NOETIC
no-ED-ik
Part of speech: adjective
Origin: Greek, mid-17th century
Definition: Relating to mental activity or the intellect.
Examples in a sentence:
“The philosophy department attracts noetic students.”
“Noah was equally athletic and noetic”
—
Some travel life,
Shining brightly noetic
But as for me,
I’d rather wax poetic.
-beth
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image credit: npr brightside
even though
it’s mid-april
and the skies
delivered snow today
i thought back to a few days ago
when just like today
i had my sandals on
and came upon
a mother and child
in the sun
taking time
to create art
with simple and happy words
‘have a nice day’
for anyone in the neighborhood
who may come by
needing this message.
—
“this time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.”
-ralph waldo emerson
oh, how i would have loved to see this exhibit
i played with each and every one of these games
and lived to tell.
—
“parents shouldn’t assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly.
kids don’t.
we do.”
-maurice sendak
“Here comes Peter Cottontail
Hopping down the bunny trail
Hippity-hopping,
Easter’s on its way”
-Jack Rollins
—
This guy can really hop!!
—
image credit: roger the kangaroo, at the kangaroo rescue sanctuary, alice springs, australia
on the night before…
—
“In the book A Wrinkle in Time, it says that time is like a big old rumpled blanket.
What I’d like is to be caught in one of those wrinkles.
Tucked away. Hidden in a small tight fold.”
– Author: Carol Rifka Brunt
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Image credit: “The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes” by Du Bose Heyward, illustrated by Marjorie Hack, Houghton Mifflon Company, Boston, MA, 1939,
earth day is coming soon
how will you reuse, recycle, or repurpose
your peeps?
—
“uncommon thinkers reuse what common thinkers refuse.”
-j.r.d. tata
—
photo credit: google images
this may or may not be an actual photo of me in inaction
—
imagine my disappointment
when receiving the response below
after volunteering for a study
that i was born to
training for this my whole life
i am a natural
this is my skill set
known to fall asleep literally anywhere at any time
regardless of what is going on around me
especially within minutes of being seated
as a passenger in any moving vehicle
who gets a rejection letter from the circadian research lab?!
—
Napping in a Motor Vehicle Seat Study
Hello Beth,
Thank you for your interest in the Napping in a Motor Vehicle Seat Study. Unfortunately, you are not eligible for the study. You may be eligible for other studies being done at the University of Michigan.
Sincerely,
Research Technician Associate
Sleep and Circadian Research Laboratory
University of Michigan
Michigan Medicine
—
“i can’t take a traditional yoga class or anything. i’ll just lay down and take a nap on the mat”
-jessica st. clair
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photo image: atoz animals
this ice cream store features every flavor on earth.
and maybe the universe.
and they never run out of anything.
and it’s all free.
—
“you can pour melted ice cream on regular ice cream. It’s like a sauce!”
-chris pratt
like a really loooooooooooooong stretchy piece of bubblegum
—
“i fell off my pink cloud with a thud.”
-elizabeth taylor
“the sweet, small, clumsy feet of april came into the ragged meadow of my soul.”
-e.e. cummings
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art credit: Salvador Dali ‘Flowers’ 1948
I didn't have my glasses on.... 