Monthly Archives: February 2018

launch.

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the big launch

(elton musk would be jealous)

i recently had the pleasure

of attending my dear friend’s

book launch tea party.

i’ve known her as a caregiver from way back

when i taught her 3 children

and met a kindred spirit.

just some of those she’s cared for:

a menagerie of rescued pets

a kind and funny husband

three beautiful children

who became her family

when she traveled to korea

to find them

and bring them home

 a feisty (highly spirited?) irish mother

all under her roof at one time

all the recipients of her loving care

even in the most challenging situations.

especially then.

all while working full time outside of her home

as an event planner, caterer, actress, and professional speaker

and she has written a book

about how to care for yourself and others

while finding your balance in that equation.

it’s a beauty of a book

 full of reminders, tips, and love.

i’d recommend it for anyone

who has cared for someone, or has been cared for by someone.

ever the welcoming hostess

we shared lovely tea

and conversation

among many who care

about this amazing woman.

“there are only four kinds of people in the world.
those who have been caregivers.
those who are currently caregivers.
those who will be caregivers,
and those who will need a caregiver.”

― rosalyn carter

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“allow yourself a few minutes to relax with your copy of this book and pour yourself a cuppa so you can Take a Break – Before You Break.”

–Breeda Miller

now available on amazon or BreedaMiller.com

solved.

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update

for those who wondered

right along with me

how i would solve 

this puzzle

when the symmetrical framing

was 

quite possibly built upside down

on a table too small to turn the puzzle

i opted

not to 

turn the table or tear down the walls or the house

instead

i accepted 

the opportunity

of  the additional challenge

offered up

and just built it upside down.

solved.

 

“creating something is all about problem-solving.”

-philip seymour hoffman

read so much.

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art credit: the unicorn is reading, by steph terao,

based on the hunting of the unicorn, a medieval tapestry

falling through the cracks.

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had a great breakfast with family

who returned a file of family history papers

that had traveled on a journey with them

across the seas

 i was happy to see them again

 had the papers in my hand for all of 1 minute

 as i set them down next to me

for safekeeping

they fell into a hidden crack

 just kept going deeper into the abyss

until they were gone

a very kind manager

without judgement

without questions

with a good sense of humor

offered to assist

by moving chairs

pulling the whole table out

taking the booth apart

and retrieving the precious files

intact and none the worse for wear

the family journey continues

with just a short detour.

“cracks especially. you have to be careful of the cracks.

sometimes they are disguised as something else.

a doorway, or a smile or even a winking eye.

and if you fall through them, you never know were you will end up.”

-isabelle carmody – greylands

fine dining.

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dining at its finest

a win-win.

“for strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself,

which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.”

-arthur conan doyle

 

 

credit: Hosted by Cultivate Coffee & TapHouse

ypsilanti, michigan

 

puzzled.

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that moment when you realize

after you’ve laid out 

and built the frame 

of a large detailed 1,000 piece puzzle

that you may have assembled

the perfectly symmetrical framing

upside down

with no way now to turn it without breaking it

due to the limited table size dimensions

(damn math)

and might likely have to build the whole thing upside down.

“the art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.”

-douglas horton

up all night.

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a glimpse into the real story behind the legend.

 the groundhog

stays up all night

trying to calculate

exactly when spring will arrive

and is exhausted

when they wake him up

to bring him out

early in the morning

for his official prediction

each february 2nd

on groundhog day.

“i’m so tired…i was up all night trying to round off infinity.”

-steven wright

 

february arrives.

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“february, a form
 pale-vestured, wildly fair,


one of the north wind’s daughters,
with icicles in her hair.


~Edgar Fawcett, “The Masque of Months,” -1878


 

image credits: teodora paintings
, magic onions