“at last came the golden month of the wild folk–
honey-sweet May, when the birds come back,
and the flowers come out,
and the air is full of the sunrise scents and songs of the dawning year.”
― samuel scoville jr.
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image credit: proteus, ‘the elfin maypole float, 1887
‘spill simmer falter wither,’ the debut novel by irish author, sara baume
is a devastating, and at the same time, beautiful, ode to empathy, to humanity and to the outliers of the world.
this is not your usual story of a man and his dog.
instead, it’s a 200+ page lyrical poem, with a lot of dark moments, and a few glimpses of light.
as it moves through the seasons, you will come to understand what led them to become who they are.
this is the story of a person and an animal
who most people would pass by without giving them a second thought.
after reading this book, i cannot stop thinking about them.
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“i realise that you were not born with a predetermined capacity for wonder, as i’d believed.
i realise that you fed it up yourself from tiny pieces of the world.
i realise it’s up to me to follow your example and nurture my own wonder, morsel by morsel by morsel.”
― sara baume
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image credit: marinerbooks.com, sara baume,spill simmer falter wither
so, i actually cried while watching “the smurfs”
luckily there was some magic involved
that turned things around
as the universe tends to do
in its own strange way
unexpectedly
with no explanation
and all at once
everything was right with world again.
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“if it makes you cry, it goes in the show.”
-annie leibovitz
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image credit: sony pictures
were we looking at the frog or was the frog looking at us?
“it’s useful to go out of this world and see it from the perspective of another one.”
-terry pratchett
public art found in the dequindre cut, detroit, mi.
(artist unknown)
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science is about unravelling nature.
n. r. narayana murth
this is where it all began
my lifelong love and fascination
with the spy business
in this just-leaked satellite photo from the early 60’s
i was on assignment
and
my cover was
as a seven year old girl
posing casually out front
after a long day spent at the office
i feel quite sure no one suspected.
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“i think I would have been a hopeless spy. i love telling stories and am almost entirely unable to keep a secret.”
-ben macintyre
today we met the farmers
they got down low
and
told us everything
they showed us how to plant our own food
so that we could eat it later
they answered all of our questions
and told us
how the food would taste better
because we know the farmers now.
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“know you food, know your farmers, and know your kitchen.”
-joel salatin
spent a late afternoon
browsing through this collection of
used books of all sorts
went home with unexpected treasures
and things to look forward to
kind of like woodstock
but without
the mud, tie dye, or music
just lots of good words.
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The Bookstock Fund was created from the revenue of each year’s Bookstock sale and donations. Focused on enhancing literacy throughout Detroit and the metropolitan area, each year the Fund looks for community partners doing inspiring and life-changing work on the individual, family, and organizational level.
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“it is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.”
― oscar wilde
another beautiful day for a peaceful walk in ann arbor
“science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.”
-carl sagan
I didn't have my glasses on.... 