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About beth

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

enough.

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i have learned that to be with those I like is enough.

-walt whitman

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waiting at the cinco de mayo dance.

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i’m always hopeful.

i feel like I’m at the prom sitting against the wall

waiting for someone to ask me to dance.

-sarah dessen

the creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn. – ralph waldo emerson

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today is the day. 

my blog has grown

from one acorn of one word

into a forest of 1000 posts of all colors.

i am humbled

and thankful

for all of you 

who have taken 

the time 

to

read

like

comment

share ideas

be featured

ask questions

and

offer your kind thoughts to me.

it has meant all the difference.

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keyhole.

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“what is a scientist after all?

it is a curious man looking through a keyhole,

the keyhole of nature,

trying to know what’s going on.” 

-jacques cousteau 

avoid the ordinary.

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what i do on mondays.

and many times on other days too.

may.

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may-pole

“as full of spirit as the month of may,

and as gorgeous as the sun in midsummer.”

― william shakespeare

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image credit: May Pole (circa 1907). source: http://www.victoriantraditions.com

 

 

dig in.

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“find your place on the planet.

dig in,

and take responsibility from there.”

― gary snyder

wings.

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kinders offer their presentations 

to

the other kinders

and to us

their teachers.

they are very excited

as

they tell us

all about

the animals

they have studied.

one teaches us about 

the colorful parrot.

another one asks

‘why do they fly?’

kinder answers

‘so they can see the world.’

in this moment 

of clarity and understanding

she has

traded places with us

and has

become the teacher

and

we learn so much from her.

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“feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?”

-frida kahlo

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go together.

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team problem solving

4 grandies and 1 wagon

lots of sizes

lots of weight

lots of ages

lots of ideas

lots of feelings

1 bent axle

1 road at the end

how to get it back up the driveway

who wants to pull

who wants to push

who wants to ride

who wants to walk

how can we do it so no one cries?

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“if you want to go quickly, go alone.

if you want to go far, go together.”

~african proverb.