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About beth

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

softly.

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and

as

the

first

few

flakes

fell

from

the

sky

 joy ruled the day in kinder-land.

 

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“the snow fell as softly as a poet’s tears.”

-Kevin Ansbro, The Fish That Climbed a Tree

outburst.

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a great night with wilco. 

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“music is an outburst of the soul.”
– frederick delius

 

 

 

 

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hill auditorium, Ann Arbor, mi, usa – November 2019

courage.

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‘courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.’

-mark twain

 

 

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image credit: National Trust, British Medieval History

the pumpkin march.

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and it is time for the pumpkins to return to the garden…

 

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‘the preciousness of life and the changes of weather and the beauty of seasons –

all those things have always sort of dazzled me.’

-anthony doerr

 

 

 

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art credit: “The Pumpkin March” – Guinevere von Sneeden

the day of the bread.

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’tis the season…

 

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“accidentally consumed five biscuits when I wasn’t paying attention.

those biscuits are wily fellows – they leap in like sugary ninjas.”

-charles dickens

 

 

 

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at the cork and gabel restaurant, corktown, detroit, michigan, usa. fall 2019

 

 

 

 

cork and Gabel

fall back.

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and once again – daylight savings time……

 

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‘I’m the type of person who tries to fall back asleep in the morning just to finish a dream.’

-marilyn monroe

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image credit:’the dream whimsical modern alice in wonderland fantasy psychedelic art poster – society 6/art gallery

the edges.

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no photos. please.

 

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‘I think the best pictures are often on the edges of any situation,

I don’t find photographing the situation nearly as interesting as photographing the edges.

-william albert allard

halloween is back.

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I’m there for you on halloween, and all the other days too.

 

 

 

 

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image credit: Pinterest

crash and burn.

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sadly

another cautionary tale

of peaking too early

and burning out just before the big show.

 

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“we all crash and burn. some of us just burn a little brighter.” 

― curtis tyrone jones

seeing red.

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the natural beauty of looking up and seeing only red

 

 

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‘he tried to imagine the sound of the color red.’

  • -pete hamill