May26
lest we forget.
Author Archives: beth
May25
silent sunday.
fiddleheads
baby ferns
one of the most beautiful things in nature
their name comes from their resemblance
to the scrolled end of a violin
there’s a certain magical quality about them.
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‘if you listen carefully, the silence is beautiful.’
-purpleclover
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photo credit: solstice
May24
hair show.
when i sit in my stylist’s chair
she asks me what i’d like to have done
i’m pretty casual and relaxed about my hair
looking to my right
I say
well, actually the exact opposite
of whatever is going on
with the woman’s head in the mirror next to us
and i’ll be happy, thanks.
—
‘happiness is meeting the right hairstylist.’
-author unknown
May23
cat art.
i stared at this for a long time.
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”mystery is at the heart of creativity. that, and surprise.’
-julia cameron
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art credit: artitsallinsideus(mitch), cat art
May22
the quilters.
THE QUILTERS, an award-winning short documentary, now showing on Netflix, follows the daily lives of several men, spending most of its screen time inside the sewing room at South Central Correctional Center, a Level 5 maximum security prison in a small town near St. Louis.
As they follow several quilts from design to completion, audiences will come to know these men, witnessing their struggles, triumphs, and sense of pride as they create something beautiful in this windowless, sacred space, deep within the prison walls.
The camera follows the quilters up close as they work individually on their creations and also captures the power of this group as a collective, a well-oiled, collaborative machine that hums along like the sewing machines in front of which each man sits.
The craft of quilting has been carefully and beautifully shot, with tight focus on the men’s hands, the sewing machines, the textures and colors of the fabrics, and the creative design of each quilt which is personalized for a foster child and gifted to them for their birthday.
This short film will move your soul.
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‘people find meaning and redemption in the most unusual human connections.’
-Khaled Hosseini
*Khaled Hosseini was born in Afghanistan, moved to the United States in 1980, and is the author of the New York Times bestsellers, The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and, And the Mountains Echoed.
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credits: Netflix, Youtube
May21
have a cup on international tea day.
(not me, or my people, and I wasn’t invited to the tea party)
“In Ireland, you go to someone’s house, and she asks you if you want a cup of tea. You say no, thank you, you’re really just fine. She asks if you’re sure. You say of course you’re sure, really, you don’t need a thing. Except they pronounce it ting. You don’t need a ting. Well, she says then, I was going to get myself some anyway, so it would be no trouble. Ah, you say, well, if you were going to get yourself some, I wouldn’t mind a spot of tea, at that, so long as it’s no trouble and I can give you a hand in the kitchen. Then you go through the whole thing all over again until you both end up in the kitchen drinking tea and chatting.
In America, someone asks you if you want a cup of tea, you say no, and then you don’t get any damned tea. I liked the Irish way better.”
― C.E. Murphy
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International Tea Day is an opportunity to celebrate the cultural heritage, health benefits and economic importance of tea, while working to make its production sustainable “from field to cup” ensuring its benefits for people, cultures and the environment continue for generations.
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photo credit: Irish Tea Party early 1900s, Valentine’s of Dundee, Scotland
May20
bloom.
one of my daughters
gave me
a small bunch of peonies
when suddenly
one bloomed
making a very grand entrance.
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“a flower does not use words to announce its arrival to the world; it just blooms.”
― m
May19
‘there is a place where the sidewalk ends.’ – shel silverstein.
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loving the signshowing and telling mewhere the sidewalk endsdifferent today than yesterday.
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-stephen king
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May18
left or lost?
came across this journal
tucked into the base of a tree
was it left for someone to find?
was it lost by someone and dropped?
either way i left it undisturbed
to finish out its story.
—
‘the true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.’
-isaac asimov
May17
petit pique-nique.
when the squirrels have their own picnic table
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‘there are few things so pleasant as a picnic eaten in perfect comfort.’
- -w somerset maugham
I didn't have my glasses on.... 