grandie j, or possibly some huge exotic bird, hidden in plain sight.
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“truth is like silhouette, it keeps appearing along with light, it can’t be camouflaged forever.”
-chandrababu v.s.
May12
Author Archives: beth
May11
five.
five types of people you want to surround yourself with:
the inspired, the passionate, the motivated,
the grateful and the open-minded.
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credits: google images, wordporn
May10
mumpsimus.
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image credit: wordables.com
May9
sculpture.
when we come down the stairs we see a magical scene
full of sculptures before us
and we cannot stop running to the sculptures
that are all around us
we find out the difference between the meaning of
‘static’ – still
(like sculptures)
and
‘kinetic’ – moving
(our group leans heavily on the kinetic side)
and at last we sit to hear the story of this one
trying to be static.
“what sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul. “
-joseph addison
May8
pace.
along the path
on our walk
by the river
these tin soldiers
lie napping
in the sun
as they
await their moment
to fly once more.
“adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”
-ralph waldo emerson
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huron river, ann arbor, michigan, usa
May7
water.
water
Everything on the earth bristled, the bramble
pricked and the green thread
nibbled away, the petal fell, falling
until the only flower was the falling itself.
water is another matter,
has no direction but its own bright grace,
runs through all imaginable colors,
takes limpid lessons
from stone,
and in those functionings plays out
the unrealized ambitions of the foam.
– pablo neruda
May6
chicken or the egg?
today, mr. roger, our snowplow driver
came back to our room
and brought some of his favorite birds to meet us
these two are chickens named marco polo and maranella
and they are married.
his granddaughter has a chicken for a pet and reads with it
and he really loves birds
even more than snowplowing.
mr. roger even showed us some of maranella’s treasures – her eggs
and we had the chance to gently touch everything and ask all kinds of questions.
it was amazing because he knew all of the answers.
he sure knows a lot about a lot.
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“if I hadn’t started painting, i would have raised chickens.”
-grandma moses
May5
cinco.
el gato hopes that you each enjoy the holiday in your own way.
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“i will eat anything mexican – a sombrero, hacienda… anything.
they’ve perfected the combo of bread items and the grill. “
-tom delonge
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image credit: google images
May4
morel.
they searched in all the secret places
hinted at
whispered
looking carefully
for the elusive morel
only to return home
empty handed
and took a walk
into their own backyard
where they found them
by the fence
under the trees
waiting quietly
for their return
and discovery.
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“life is too short to stuff a mushroom.”
-shirley conran
-shirley conran
May3
spin cycle.
*news about the cycle of life
saparmurat niyazov, president of turkmenistan, made a decree that divides life into 12-year cycles.
the decree says that childhood lasts until age 12, adolescence to 25, and youthfulness until 37.
the next 12-year cycles are divided into periods labeled – mature, prophetic, inspirational and wise.
old age begins at age 85.
hit 97 and enter a period named for oguzkhan, considered the founder of the turkmen nation, who died at 109.
* this cycle only applies to people in turkmenistan.
(apparently the rest of us are on our own to spin through life’s cycles as best we can.)
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“mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.”
-phyllis theroux
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credits: cbslocal.com, edogawa natural zoo – tokyo
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