50 days to get your vote in.
mail, walk, run, scooter, car, bike, parasail, swim, boat, bus, fly, hoverboard, taxi, uber….
find a way.
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“in matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems,
for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same. “
-albert einstein
“the six pack’- my grandies all kind of sitting still in one place at one time
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on national grandparents day
i am reminded of this afternoon
5 years ago in the park
you always were
from the youngest age
each your very own person
i’m so happy to be ‘peaches’ to every one of you.
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“when a child is born, so are grandmothers.”
judith levy
just because taking 4 minutes to watch this might make you smile all day. (sound up!)
when hanging outside with a couple of my grandies,
we talked as they worked on creating pictures
taken from online designs
very, very carefully selecting each tiny bead to put into place
i thought it would be a good time to tell them about my cat, olive
who loves to pounce on the jigsaw puzzles on my table
when she finds me in the midst of them
i also thought i would do a mini dramatic recreation of how it all happens
as i pretended to be olive, bouncing my hand on the table
i apparently was a little too into my role
when i hit the table
we all froze for a few seconds
after noticing that all of their hard work
had just been destroyed in the course of my acting.
great recovery though
as i apologized
we all laughed and laughed and laughed at what happened
knowing
that while it would take a long time to rebuild their designs
we also also knew
that life can be so instantly funny sometimes.
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“the more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it.”
– bill nye
happened upon
this friendly-looking tree
deep in the woods
so content and jolly
i think it would love to share its jokes.
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“i never saw a discontented tree.
they grip the ground as though they liked it,
and though fast rooted, they travel about as far as we do.”
– john muir
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bird hiils park, ann arbor, michigan, usa – summer 2020
(not my breakfast, but how i imagine it to look if i had ordered the daily specials)
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how fun to discover
that one of my favorite breakfast places
has changed up their menu a bit
(maybe now that the students are back on campus?)
adding 11 ‘breakfast beers’
and a daily special of
cake and ice cream
“celebrate everyday like your birthday!”
what’s not to celebrate?
“i discovered a meal between breakfast and brunch.”
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avalon bakery and cafe, ann arbor, mi, usa
late summer 2020
we are so tiny
the size our worries should be
nothing in the scheme
“i believe everyone should have a broad picture of how the universe operates and our place in it.
it is a basic human desire.
and it also puts our worries in perspective.”
-stephen hawking
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art/photo credits: Starry Night, Anna Roberts (acrylic painting on gesso board), Discovery Channel
even if
there is not a bird meeting
going on way up high and overhead
it’s good to be aware
have a plan
for when the sentinels
guarding their castle
make their move.
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“there’s always a reason to look up.”
-a.d.posey
love wandering around the town
discovering artists’ work
left in unexpected places
a sudden inspiration
using what they found
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“i don’t think there’s anything in this universe as powerful as the power of an artist to create.
by that logic, we are all artists, aren’t we?”
-malcolm fernandes
fifteen months old
back to the baby book we go
another precursor to my future
pretty accurate then and now.
not so much the running.
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“walks and runs real well. understands almost anything you tell her. climbs on everything.
also started kissing at 15 months.”
– my mom
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“once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight,
or any experience that reveals the human spirit.”
– e. e. cummings
I didn't have my glasses on.... 