“i’m so glad to live in a world where there are octobers.”
-l.m. montgomery
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art credit: aleksandraszmidt.com
Oct2
octobers.
Author Archives: beth
Oct1
finding yourself.
A missing man in Turkey accidentally joined his own search party for hours before realizing he was the person they were looking for, local media reports.
Beyhan Mutlu had been drinking with friends on Tuesday when he wandered into a forest in Bursa province.
When he failed to return, his wife and friends alerted local authorities and a search party was sent out.
Mr Mutlu, 50, then stumbled across the search party and decided to join them, NTV reported.
But when members of the search party began calling out his name, he replied: “I am here.” He was taken aside by one of the rescuer workers to give a statement. “Don’t punish me too harshly, officer. My father will kill me,” he reportedly told them. Police then drove Mr Mutlu home. It is not clear if he was given a fine.
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“you cannot find yourself till you lose yourself.”
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credits:
bbc news
Sep30
we love nature.
kinder frame the natural beauty found around them
“if you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.”
-laura ingalls wilder
Sep29
stick together.
our rainbow of people
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“look at the rainbow, it is made up of different colors, yet they do not split,
because they know how beautiful they are when they stick together.”
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Sep28
‘i refuse to accept pluto’s resignation as a planet.’- amy lee
though not the first to go,
pluto lost its planetary status 15 years ago
and not everyone agrees.
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“as a planetary scientist, I don’t know what else to call Pluto: it’s big and round and thousands of miles wide.’ alan stern
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credits: mental floss, jeopardy, getty images, courtney k
Sep27
loaf-gate.
yes, this is an original created by me.
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years ago i posted a story
about how i had weirdly crossed paths with
meatloaf the rocker, not meatloaf the food, twice in my life.
as part of the post, for clarification
i added in a boring picture
of the food version of meatloaf
as well as
a picture of the rocker version of meatloaf.
imagine my surprise when all these years later
i got a call from an attorney in california
wanting me to pay him for a picture of his dinner
i thought it was a prank
he insisted it was real
citing the date of my published post
angrily standing his ground
i decided to take down my whole meatloaf post
and end the drama
i am always happy to support artists and their work
i can’t imagine that a slice of meatloaf on his dinner plate
was meant to be art, could be in high demand, or cause such controversy
so as you can see above
i have created my own meatloaf picture
and as a gift to you my loyal readers,
you are all free to use it as often as you would like
at no charge and with no drama.
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“taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.”
-haruki murakami
Sep26
each day.
early morning -lake michigan
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“the sun is new each day.”
-heraclitus
Sep25
behind and ahead.
happy things left behind after someone’s day at the beach on lake michigan
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“there are better things ahead than any we leave behind.”
-c.s.lewis
holland, michigan, usa – fall 2021
Sep24
topsy-turvy.
some may never think of this book as great literature
yet it is clearly one of my favorite books to read aloud
while this family is different from most
they accept absolutely everyone without judgement
always making the best of things
and seeing the good in other people
the kinder think back on this
learning to say ‘it’s just topsy-turvy’
when things change, are different than they expected, or don’t go as planned
they just smile and take it all in stride
for this reason i do find it to be pretty great indeed
and i think what a beautiful lesson and way to be.
“all really good picture books are written to be read 500 times.”
-rosemary wellls
Sep23
parking space.
that feeling of joy you get
when you score the perfect parking space
your car just squeezes in
and it’s the last one.
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“the road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.”
will rogers
I didn't have my glasses on.... 