Monthly Archives: March 2018

Mar21

and along came olive.

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tiny olive

with green eyes of two different colors

just six pounds never to grow any bigger

came into my life

quite unexpectedly 

found in the caboose of a train

a teenage mother

rescued by kind humans

and

soon to move

into to my home and family

with patience and time and space
in the little cottage
olive the cat not the oil
so sweet and playful
met
glenn frey the cat not the rocker
so reserved and timid
and they soon found a way
to peacefully co-exist
watching the world go by together.
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“peace puts forth her olive everywhere”
-william shakespeare
Mar20

today.

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on the spring equinox

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Today

if ever there were a spring day so perfect,
so uplifted by a warm intermittent breeze

that it made you want to throw
open all the windows in the house

and unlatch the door to the canary’s cage,
indeed, rip the little door from its jamb,

a day when the cool brick paths
and the garden bursting with peonies

seemed so etched in sunlight
that you felt like taking

a hammer to the glass paperweight
on the living room end table,

releasing the inhabitants
from their snow-covered cottage

so they could walk out,
holding hands and squinting

into this larger dome of blue and white,
well, today is just that kind of day.

– billy collins

 

 

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art credit: Francesca Rizzato Art

Mar19

blue sunbeams.

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and michigan takes the win in the final second.

moving on to the sweet sixteen.

 the tears and the joy flow freely.

go blue.

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‘tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.’

-hosea ballou

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image credits: mlive.com –  mike mulholland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mar18

voices.

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i hear the grandies’ voices

one reads words out loud

while the other

writes ‘created words’

and mentions,

“maybe i should take a writing class.”

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handwriting is so cool

because it is like

the written equivalent of someone’s voice.

 

-word porn

Mar17

enchanted.

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arklow, county wicklow, ireland

on the irish sea, summer 2016

 

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“st. patrick’s day is an enchanted time –

a day to begin transforming winter’s dreams into summer magic.”

-adrienne cook

 

Mar16

out loud.

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dedicated to all

who listen

or at least pretend to

 even if

you are a captive audience.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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credits: google images, word porn

 

 

Mar15

how and why?

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image credit: natural learning

 

Mar14

magnificent.

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here’s to the ones who

march, walk, talk, stand up, and take action

on behalf of what they believe in

today and every day

even when it’s inconvenient .

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“a cause may be inconvenient, but it’s magnificent.

it’s like champagne or high heels, and one must be prepared to suffer for it.”

-a. bennett

 

 

 

 

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image credit: google images

Mar13

get out.

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an attempted escape

this time from a speakeasy

one hour

eight people

 combining our

wits/skills/trials and errors

right brains/left brains

fingers crossed

big, big challenges

big, big  fun.

 

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“the doors of wisdom are never shut.”

-benjamin franklin

 

Mar12

nappy.

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n is for napping in a nook

napping day is an unofficial holiday that falls on the monday after daylight savings time begins in the united states. the day was created as a way to compensate for the hour people lose because of the time change. this is one holiday that most people can get behind.

studies have shown that one or more short naps during the day can help increase productivity and alertness. it is believed that many successful people in history napped often such as: einstein, churchill, and napoleon.

how to celebrate?

  • take a short nap.
  • if your country does not observe DST, then follow the DST and napping day schedule of another country. why lose out on a holiday just because your country doesn’t have DST?

did you know…

…that a NASA study among pilots and astronauts found that short naps can increase performance by 34% and alertness by 54%?

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“the replenishing thing that comes with a nap

– you end up with two mornings in a day.”

-pete hamill

 

 

 

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credits: timeanddate.com, pinterest