followed a rainbow on my first walk in spring
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“if you have ever followed a rainbow to its end, it leads you to the ground on which you are standing.”
-alan cohen
Mar21
Monthly Archives: March 2022
Mar20
on the spring equinox.
now is this isn’t a sure sign of spring, i don’t know what is…
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“spring makes its own statement,
so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of his instruments,
not the composer.”
-geoffrey charlesworth
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Art credit: Margaret Tarrant – The Fairy Troupe / Spring’s Flowery Cloak. Circa 1920s painting. A female sprite with a blue cloak shepherds tiny fairies and elves, each carrying a spring flower, through the undergrowth. Published by the Medici Society.
Mar19
go.
when people ask
what is your mantra or what quote do you live by?
my answer is simply one word:
go.
this covers everything for me-
go ahead
go slowly
go with care
go away
go for it
way to go
go now
go with the flow
go out of your way
go all in
let go
go with a kind heart
go take a closer look
go find your way
easy come easy go
go for broke
go in peace
go around it
go softly
go to sleep
go when you need to
give it a go
go over the top
go see the world
go live life
go help
go deep
go on
go toward
time to go
go gently
go home
go.
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how do you go?
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“there is a time for departure even when there’s no certain place to go.”
-tennessee williams
Mar18
confidence.
when you choose
to step out of your comfort zone
to dip your lucky charms into ranch dressing
and fully enjoy eating them that way
no matter how others react
that is confidence.
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“i have made the choices that work best for me. i know i cannot please everyone, and that’s fine.”
-marlee matlin
Mar17
luck.
“i’ve always believed in luck.
i love the fact that people can change their lives instantly.”
-fiona barton
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happy st. patrick’s day
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image credit: google images
Mar16
something special.
not my class or horse, but a tiny bit similar if you squint your eyes.
the quote below perfectly sums up my vocation.
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“if you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day. that’s a heck of a day.
you do that seven days a week, you’re going to have something special.”
-jim valvano
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weareteachers.com (1950s vintage)
Mar15
rocks.
it took a while and a team of busy gatherers
but the kinder were happy to announce
they had collected and lined up
79 rocks
and that equals 1 museum.
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“as with other phases of nature, I have probably loved the rocks more than I have studied them.’
-john burroughs
Mar14
who are the dinos in your neighborhood?
is this midtown manhattan?
amazing interactive map shows you would dinosaurs roamed your neighborhood millions of years ago
While most of us know that all sorts of prehistoric creatures once inhabited Earth, you might not realize which ones used to wander around your particular city. Thanks to this interactive map, you can easily find out. Type in your city name, and you’ll see it plotted on the globe, along with a list of species whose fossils have been discovered nearby. If you click on the name of a species, a new webpage will open with details, images, and a map that shows where else that species lived.Omaha, Nebraska, for example, was once home to the pteranodon, the trinacromerum, and the mosasaurus Those last two are both marine reptiles, meaning that Nebraska used to be underwater—which the globe will show you, too.
In addition to searching by city, you can also see what Earth looked like during a specific time period by choosing an option from the dropdown menu at the top. Choices range from 750 million years ago—the Cryogenian period, when glaciers abounded—to 0 million years ago, which is Earth as we know it today. Using a different dropdown menu on the right, you can view Earth during its many notable “firsts,” including “first land plants,” “first dinosaurs,” “first primates,” and more.
As CNN reports, the map was created by California-based paleontologist Ian Webster, who added to an existing model that mapped plate tectonics and used additional data from GPlates, another piece of plate tectonics software.
“It is meant to spark fascination and hopefully respect for the scientists that work every day to better understand our world and its past,” Webster told CNN. “It also contains fun surprises. For example: how the U.S. used to be split by a shallow sea, the Appalachians used to be very tall mountains comparable to the Himalayas, and that Florida used to be submerged.”
You can find other fun surprises by exploring the map yourself here. For the best experience, you’ll want to access the site from a desktop computer or tablet versus a smartphone.
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“observation: i can’t see a thing. conclusion: dinosaurs.”
-carl sagan
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credits: cnn, mental floss, ellen gutosky, orla, getty images
Mar13
never enough time.
and once again
the meaningless disruption
of daylight savings time
has returned
leaving
many of us
unmoved by it.
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“There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want.”
-bill watterson, calvin and hobbes
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image credit: wallhere.com
Mar12
the art of living.
the littlest yeti
the bravest warrior
the sweetest brother to olive
lived with a disease he valiantly fought
made it to his first birthday
filled with crazy fun and sass
left the earth as suddenly as he appeared
as yetis sometimes do.
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“all the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.”
~ havelock ellis
I didn't have my glasses on.... 