Monthly Archives: October 2023

Oct21

forgotten five.

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“in celebration of the national toy hall of fame’s 25th anniversary, the public will have the chance to choose one of this year’s inductees from the so-called ‘forgotten five.’  the toys – the fisher-price corn popper, my little pony, pez dispensers, the pogo stick, and transformers – are ‘icons of the play world’ and frequent finalists, but have never made the cut. “now one of these will make the hall and, for the first time it will be purely in the hands of the voting public,” chief curator, christopher bench said in a press release.

Cast your vote.

 

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“to this day, i have the most fond memories of some of my old toys.”

-michael keaton

 

 

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photo credit: fisher-price vintage toys

 

Oct20

all over the globe.

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“the children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe;

and i’m beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this

may be incapable of morality.”

-james baldwin

 

 

 

 

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art credit: kana handel, ‘war is not the answer’

Oct19

choose wisely.

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no matter how tired you are 

when coming into the faculty room

to grab a cup of coffee

at the start of another day

 look closely at the flavorings offered

  choose wisely. 

what will it be today?

caramel? chocolate? or bleach water?

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“once you make a choice, you have no choice.”   

 -anna chin-williams

 

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photo credit: c. hull – thank you!

Oct18

taking flight.

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when playing outside

the kinder found a dead bird

they called out to everyone to come over to see it

 they said goodbye to the bird and told her that they were sad that she had died

  we put a circle of pretty leaves around her to keep her safe on her journey.

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“teach them to be kind to animals and they will grow up to be kind to people too.”

-rumi

Oct17

true.

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how wonderful to share such a special day

with someone i’ve known since she was born

so happy and loved.

“true love is never blind, but rather brings an added light.”
-phoebe cary

Oct16

flip.

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when you’ve had a very long and busy week 

and you get a text that reads:

“great news! your adult pinata headband has been delivered.”

and just like that

your world flips and rights itself in an instant.

 

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“being happy never goes out of style.”

-lilly pulitzer

Oct15

alive.

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“A little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children’s letters – sometimes very hastily – but this one I lingered over. I sent him a card and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, ‘Dear Jim: I loved your card.’ Then I got a letter back from his mother and she said: ‘Jim loved your card so much he ate it.’ That to me was one of the highest compliments I’ve ever received. He didn’t care that it was an original Maurice Sendak drawing or anything. He saw it, he loved it, he ate it.”

Maurice Sendak, as noted by Luke Davies in an article in the Brisbane Times, December 3, 2011.

Photograph of Maurice Sendak by Joyce Dopkeen.

 

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“we can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”

– thornton wilder

Oct14

game day.

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early morning ann arbor

outside of washtenaw dairy

on a home game day

calm before the storm

go blue.

 

 

 

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“you don’t show up on game day and expect to be great.

greatness happens in practice.

you have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”

-michael jordan

 

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photo credit: washtenaw dairy

 

Oct13

start.

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not sure how this all works or fits together

but someone has a vision

 it’s interesting

one thing leading to another

 i’m guessing the project has grown over time and may still be in play.

 

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“a building is not something you finish, a building is something you start.”

-stewart brand

Oct12

crash-landing.

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plane crash in the park

i may have been one of the first on the scene

it appears no living thing

was harmed in this accident

but things are just a  little bit sadder in the sandbox without it.

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 “any landing you can walk away from is a good one”.
(penned by gerald r. massey in 1944 after the crash-landing of his B-17 while serving as a photographer.)