when looking for me
directions will lead you here
right to my doorstep.
—
“fate pulls you in different directions.”
-clint eastwood
Oct22
Author Archives: beth
Oct21
moving target.
“a creative project is a moving target.
You never end up where you start.’
-evangeline lilly
—
the kinders remind me of this each and every day.
Oct20
return to sender.
i recently made halloween cards
for all of my grandies and nieces
and sent them out early
to make sure they arrived in time
imagine my surprise
when i opened my mailbox
and found a letter
that i had sent out
a day earlier
only to have the post office
deliver it back to me
instead of sending it on ahead
somehow they had managed
to process it on the back of the envelope
and decided that my return address sticker
was where it should be delivered
i often wonder about their logic
and am pleasantly surprised
when things actually get
to where i had intended them to go
i will try again tomorrow
and tell them that it should go
to where the mailing address is
on the front of the letter.
“you know you’re a fool when what you’re doing
makes even the post office seem efficient.”
-joshua cohen
Oct19
look closer.
look closely.
closer.
there it is, right in front of you.
—
“home is where your people are.”
― richie norton
—
sugarbush park, ann arbor, mi, usa
Oct18
wheelbarrow.
andrew killawee is a canadian tv producer who recently had his wheelbarrow stolen and he announced this with a sign outside of his home: “BRING BACK MY WHEELBARROW.”
a few days later, the sign had changed: “THANK YOU FOR BRINGING BACK MY WHEELBARROW.” apparently tersely worded demands for stolen property, in rural canada, lead to results. and results lead to politely worded replies.
all of this might have gone forgotten—a brief, humorous tale of small-town crime, one among many brief, humorous tales of small-town crime that happen in small towns across the world—if it hadn’t been for twitter, where an acquaintance of killawee combined the hand-painted signs into a single tweet.
her tweet went viral, and he later noted his regret at not being more fluent with the service. “well it took a lot of hard work, but I think I can now retire. thanks to my friend for really making the big push here … i’ll learn twitter one of these days.”
—
“i mean if we even had a wheelbarrow,
that would be something.”
-william goldman
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credits: erik shilling, atlas obscura, andrew killawee -photo
Oct17
unique.
can you tell me about your halloween picture?
can’t you see it?
i think i can, but i’d love for you to tell me about it.
it’s me hiding in the bushes.
that’s perfect!
—
“a work of art is the unique result of a unique temperment.”
-oscar wilde
Oct16
the justice of eating.
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.
—
image credit: syrian refugee children – cbc
Oct15
lost time.
coming across these stairs
in the middle of the woods
wondering what they once led to
and how much time has been lost
since they led anyone there?
—
“lost time is never found again. “
-benjamin franklin
—
kuebler langford park, ann arbor, michigan, usa
Oct14
through it.
“eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.”
-norman maclean
Oct13
useful.
“i’ve about decided that’s the main thing
that separates happy people from the other people:
the feeling that you’re a practical item,
with a use, like a sweater or a socket wrench.”
― barbara kingsolver, Animal Dreams
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early fall field in ann arbor, michgian, usa
