why oh why does our paper fly?
we’ll try over and over and over again
until we find out why.
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“learning never exhausts the mind.”
-leonardo da vinci
May6
Author Archives: beth
May5
feliz.
feliz cinco de mayo
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“live every day as it is a festival. turn your life into a celebration.”
-shri radhe maa
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image credit: accordingtodevin.com
May4
variety is the sugar of life.
these were one of the greatest food creations of my childhood
with the introduction of the mini-box variety packs
came great excitement
along with
new reasons to battle with siblings
how to divide the number of boxes evenly
who gets to pick first
did i open it correctly on the perforated lines
kellogs, general mills, or post packs
who gets stuck with
the ‘old boring people’s cereal boxes’
such unparalleled joy
sprung from eating it right out of the side of the box
pouring your milk on this sugary delight
turning it into a personal bowl
i thought i could never be happier.
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“do you know what breakfast cereal is made of?
it’s made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!”
-roald dahl
May3
tulips.
*”tulips are the only flowers that continue to grow, up to an inch or more, after they’re cut.”
-sarah jio
i find it fascinating that they refuse to surrender so easily
even defiantly growing longer
and,
there’s science.
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*Tulip stems do continue to lengthen once they’re snipped. That’s because the cells in their stems are particularly responsive to the plant hormone auxin, which causes them to elongate. Auxin also influences phototropism — the tendency of plants to grow toward light. – google
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art credit: watercolor by vadim
May2
a thousand delicate joys.
out for a family stroll
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“walking is the perfect way of moving if you want to see into the life of things.
it is the one way of freedom.
if you go to a place on anything but your own feet
you are taken there too fast,
and miss a thousand delicate joys
that were waiting for you by the wayside. “
-elizabeth von arnim
May1
may day.
“and all the world is glad with may.”
-john burroughs
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art credit: ryan conners
Apr30
les voyageurs.
on my frequent walks to the river
each time passing this sign
i wondered –
often someone chopping wood
putting up canoes, cooking outside
peaceful communal living
until i learned the intriguing backstory
and understood
the amazing spirit of this society.
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Society of Les Voyageurs
As the oldest continually active student group on the University of Michigan campus (founded in 1907), the Society of Les Voyageurs upholds a long-standing tradition of convening over the love for nature and the out of doors. The Society owns a cabin on the Huron River just north of downtown called Habe Mills Pine Lodge that was built in 1927 to house the Society, its activities, as well as those members who choose to live there. The group also hosts potluck dinners every Sunday at 6pm, followed by a program from a professor or a community member pertaining to learning more about the out of doors. The group is known to embark occasionally on casual outings such as hiking, backpacking, rock climbing, caving, cross-country skiing, etc.
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*”si le voyageur n’espere rien, il ne verra ce que voient les yeux.”
-eric-emmanuel schmitt (franco-belgian playwright, novelist, film director)
*(If the traveler does not hope for anything, he will only see what the eyes see.)
argo park, ann arbor, michigan, usa – april 2021
Apr29
with passion.
going all in.
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“do it with passion or not at all.”
– Rosa Nouchette Carey- British writer
Apr28
growth.
everything is growing and changing
all in their own time
each in their own way
we watch and care for them
soon they will all be something new.
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“and the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
― Anais Nin
Apr27
who we are.
I didn't have my glasses on.... 