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Ann Arbor-ite writes about enjoying life with all of its ironies and surprises.
Oct16

hungry.

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World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on October 16th in honor of the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945. The day is celebrated widely by many other organizations concerned with food security, including the World Food Programme and the International Fund for Agricultural Development

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Some 795 million people in the world do not have enough food to lead a healthy active life. That’s about one in nine people on earth.

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“we know that a peaceful world cannot long exist,

one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.”

-jimmy carter

 

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credits:www.wfp.org/hunger/stats,eagle.bchigh.edu, united nations

Oct15

costume.

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always wanting to make sure

they have their costumes on in time,

alice and walter proudly sit around in clever disguise

 ready for the big day.

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“take care of your costume and your confidence will take care of itself.”

― amit kalantri, wealth of words

Oct14

missing her.

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when the kinders learned that their classmate

was injured and recovering at home

they quickly gathered

to make their friend a special card

wishing her well

and

letting her know

in their own way

how much they were missing her.

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“without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community.”

-anthony j. d’angelo

Oct13

busy.

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i’m busy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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image credit: google images

Oct12

naming.

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Baby names generated by a neural network at Stanford University

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in iceland, it’s hard to come up with a creative name for a newborn.

a government committee prevents parents

from giving babies names that it deems ‘too weird.’

the committee’s name – mannanafnanefnd.

 

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‘names are not always what they seem.’

-mark twain, following the equator: a journey around the world 

 

 

 

 

Oct11

what’s ‘in’ this season.

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fashionable kinder witch mixes up her brew.

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“clothes are just something you put on to cover yourself…

fashion is a way to communicate.”

-dries van noten

Oct10

see-saw.

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caution: see-sawers in the area

and they are known to be a dangerous bunch

keep your windows up

and your hands in the car.

 

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“the world is but a perpetual see-saw.”

-michel de montaigne

 

Oct9

barber.

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no appointment needed.

 

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‘being a barber is about taking care of the people.”

-anthony hamilton

 

 

 

 

 

 

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varsity barber shop, ann arbor, michigan ,usa

Oct8

all part of one another.

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what a totally unexpected and much appreciated kindness:

 a sympathy card in the mail

signed by every person in my vet’s office

after helping my pet to pass on peacefully

on my last trip there.

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“the whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness

of the interdependence of all these living beings,

which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.”

-thomas merton

Oct7

stronger.

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