‘the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience,
but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.’
– Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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art credit: lele saa, stand with ukraine
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Author Archives: beth
Feb28
hush.
About the picture:
It’s an old barn in the field and during that time it was fogging, the sky color was light pink and below was light blue..I couldn’t really get the right color when I took that picture but it’s close to what I took.. It was so amazing feeling to see it in actual, what a great memory – Old barn on a snowy field, Janice Perkkio (somewhere in Scandinavia)
About the picture:
in January, frost -28, wonderful color brilliance, in Finnish Lapland, Sodankylä
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i came across both of these photos a year apart, taken by different people in different places
I’m so in awe of their quiet winter beauty
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‘winter knows to hush, still, listen, so the soul can speak.’
-angie weiland-crosby
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photo credits: both photos were found on view from my window
Feb27
on memory alone.
Detroit is getting another home renovation series on HGTV and this one promises to tackle the toughest projects in the city.
“Condemned” is scheduled to premiere this summer on the cable network. The show, which will have eight one-hour episodes, will star a father-daughter rehabbing team, property investor Kristyn Patterson and her builder dad, Pancho Patterson, according to HGTV.
“Kristyn and Pancho have a tangible passion for Detroit and the necessary skills, grit and humor to renovate crumbling homes no one else will touch. Our cameras will follow the highs and lows as they grow their family business and prove that no home is too far gone,” stated HGTV head of content Loren Ruch in the announcement.
They will be facing what is being touted as the city’s “most blighted homes.” As the news announcement for the series puts it, the Pattersons “will stop at nothing to rescue The Motor City’s worst houses that are destined for the wrecking ball.”
Along the way, they will encounter financial pressures, people who have moved into the properties without permission, the challenges of a Detroit winter and more, as they set out on their reality-TV mission.
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‘this house is standing on memory alone.’
-roberta brown
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source credits: Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, HGTV
Feb26
not that clear.
love my car
it sends me caring messages
hello, goodbye, check your backseat, be safe…
and now this one:
(no) /eyesight
it felt a bit judge-y
i’m wearing my glasses!
until I realized it meant
my backup camera was covered with road salt
and not able to see.
still feels judge-y.
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‘having power and being in a position of power can really blur your judgement, and it’s not always that clear.’
-bob morley, australian actor and director
Feb25
good idea.
so brilliant
busybody’s will pickup, clean and drop off your laundry,
clean your dorm room or apartment, deliver beverages
created by university students for university students
supply and demand at work.
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‘a good idea is about ten percent and implementation and hard work, and luck is 90 percent.
-guy kawasaki
Feb24
crushed.
the cats’ gnome forgot to look up
we forgot to look down
when moving the dresser
flipping it upside down to be refinished
now i hope the gnome is not finished!
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‘how many joys are crushed under foot because people look up to the sky and disregard what is at their feet?’
-katharina elisabeth goethe
Feb23
being alive.
a week filled with celebrations of all kinds
a birthday for my cousin/uncle
(we can’t figure it out exactly)
my grandfather and his father were brothers
76 is a number too big for just one cake
a breakfast get together
with my retired colleagues
at a wonderful coney island
I promise I did not order
this hot fudge cream puff
(but not to say I won’t next time)
a candle lit for a a friend’s new grand baby arriving tonight or tomorrow
(hopefully by the time you read this)
who will be the brightest, shiny-est, youngest member
of a longtime group of friends
life is full of life.
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‘don’t save anything for a special occasion, being alive is a special occasion.’
-mary engelbreit
Feb22
opinion.
‘the opinion of ten thousand men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.’
*marcus aurelius
*Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121 – 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was a member of the Nerva-Antoine dynasty, the last of the rulers later known as the Five Good Emperors and the last emperor of the Pax Romana, an age of relative peace, calm, and stability for the Roman Empire lasting from 27 BC to 180 AD.
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art credit: project argentum
Feb21
wise confetti.
It’s clear from this photo that the opening weekend to Venice’s Carnival was quite the celebration, with heaps of confetti in the air and crowds gathered along the city’s famed canals to watch a procession down the waterways. But what you can’t tell from the images alone is that this year, all the confetti and streamers are fully biodegradable, a sustainable twist on the centuries-old festival.
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‘life is a festival only to the wise.’
-ralph waldo emerson
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source credits, Stefano Mazzola/Getty Images, Associated Press
Feb20
getting high on coffee.
Pengpeng, Zhou Shasha, Jin Jinjun/Zhejiang Daily Press Group/VCG Getty
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would you hang off the side of a cliff for coffee?
this cafe in Hangzhou, China, rewards adventurers
who complete a rock climb with a cup of joe and some views —
just don’t look down.
(I do love coffee, pretty much any kind, anywhere, but I couldn’t do this.)
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“coffee is a language in itself.”
-jackie chan
I didn't have my glasses on.... 