Feb24

crushed.

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the cats’ gnome forgot to look up

 we forgot to look down

when moving the dresser

 flipping it upside down to be refinished

now i hope the gnome is not finished!

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‘how many joys are crushed under foot because people look up to the sky and disregard what is at their feet?’

-katharina elisabeth goethe

 

 

 

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  2. “Gnomes live ten times faster than humans. They’re harder to see than a high-speed mouse. That’s one reason why most humans hardly ever see them. The other is that humans are very good at not seeing things they know aren’t there. And, since sensible humans know that there are no such things as people four inches high, a gnome who doesn’t want to be seen probably won’t be seen… Wings.” ~ Terry Pratchett

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  6. Hi Beth
    Hardly ever people quote Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s mother. We just read the excellent Goethe Biography by A.N. Wilson. Even there she is hardly ever mentioned.
    Thanks for making us aware of her
    The Fab Four of Cley
    :-) :-) :-) :-)

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