sign found on a trip to the farm.
might be good advice for all drivers on the road
not just the young pedal car drivers on the track.
—
“I simply go about my passage swiftly and silentlwith a certain deliberate, dark efficiency.”
-george carlin
and here we go, marching straight into the corn.
—
“the future is an ever-shifting maze of possibilities until it becomes the present.”
-terry brooks
—
at nixon farms, dexter, mi, usa – october 2019
“I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost… I am helpless.
It isn’t my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don’t see it.
I fall in again.
I can’t believe I am in the same place.
But, it isn’t my fault.
It still takes me a long time to get out.
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in. It’s a habit.
My eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault. I get out immediately.
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.
I walk down another street.”
—
― There’s a Hole in My Sidewalk: The Romance of Self-Discovery
Congressman, Trailblazer, and Civil Rights Leader – Elijah Cummings
—
“my life is based on pain, passion, and purpose.”
-elijah cummings
—
thank you for truly living what you believed in
RIP
—
image credit: Baltimoremagazine.com
“if we are to teach real peace in this world,
and if we are to carry on a real war against war,
we shall have to begin with the children.”
-mahatma gandhi
very closely watching the big kids playing soccer
—
“big things often have small beginnings.”
-author unknown
flying high at our class circus.
—
“as one, they leap, laughing,
and that is where we leave them –
mouths open, arms spread wide,
fingers splayed to take in the whole world,
bodies flying high in defiance of gravity,
as if they will never fall.”
– libba bray
(not me, but I had the same face when looking in the mirror this morning)
—
ever have one of those mornings
when you wake up very suddenly
notice it’s not dark outside
like it always is
when you wake up to go to work
you text your work partners
panicked and feeling guilty
to apologize
say you’ll be there asap
wondering why you didn’t hear your alarm go off
thinking about how you can get ready and do a make-over in 5 minutes
then begin to text your bosses to say the same
only to realize in the middle of typing
that it is
actually sunday
not monday
have to type again
to apologize for waking everyone up?
just asking….
—
“forgive me if I sleep until I wake up. “
-charles olson
—
image credit: bored panda
i didn’t even know I was waiting
or that it was coming
but clearly they did
and we are celebrating.
—
‘It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.”
-baltasar gracian
October 12 is Old Farmers Day,
a day devoted to old farmers and their farming techniques.
how will you celebrate?
—
“let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth
is the most important labor of man.
when tillage begins, other arts will follow.
the farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization.”
—
image credit: ©iStockphoto.com/irman
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