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

fancy water.

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kinder happily samples the first batch of playground snow

it ‘tastes like fancy water.’

 

“i leaned out one last time and caught a snowflake on my tongue.

they tasted so good, so pure and so divine,

like nothing I had ever tasted from the sky. ”     

-shannon a. thompson

living room.

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performance anxiety?

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in honor of the passing of stan lee. the time i met one of his characters in real life and it didn’t go as planned –

beth's avatarI didn't have my glasses on....

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when i was 7, i finally had a chance to meet one of my idols, spiderman, who happened to be at the montgomery wards store at our local mall, at the same time as i was. i saw this as fate, and i could not have been more excited, as he had been one of my idols for as long as i could remember.

waiting in line, anxious, worked up, hopping with joy, i finally made my way up to the front to meet him. i was shy, but i was motivated, and so, i asked him to ‘shoot his webs’ for me, one of my favorite superpowers i’d seen him do on tv many times, enabling him to fly from building to building, saving people, and meting out justice on the bad guys. 

i will never forget his reaction in response to my quiet, but earnest request. he first…

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bridge.

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how lovely it would be

to walk across this little bridge each day

 leave the busy world behind

to enter once again

 the quiet calm called home.

“praise the bridge that carried you over.”

-george colman 

 

 

 

 

 

ann arbor, mi, usa – on geddes road

silent.

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– your silent tents of green
we deck with fragrant flowers
yours has the suffering been,
the memory shall be ours.
     
     – henry wadsworth longfellow
arlington national cemetery

warrior.

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what it looks like when your french fry takes a stand.

“the only thing a warrior cannot fight is her own fierce nature.”
― bianca marais

recount.

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who knows when

the last bead will be counted?

 

“the first thing I’ll do if elected is demand a recount.”

-kinky friedman

 

 

 

 

 

image credit: melissa and doug – abacus

fav.

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i am curious about who bought this plate.

a parent as a gift to a child?

a child as a gift to him/her self?

a spouse?

a sibling?

or….?

interesting message whatever the backstory.

 

 

“i am often asked which picture is my favorite. 

this is like asking a mother

which child she likes the most.”

-phillipe halsman

 

not exactly.

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imagine my surprise

just before undergoing

an out-patient medical test

listening to the waiver

read aloud to me

most of it

consisting of the usual

risks, percentages, side effects

 somewhere in the middle

i heard:

“medicine is not an exact science.”

best liability statement i have ever heard.

 

“i am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.”

-alexander the great

 

 

 

image credit: aspca.org

stand up.

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stand up  and vote.

“small differences in a system of great power can have enormous consequences.” 

― noam chomsky

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dog image credit: iggyjoey.com