“the sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.”
-pamela hansford johnson
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summer on glen lake, empire/glen arbor, michigan, usa
Jul26
Author Archives: beth
Jul25
to the lake.
night slowly arrives
warmly wraps around the lake
color fades away.
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“of all the paths you take in life make some lead to the lake.”
– unknown
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on glen lake, empire, michigan, usa – summer 2024
Jul24
charley crockett.
cowboy singer charley crockett
his low, smoky, smooth voice, like whiskey
vintage cowboy crooner gave a great show.
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‘i think a lot of it has to do with putting your heart into what you do and wanting to entertain people.’
-gene autry, the most famous singing cowboy of all
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royal oak music theater, michigan, usa, summer 2024
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Matthew Charles Crockett (born1984) is an American blues, country, jazz, americana singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He has released twelve studio albums since 2015, with Lil G.L.’s Blue Bonanza peaking at number 11 on the US Billboard Blues Albums chart and The Man from Waco breaking the US Billboard 200
Jul23
ten years after.
ten years have passed
since the moment
when my entire 6-pack of grandies
at last
all on the same continent
met for the very first time
in a large box on my front lawn
as long as i live
i will never forget that moment.
‘cousins are the barometers of how fun a family get-together will be.’
– jm gaffigan
Jul22
Miss-Fortune?
at the noodle restaurant
opened my fortune after dinner
it was thrown away with my plate
can’t quite figure out what it meant
not sure how to live my life from here on out.
what do you think this fortune means?
‘live for the nights you can’t remember with the people you’ll never forget.’
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Jul21
unscathed.
on the morning of the onset of the recent global outages
my sister was scheduled to fly in for a visit
as soon as i heard about it
i warned her that her flights might get complicated
but somehow she managed to get on two scheduled flights
fly across the country and land within 15 minutes of her original arrival time
we found her suitcase in a baggage claim area that was mostly shut down
with luggage on a carousel but no people from the corresponding flights to claim them
a line that grew longer with each incoming flight filing lost luggage claims
surrounded by people left and right with cancelled flights
she somehow managed to get through the eye of the needle unscathed
how lucky is that?
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‘we cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.’
-albert einstein
Jul20
getting puffy with it.
i think we all get news overload now and then
getting puffy is not good for anyone
good to step away as needed.
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‘winning the election is a good-news, bad-news kind of thing.
okay, now you’re the mayor.
the bad news is, now you’re the mayor.’
*clint eastwood, american actor, director, mayor
*Clint Eastwood made a successful foray into elected politics. He won election as mayor in April 1986 (until 1988), of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California (population 4,000), small town and artists’ community on the Monterey Peninsula.
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image credit: scott metzger
Jul19
land shark.
land shark!
here i thought they were only legends
saw them knocking on doors
way back in the day on saturday night live
have never crossed paths with one
until now
hopefully just passing through.
‘there’s a cardinal rule that you don’t talk about sharks. if you don’t see it, it’s not there.’
-mark warkentin, all-american open-water swimmer/coach
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saturday. night live, 1975, nbc
Jul18
the artists have landed.
setup began yesterday
streets closing
unloading, building, signage, displays
artists on task
townies abuzz
beautiful skies
everything in full swing
high excitement in the air
can’t wait to visit.
‘an artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.’
-charles horton cooley
Jul17
‘if you can dream it, you can do it.’ -walt disney
Today, the “Happiest Place on Earth” turns 69 years old. After a year of construction and a $17 million investment (the equivalent of nearly $200 million today), Disneyland welcomed its first visitors, inviting thousands of studio staffers, construction workers, members of the press, and company sponsors to preview the Anaheim, California, park before it opened to the public the following day. At the time, tickets to explore Adventureland, Frontierland, Fantasyland, Tomorrowland, and Main Street USA cost $1 for adults and 50 cents for kids.
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‘it’s kind of fun to do the impossible.’
-walt disney
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source/image credits: travel and leisure, getty images, gene lester
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