a choice that is never wrong.
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“there is only love. everything else is our resistance to it.”
-terces englehart
Feb8
Monthly Archives: February 2023
Feb7
footprints.
some of these prints were not made by children….
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“it is the smallest ego that leaves the biggest footprints.”
― c
― c
Feb6
in the blink of an eye.
how many times do you blink per year?
a. between 3.5-5.1 million
b. between 5.2-7.1 million
c. between 7.2-9.8 million
if you guessed b, you are right.
(sent to me by my eye doctor, i’ve never really considered it before,
but it may be useful one day if i’m in a world championship trivia final)
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“there can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis.”
-malcolm gladwell
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image credit: it array
Feb5
rien ne vaut son chez-soi. (there’s no place like home).
here’s to staying warm and safe during these, the coldest days.
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“i don’t take naps, i accidentally hibernate.”
-wordporn
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image credit: ‘martha rabbit and tabitha cat,’ by shirley barber
Feb4
guts.
bandaids are the hot item in my classroom
after a number of kinder came up to me asking for one
pleading their case
(many with very old ‘wounds’)
we gathered together
as they each shared
their personal tale of woe:
i got scraped, the paper cut me, it’s red like blood,
you can’t see it, but it’s ouch-y, something poked me,
my sister, something in my pocket did it, nail polish came off of one nail,
bandaid from home is falling off….
we finally got to our last person, who stated:
“this happened to me on the next day after tomorrow.”
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“life takes guts.”
-lucille ball
Feb3
driftwood.
a piece of driftwood
mixed in
among the vases and mirrors and tchotchkes and other home decor items
and while i’m a fan of natural found materials
i was not really motivated to spend $39.99 on this
but i do now have an idea for my summer job –
beachcomber.
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“i imagined your stick, washing in the waves for hundreds of years,
turning to driftwood
smooth and hard like stone.
i imagined a little girl finding it on a beach so many years later.
saving it on her shelf,
where she put the things that made her feel like the world was magical.”
– ava dellaira
Feb2
groundhog theory.
happy groundhog day – at last it all makes sense!
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image credit: quotesgram
Feb1
mo’ snow.
downtown snowman, safe and sound
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“snowfall rouses your inner child to dream and play once more.”
-angie weiland-crosby
I didn't have my glasses on.... 