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About beth

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

possibilities for sale, but not today.

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unfortunately

this door was locked

when I happened upon it.

that’s an awful lot to pack into one store.

  like the costco of the possibility world.

I wonder if they offer free samples.

what do you think I would find inside?

 

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“there are many spokes on the wheel of life.

first, we’re here to explore new possibilities.”

-ray charles

 

 

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ann arbor,michigan, usa – summer 2019

chatting.

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friends meet under the bridge

and relax into an after-dinner chat. 

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“I’d be smiling and chatting away,

and my mind would be floating around somewhere else

like a balloon with a broken string.”

-haruki murakami

 

 

 

 

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Ann Arbor, mi – summer 2019

two shoes.

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and what was just one shoe

perched up high

has now grown to two shoes

overnight. 

the only thing missing is the wearer

hopefully not sitting

perched here

 tomorrow morning. 

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“comfortable shoes and the freedom to leave are the two most important things in life.”

-shel silverstein

shoe.

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like a trophy

standing proud 

atop a pedestal

sits one tiny shoe.

 

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“let your dreams outgrow the shoes of your expectations.”

-ryunosuke satoro

keeping count.

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“never have more children than you have car windows.”

-erma bombeck

empty.

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 this came today

inside of a box of something else I had ordered

maybe it was added as a surprise free bonus

for being such a good customer

there were no directions 

and no warranty

but I am

looking forward to using it.

 

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“even in empty space, time and space still exist”.

-sean m. carroll 

 

nuns.

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you know you’ve been waiting quite a long time

at the secretary of state’s office 

when even a minivan load of nuns get restless.

 

 

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“I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name.

how could I be anything else but what I am having been named madonna?

i would have either ended up a nun or this.”

-madonna ciccone

new path.

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shopping in the happy garden section today 

gloves, pots, dirt, candles, seeds, fairy lights…

and this.

machete much?

 

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“if you’re doing something new there is always a sense of fear or foreboding,

but you’re in new ground

and you have to get out your machete and cut a new path.”

-jeanine tesori

magic.

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a little magic to wow us at the beginning of the Ann Arbor art fair
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“the world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”
― w.b. yeats

everywhere.

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what’s on your list?

 

 

 

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image credit: mindful travel