“one kind word can warm three winter months.”
~japanese proverb
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painting by: alisa black – ‘a winter’s day’
Dec21
Monthly Archives: December 2017
Dec20
louse.
one of my favorite teacher gifts.
ever.
Dec19
national security.
Dec18
sweaters.
“sweaters need to be imagined, dreamed over.”
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― stephanie pearl-mcphee:
Knitting Rules!: The Yarn Harlot Unravels the Mysteries of Swatching, Stashing, Ribbing & Rolling to Free Your Inner Knitter
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image credit: faerie magazine
Dec17
the works.
before i left the salon
i booked my next appointment
after discussing what services
i’d be interested in
as i walked back to my car
i read the receptionist’s summary
of what i’d requested
stated in two words:
“the works”
i had better plan to be there for a while.
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“great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.”
-samuel johnson
Dec16
cachinnate.
not me, but very similar.
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at times,
(sometimes at the most inappropriate of times),
i have been known to cachinnate.
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credits: google images, merriam-webster dictionary
Dec15
first class.
mister rogers will get his own stamp in 2018
in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, fred rogers’s groundbreaking PBS series that the USPS says “inspired and educated young viewers with warmth, sensitivity, and honesty,” the mail service shared a mockup of what the final stamp may look like. on it, rogers—decked out in one of his trademark colorful cardigans (all of which were hand-knitted by his mom, smiles for the camera alongside king friday XIII, ruler of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.
though no official release date for fred’s forever stamp has been given, mister rogers is just one of many legendary figures who will grace a piece of postage in 2018.
singer/activist Lena Horne will be the 41st figure to appear as part of the USPS’s Black Heritage series, while former Beatle John Lennon will be the face of the newest Music Icons collection. Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, will also be honored.
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“every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.”
-michel de montaigne
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credits: usps, mental floss, jennifer wood
Dec14
special quality.
“even in winter an isolated patch of snow has a special quality.”
-andy goldsworthy
Dec13
stop time.
two of my grandies at the detroit zoo
experiencing the butterfly house
firsthand
and finding
just who exactly
is patiently sitting with them
waiting for his identity to be discovered. 
“wonder is the heaviest element on the periodic table.
even a tiny fleck of it stops time.”
― Diane Ackerman
Dec12
melt.
littlest hands
with
careful touch
make soft-rolled fluffy snowmen
of whitest peppermint dough.
something’s lost
and
something’s gained
each time someone new arrives
rising from the sparkly snow.
“we build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.”
-walter scott
I didn't have my glasses on.... 