one has a story that’s not like the others
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“make your life story so amazing that unicorns have trouble believing it is true.”
– karen salmansohn
Sep28
Author Archives: beth
Sep27
“well, i didn’t vote for you.” – peasant to king arthur (monty python and the holy grail)
an adventurous visit to the michigan renaissance festival
way back when
in days of yore
i took my daughters
to this very shire
all of us dressed up
now my grandsons
have picked up where we left off
as brave knights
“look, it’s my duty as a knight to sample as much peril as I can.”
– Sir Galahad (Holy Grail)
people enjoying the day
being whoever they imagine themselves to be
villagers from far and wide are all welcomed here
no matter their dress or look or form
and what could be better than spying a kilted warrior brave enough to pick up his own hot latte?
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“live every day as if it’s a festival. turn your life into a celebration.”
-shri radhe maa
Sep26
on the day after daughters day.
(not us, but somewhat similar if your glasses are off)
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this is a day late
and a million or so dollars short
but we all came together
at exactly the right time.
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“here’s to good women. may we know them. may we be them. may we raise them.”
love, yourmom
Sep25
crack the whip.
“crack the whip’ sculpture – sunset hills, flint, mi
j. seward johnson, sculptor
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being the youngest in our neighborhood gang
i was often the smallest
finding myself on the end of ‘the whip’ during this game
sometimes it felt like i was flying
and highly likely that i was.
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“being smart as a whip means knowing when not to crack it’
-vera nazarian
Sep24
g’morning.
Sep23
steggy.
when you mix a scientist who loves dinos along with little people who also love dinos
you get bursts of curiosity, awe, and excitement on both sides
especially when one the of the kinder mentioned
it was ‘from the jurrasic period’ and another asked if it was ‘an omnivore.’
perfect match.
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“did you know that the stegosaurus lived further away from the t-rex than we are from the t-rex in time?”
-johan peretti
Sep22
hard work.
not the panama canal
but a similar feat of engineering and hard work
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“hard work works.”
-denzel washington
Sep21
on the international day of peace.
peace.
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“there never was a good war, or a bad peace.”
-benjamin franklin
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art credit: Chihiro Iwasaki, (1918-1974),
a Japanese illustrator known for her water-colored illustrations of Flowers, Happiness, Children, and Peace
Sep20
outside (in) the box.
and who couldn’t use a surplus of vim, vigor, and vitality?
this may be the outdoor solution to everything.
plus it can ‘hold a horse.’
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“get out of your comfort zone. wake up the sleeping giant in you.”
-chia thye poh
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sources: michigan history, korff mfg. 1917
Sep19
walk against hate.
yesterday we took a walk against hate
my daughter, granddaughter, colleagues, friends, students, families, strangers
all for the same reason.
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“no one is born hating another person
because of the color of his skin, or his background, or religion.
people must learn to hate,
and if they can learn to hate,
they can be taught to love,
for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”
-nelson mandela
I didn't have my glasses on.... 