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About beth

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

talk show.

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i have never talked back to my television so much in my life as i have recently. 

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i wish it was mr. rogers who i was watching and talking back to.

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“conversation is like a television set on honeymoon… unnecessary.”

-peter sellers

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image credits: google images, mr. rogers television

groundhog.

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“turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.”

~maori proverb

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happy groundhog day

and

may your face find the sun.

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image credit: angel sarkela-saur

february.

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img_7924“february, a form
pale-vestured, wildly fair,—
one of the north wind’s daughters,
with icicles in her hair.”

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~edgar fawcett, “the masque of months,” c.1878

sound advice.

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my chinese new year fortune. 

conscience.

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“conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.”

-joseph cook

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photo credit:bryan david griffith

rooster.

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it’s the year of the rooster, and i am one, excited for new beginnings

happy chinese lunar new year 2017

to you and yours

roosters and the rest. 

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photo credit: pinterest

doppelgänger.

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 part of my aussie family

was visiting here in

ann arbor, michigan, usa

from

bunbury, western australia

and 

by chance

 went to a local county beekeepers meeting

with 

some of my family who live here

where he 

came face to face with

his doppleganger.

both with

 yellow shirts

same

glasses 

hair 

beard

eyebrows

smiles

face

age 

mannerisms.

just

crossing paths 

and

finding themselves

in exactly

the same time and place

turned and talked 

and then

went their separate ways once again.

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11,208 miles
Distance from Ann Arbor to Bunbury

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dop·pel·gäng·er
ˈdäpəlˌɡaNGər/
noun
an apparition or double of a living person.

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credits: p. porter, geomaps.com

special ops.

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such a wild adventure

grandie m’s 9th birthday fun

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special ops teams, nerf guns, fairy bread, burger bar, headbands, sunglasses and laughs

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one powerful team member even offered a great tip

when she warned me:

“never trust a panda with a gun.”

lesson learned. 

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‘it’s all fun and games ’till someone loses an eye, then it’s just fun you can’t see.”

-james hetfield