behind the following things for others to enjoy:
$7.oo, a sock monkey, photographs, glitter, collage projects, letters and books.
i hope there is no fighting over the monkey.
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“laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.”
-oscar wilde
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credits: getty images, mental floss
one of my kinders
made me this bracelet
and said it would
give me power.
it worked.
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“the power of imagination makes us infinite.”
-john muir
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author unknown
the ponies and friends all came out for the dance party
this time is was a love fest and tea
everyone was welcome
all colors, sizes, shapes and species
they were in their finest fancy fashions
and ready to have fun.
one pony told them she didn’t want to come
because it looked like a boring party
they were kind of sad but then they thought
maybe some other ponies had been mean to her once
and she was just acting that way
because she didn’t want to get her feelings hurt again
so they invited her back and showed her how to be nice.
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“kindness is always fashionable, and always welcome.”
-amelia barr
no students today
teachers get together to talk and play
and
to see how it feels for our kids
as we encourage them to experiment
to play with the process
rather than make a project
for the pure joy of creation
we try out materials
with no expected outcome
just for the chance to see what will happen
when we are finished
we share what we’ve made with each other
and as it happens
each one is a beauty in its own way.
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“colours are brighter when the mind is open.”
-adriana alarcon
working together on a community cleanup project at *the dequindre cut in detroit
on a day filled with helping hands
larger than life art
walkers, runners, bikers, dogs and blue skies.
*the dequindre cut greenway is an urban recreational path in downtown detroit that opened to the public in May of 2009. … formerly a grand trunk railroad line, the dequindre cut is a predominately below-street level 2 mile long greenway with separate lanes for cyclists and pedestrians.
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“if your support the community, they will support you.”
-jerry greenfield
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dequindre-cut, detroit riverfront conservancy
cold, morning rain does little but make one anxious to reach their destination, even if that is work or school. this innovative student solved the problem of hands free walking on one such campus morning in 1969. “U-M engineering student gary keck of detroit is too unconventional to raise an umbrella. he wards off the morning rain with a stylish sombrero. ole!”
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“optimists are neither in denial nor naïve about challenges and difficulties in life.
they simply attend to and acknowledge the positive.”
– eric kim
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credits: oldnews.aadl.org, ann arbor townies
(someone who looks a lot like me at happy hour last night)
“it is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.”
-max eastman
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image credit: funnytimejoy.com
I didn't have my glasses on.... 