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“love your whole story even if it hasn’t been the perfect fairy tale.”
-marilyn moushigian koulouris
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May14
Author Archives: beth
May13
intoxicating.
happy national cocktail day
in this era of zoom happy hours, the quarantini, and more than lots of stay home time
what have you been mixing up in your quarantine cave?
do you find yourself using
whatever you can scrounge up in your kitchen?
is your go-to
a cornhattan, pickled okra and tonic, dandelion/parsley wine, a salsa sour?
what have you managed to blend, shake, mix, mash, stir, or sling together
to create your new signature drink?
all cocktails and mocktails welcome here.
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“life is a crazy mixture of intoxicating cocktails.”
-ken poirot
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image credit: lisa zador
May12
another day.
sharing the park
with front-line workers
needing a respite
making their way through another day.
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“when people go to work, they shouldn’t have to leave their hearts at home.”
-betty bender
May11
swap meet.
this sign in a local store
so funny and makes a good point
yesterday
i found myself
swapping out a box of rigatoni
for a homemade strawberry shortcake donut
it all depends on supply and demand
and irrational cravings
i consider the transaction a win-win
vs.
a battle of the titans
yes
there are days
when i would swap in the other direction.
what have you swapped during your quarantine?
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“america ships tons of sugar cookies to denmark,
and denmark ships tons of sugar cookies to america.
wouldn’t it be more efficient just to swap recipes?”
-michael pollard
May10
from a mother to her daughters.
happy mother’s day
to my daughters
who have shared in
my seemingly endless graduations
and all of
our many, many other adventures and misadventures,
i am grateful to you and love you for this
you’ve made me happy
watching you all grow
from amazing daughters into amazing mothers
you are my idols.
“i don’t have to be perfect.
all is have to do is show up and enjoy
the messy, imperfect, and beautiful journey of my life.”
-kerry washington
May9
sink right in.
walking with the grandies
they are mesmerized
by the carpet of tiny flowers in the grass
and sink right in.
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“life is always a rich and steady time
when you are waiting for something to happen or to hatch.”
-e.b. white, ‘charlotte’s web’
May8
toast.
I’m not gonna’ lie, i’m pretty good with toast.
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“What is the right way to cut a piece of toast?”Diagonally, insists the narrator in NIcholson Baker’s novel “The Mezzanine.” It creates a “triangularly cut slice” which in turn yields “an ideal first bit.” With rectangular toast, you must “angle the shape into your mouth, as you angle a big dresser through a hall doorway.” (Dwight Garner, NYT book critic’s new essay on the literature of breakfast food.)
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“i have trouble with toast. toast is very difficult.
you have to watch it all the time or it burns up.”
-julia child, master chef (1912-2004)
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credits: New York Times, Dwight Garner, Nicholson Baker,”The Mezzanine”, google images
May7
stillness.
argo park, ann arbor, mi, usa – spring 2020
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“the important stuff will still be important by the time you get to it. the unimportant will have made its insignificance obvious or simply disappear. then, with stillness rather than needless urgency or exhaustion, you will be able to sit down and give what deserves consideration your full attention.” – Ryan Holiday, Stillness is the Key
May6
fly.
these flamingos are playing on both sides of the fence
i wonder if they know they can fly.
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“fences are made for those who cannot fly. ”
-elbert hubbard
May5
don’t do it, man.
happy cinco de mayo
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