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About beth

Ann Arbor-ite writes about enjoying life with all of its ironies and surprises.

golden ticket.

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how lucky am I?
today I found the golden ticket
just waiting for me in my mailbox.
“It was a very beautiful thing, this Golden Ticket, having been made, so it seemed, from a sheet of pure gold hammered out almost to the thinness of paper. On one side of it, printed by some clever method in jet-black letters, was the invitation itself—from Mr. Wonka.”
– roald dahl,  (Willy Wonka), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

every moment.

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after experiencing 

every kind of spring/fall/winter weather front

in the span of a single whirlwind of a day

there is  new light

in the early morning

with

a quiet dusting of snow on the ground

 clouds in the sky

streaks of blue

and

a moon hanging high

we’ll try again. 

‘every moment of light and dark is a miracle.’

-walt whitman

 

 

stack.

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my next stack to climb.

 

 

“I will always find peace in rain and adventure in reading.”

-viola cn

thank you.

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“I made this thank you note. I’m going to give it to my family.”

“what are you thanking them for?”

“I’m going to thank them for being my family.”

 

“if the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.”

*Meister Eckhart

 

 

*Eckhart von Hochheim (c. 1260 – c. 1328), commonly known as Meister Eckhart, was a German theologian, philosopher, and mystic.

go.

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(not me, but someone who approaches things the same way I do)

 

 my favorite quote or word to live by:

‘go.’

in every sense of the word.

 

 

 

 

image credit: vintage pinterest

peaceful.

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“peace is the only battle worth waging.”

-albert camus

 

 

 

art credit: laurachjones art – ‘peaceful’

bridge.

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walking on a bridge and looking down at each side

same day, same time, same place

what you don’t see

is what is happening just below the bridge

to make each side of the very same river

act in a very different way


“no bridge has ever taken sides.” 

-ljupka cvetanova, the new land

 

back to the future.

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back to school today

back to the kinder

who are not limited by conventions

and are open to the future. 

rhythm.

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trivial.

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lincoln logs were invented by frank lloyd wright’s son. 

a trivial gift for you on january 4th, in honor of national trivia day

 

‘i think Iim a trivia nerd. i love to learn about everything. i’m curious.’

-adam rodriguez