“in rivers, the water that you touch
is the last of what has passed
and the first of that which comes;
so with present time.”
-leonardo da vinci
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Irish hills, Michigan, usa – may 2019
May29
Author Archives: beth
May28
what will you do?
just another typical moment spent in a dance-off with a gorilla
while wearing a mash-up of your baseball team hat and Cub Scout gear
as a flag flies and a Girl Scout looks on.
what will you do today?
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“it’s fun to take two topics and mix them into one cartoon.”
-walt handelsman
May27
war letters.
“I don’t think any man can exactly explain combat. It’s beyond words.” – Soldier, WWII
Based on newly discovered personal correspondence from the Revolutionary War to the Gulf War, War Letters brings to life vivid eyewitness accounts of famous battles, intimate declarations of love and longing, poignant letters penned just before the writer was killed, and heartbreaking “Dear John” letters from home.
War Letters premiered on television in 2001.
Visit American Experience for bonus videos,
timelines and transcripts of letters from war.
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“letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.”
-johann wolfgang von goethe
dedicated to all those who made the ultimate sacrifice on this Memorial Day and every day.
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sources: pbs.org, American Expérience, Chapman University, chapman.edu
May26
collective.
part of the lake house crew of friends
worked together
to create a solution
involving the installation of a new dock
with
2 sets of waders
4 people with different ideas
8 hands
myriad tools
and
in the end
success.
—
“the shape and solutions of the future
rely totally on the collective effort of people working together.
we are all an integral part of the web of life.”
jacque fresco, – Life Future People Together
May25
show and (don’t) tell
highlight quote from kinder show and tell today:
“I’m going to show you what I brought,
but if you see my sister in the hall
don’t tell her that I brought it.”
-w, age 5
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“not everything needed to be brought into the light, he knew.
not every truth needed to be told.”
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image credit: golden records 1964
May24
every experience.
kinders create a long journey.
—
“in wisdom gathered over time
I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.”
-ansel adams
May23
conversation.
“one of my favorite things
is to have a three-hour conversation over coffee with someone. “
-andy grammer
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image credit: wirecutter
May22
infinite possibilities.
“tearing the paper means you’ve stopped believing in the infinite possibilities of a square.”
-tor dual, a thousand paper birds
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image credit: artist, vik muniz turned two million cranes into one symbol of strength for japanese earthquake victims
May21
bee.
“to make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee,
one clover, and a bee, and revery.
the revery alone will do, If bees are few.”
-emily dickinson
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in honor of world bee day
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image credit: prairie honey
May20
garage sale.
loved visiting the grandies
and their friends from the neighborhood
at their very own garage sale for kids.
they made signs
waved to cars
took turns being the dj in the garage
keeping the music going
and offering specials
(like the ‘wear two things on your head and get one free discount’)
every few minutes.
reminds me of me when i was a kid
though I usually ended up spending my profits
buying my friends’ stuff
and they often did the same with mine.
sometimes I even ended up
with more stuff than I had started with.
a pretty fun time for all
and some things are timeless.
—
I remember going with my mom
to a random garage sale as a kid and thinking
what a cool treasure hunt that the whole world was.
only to transition as an adult to think,
‘what a gross place that really is.’
– will ferrell
