when making your wish list
this holiday season
consider the above.
i really couldn’t believe
how magical these were
when i was a child
i’m still working out how it happens
and they’re still so cool.
what toy was magical to you?
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“in the orchestra of existence, magic is the crescendo that shatters the silence of the ordinary.”
—-jon finch
Peace & Prosperity to All!, Duke
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
inside my car at the car wash
music on
relaxing
feeling that underwater seaweed or giant squid on my hood vibe
yet the highlight
is getting to the end
seeing the ‘theme’ setup in a corner –
captain’s wheel, the bluest water, navigation devices
understanding why it is called
‘the lighthouse’
performance art at its finest and my clean car is merely a bonus
it’s really an immersive sensory art experience on the cheap.
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“told you. everything sounds better in a car wash.”
-sarah dessen
this tree has seen a lot of love
-carl sandburg
this looks like my kind of place!
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i have such fond memories of childhood forts-
blanket forts
pillow forts
under the table forts
box forts
tree forts
garage forts
lower bunkbed forts
underground cave forts
behind the couch forts
secret forts
forts with passwords
anything/anywhere/anytime
we could find to makeover into a fort,
we did.
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are you ‘pro-fort?’
is yes, what kind of forts did you enjoy?
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“forte is french for fort.”
*buddy wakefield,
*american poet, three-time world champion spoken word artist, and the most toured performance poet in history
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image credit: facebook, ty to b. miller
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“i would like to paint the way a bird sings.”
-claude monet
very cold scene from ‘the shining.’ (warner brothers)
does anyone else watch movies set in the snow and became freezing just watching them?
it all starts out well enough
suddenly dawning on me
the characters
have spent much of the movie in the freezing snow.
once i realize this, there is no going back,
it begins to feel so very cold.
consider this a warning or cautionary tale.
below are some i’ve sen over the years,
any to add to the list?
white fang
frozen
fargo
dr. zhivago
on her majesty’s secret service
white out
groundhog day
the revanent
jeremiah johnson
home alone
the snow walker
shackleton
snow day
the thing
vertical limit
society of the snow
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“life is cold. people stay warm through the intimacy of a story.”
-james altucher
*g.r.t. alert
not one of these descriptors appeal to me;
*giant – robotic – tarantula.
this is not on my gift list in case anyone was wondering.
thank you in advance.
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“even on central avenue, not the quietest dressed street in the world,
he looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food cake.”
-raymond chandler, amercian-british author
is it just me,
or is a ‘sloth activity’ book
an oxymoron
and probably incredibly slow and boring?
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“the kindest word to describe my performance in school was sloth.”
-harrison ford, american actor
I didn't have my glasses on.... 