sitting around the campfire
with music, friends and stories
winding down from a day on the lake.
—
“once all the power goes out,
there will still be human beings standing together around a campfire, playing acoustic guitars.”
-jim james
Jul9
Author Archives: beth
Jul8
left behind.
i wonder
what happened
at the train station
coming or going
to cause someone
to leave
what once filled their suitcase
behind.
—
“the present changes the past.
looking back you do not find what you left behind.”
*kiran desai
*Kiran Desai is an Indian author whose novel The Inheritance of Loss won the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award. In January 2015, The Economic Times listed her as one of 20 “most influential” global Indian women.
Jul7
in gear.
what i imagine it looks like inside of our heads –
along with
the scientific explanation for how this all works.
—
“it usually helps me write by reading – somehow the reading gear in your head turns the writing gear.”
-steven wright
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image credit: milton bradley game company
Jul6
fixing things.
a few years back
one of the grandies fixed his car
he’s still fixing and he’s still standing.
—
“even things that aren’t broken can be fixed.”
-lauren destefano
Jul5
both a sword and shield.
grandma watches over her grandies
on a warm july evening by the huron river
in argo park, ann arbor
—
“having a grandmother is like having an army. this is a grandchild’s ultimate privilege.
a grandmother is both a sword and a shield.”
-*fredrick backman
(*swedish author and one of my very favorites)
Jul4
4th.
happy 4th of july, may you celebrate your independence today and every day
Jul3
main street.
main street is soooooooo close to reopening…
—
“main street is almost alright.”
-robert venturi, american architect
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photo credit: ann arbor townies
Jul2
blind date.
exploring saginaw forest
—
“july is a blind date with summer.”
*-hal borland
*Harold “Hal” Glen Borland was an American writer, journalist and naturalist. In addition to writing many non-fiction and fiction books about the outdoors, he was a staff writer and editorialist for The New York Times
1900 – 1978
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summer 2023, ann arbor, michigan, usa
Jul1
cheeky monkey.
this lamp popped up online
bringing me great joy
making me laugh out loud
each and every time i’ve looked at it
i may have to buy it
or at least put a picture of it somewhere
there is no accounting for good taste
when you know, you know.
p.s. someone once said i reminded them of a cheeky monkey, and i loved it, perhaps i saw a bit of myself in this.
do you have an unusual object that brings you unexplained joy?
—
“i just want to spend the rest of my life laughing.”
-author unknown
Jun30
equality in learning.
“education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.”
*-edward everett
*Edward Everett was an American politician, Unitarian pastor, educator, diplomat, and orator from Massachusetts. Everett, as a Whig, served as U.S. representative, U.S. senator, the 15th governor of Massachusetts, minister to Great Britain, and United States secretary of state. (1794-1865)
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image credit: rutgers.edu
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