when you combine
dots, pencils, whales, glitter, markers, acorn caps. and glue
and make them into a good day.
—
“the visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.”
-malcolm gladwell
Dec4
Author Archives: beth
Dec3
dramatist.
olive the cat not the oil
cooly waits beneath the tree
acting as though she has not even noticed
this new 6-foot thing in our living room
with lots of moving and dangling and twirling things on it
after i put it all up and walk away
she plans out her next day of play
knowing that i’ll be leaving for school
early in the morning.
—
“the cat is, above all things, a dramatist. ”
Dec2
kindle.
warm and friendly evening spent
at the annual kindlefest winter market
“christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality.”
— washington irving
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kerrytown, ann arbor, mi, usa – 2018
Dec1
main street.
main street, ann arbor, mi, usa – 1952, a few years back.
when transportation options were booming
and parking was more flexible.
—
“all the stories i’ll ever need are right here on main street.”
-robert corbier
—
photo credits: ann arbor townies, carol nordman
Nov30
100,000.
my car and i
have happily traveled
100,000 miles together as of today.
who knows how far we’ll go from here?
onward.
—
‘there is but one earth, tiny and fragile,
and one must get 100,000 miles away
to appreciate one’s good fortune in living on it.’
-michael collins
(Major General, USAF, Ret.) is an american former astronaut and test pilot. selected as part of the third group of fourteen astronauts in 1963, he flew into space twice.
Nov29
gator.
“i see an alligator down there.”
and who would doubt that on a freezing day in michigan
on the cusp of winter, with a hint of autumn still remaining
and you are wearing your unicorn hat and sparkly skirt?
not me.
—
Nov28
not the same old song.
as i came upon this window
all i could think of
was that i don’t know what i would do
if he suddenly broke into song as i walked by.
—
“she’s a hypnotist collector; you are a walking antique.”
-bob dylan
—
antelope antiques, ann arbor, mi usa – fall 2018
Nov27
open it.
apparently i have a bit of a reputation for opening my gifts early.
how bad is it when my sister thinks
i may get overexcited
and try to intercept a delivery at the post office?
i’m not worried, she’ll never know…
p.s. if she happens to be reading this,
i’d just like to say for the record
that it was already a little bit open when i found it.
Nov26
lift.
had to catch an early morning flight
out of the little village of new york city
super shuttle came to the rescue
arriving right on time at 3:20am
picking up 6 other people along the way –
2 young women speaking korean
1 southern man speaking with a heavy twang
1 set of parents who giggled and hummed along with the radio
and their two year old boy
who yelled out ‘woah, man!’
every few mintues for no apparent reason
making everyone laugh over and over
couldn’t have had a better crew to send me off on my way
what a lift.
—
“i love those connections that make this big old world feel like a little village.”
-gina bellman
—
image credit: supershuttle.com
Nov25
light.
hell’s kitchen at night, new york
—
“hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.”
-desmond tutu
new york, ny, usa – nonmember 2018
