Monthly Archives: January 2018

shutdown.

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“truth is like the sun. you can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t goin’ away.”

-elvis presley

polar express.

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#airport #islandlife #mackinacisland #winteronmackinac #airplane #firsttimeonatinyplane #tinyplanes
jodie in the parking lot at mackinac island airport –
january in northern michigan
 

 

“i like the gizmos that transport people.”

-chris van allsburg – (michgan native and author of the polar express)

 

 

 

 

 

 

credits: Mackinac Island Dockporters Association, jodie, roger priebe

 

hurry up summer!

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“spring passes and one remembers one’s innocence.
summer passes and one remembers one’s exuberance.
autumn passes and one remembers one’s reverence.
winter passes and one remembers one’s perseverance.”
-yoko ono

 

 

argo pond at argo park, ann arbor, michigan, usa – summer 2017

how things work.

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seeing firsthand how things work –

up close and personal style.

 

“i always want to know how things work.

had i been aladdin, i am certain that just after one wish or two,

i’d have taken that old lamp apart

to see if I could make another, better lamp.”

-walter p. chrysler

city.

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and this is how a city is born –

urban planning at its finest.

 

“a city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time”
-patrick gedde

glitt-her.

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(yet another underpaid re-enactor)

when at the salon recently

my stylist was combing out my hair and asked:

“why do you have glitter in your hair?”

now, there are many possible scenarios

some more accepted than others

but i suppose in my case

it most likely has to do with

my being

a kindy teacher

a creator of mixed-media collage art

and

a fan of glitter

and i see

that a pattern

has begun to emerge

when family and friends and colleagues

and even my cat

quite often have glitter on them

after spending time with me

and my grandson mentions

that he always finds glitter stuck to him

after we’ve been hanging out together

and people sometimes

brush glitter off of their legs

after getting out of my car

but

some people leave footprints

and

some people leave glitter

and that’s how you know

they’ve been there.

“when you’re around me, you’re going to get glitter on you.”

-kesha

 

photo credits: fx hair studio, all things hair

in honor of martin luther king – dreamer and idealist.

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he did it!

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mark slats arrives on the other side of the pond

The arrival of #IRONMARK #TWAC2017 #MadebytheSea #3000milesToday The Gentle Giant set foot on the island of Antiqua and set a new World Record #Solo over the Atlantic in 30 days 7 hours and 49 minutes that is 19 days earlier then the previous #official World Record #Love #Like #Share #Row4cancer #Donatehttp://www.markslats.nl/row4cancer

breaking the world record

 rowing 20 hours per day

for 30 days and a few hours

and raising money for cancer research

here’s to you, mark-

“man is a universe within himself.”

-bob marley

 

laugh.

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met up with my bookclub

for a late holiday brunch

in one of my favorite places

with

some of my favorite people

lots of bad gifts

beautiful food

morning drinks

strong coffee

live jazz

a pinata 

and 

a full morning of laughter.

 a couple of people even read the book.

“laughter is an instant vacation.”

-milton berle

open.

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