lounging with leftovers
(this is not me, but we share a similar attitude and approach to the day after)
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“rest and be thankful.”
-william wordsworth
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image credit: borders of adventure, china
Nov24
Author Archives: beth
Nov23
on thanksgiving day.
“i would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”
-gilbert k. chesterton
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art credit: karen davis, by frost and candlelight
Nov22
kennedy on kennedy.
jfk and family – the ones who i thought were my cousins
(a reblog from 10 years ago)
being born a kennedy, for as long as i can remember, i assumed that the other kennedys were just cousins who lived out east. when the killing of jfk happened, 50 years ago, (now 60 years), i had just turned 6, only 4 days before. i was in first grade and i remember being called in from recess and all of the adults were crying. that was the day i found out that i was not actually a cousin, and that people could die from things other than being very, very old. it was one of those days when my world changed forever.
my kennedy family
“the essential self is innocent, and when it tastes its own innocence knows that it lives forever. “
-john updike
Nov21
temperature.
the temperature has dropped quite a bit and i am ready.
bring it.
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“it doesn’t matter what temperature the room is, it’s always room temperature.”
-steven wright
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image credit: google images
Nov20
oh, deer!
notice posted by the sebastian county sheriff’s office as a reminder to drivers (and deer):
We have received a few reports that some deer, for whatever reason, are not using the designated deer crossing areas along our county roads and state highways. If any deer follow our page, please know that we put these signs up at some expense to the taxpayers. We’d appreciate you crossing at the designated areas. To our motoring community, please watch for these deer that are blatantly disobeying the law.
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“a small deer came into my camp and stole my bag of pickles. is there a way i can get reimbursed? please call.”
-dave barry
Nov19
santa for the goal!
driving home
listening to
the detroit red wings hockey team
playing an international game in sweden
got distracted for a minute
thinking about something
soon realizing
i no longer heard the game
but was instead was now listening to
christmas music
on a station
that jumps into the holiday music early each year
a station
i didn’t have programmed in
didn’t flip to
an early christmas mystery/miracle/conspriacy perhaps?
did the wings somehow get beat out by santa?
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“radio is the playground of coincidence.”
-sarah vowell
Nov18
rhythm of life.
“loves to have record player going or any music at 15 months.
attempts to dance to it and complains when music stops.”
(from my baby book on my ‘rhythm and music’ page, first expression of rhythm)
today, on my birthday, many eons later, not much has changed.
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“life is like dancing. If we have a big floor, many people will dance.
some will get angry when the rhythm changes. but life is changing all the time.”
-don miguel ruiz
Nov17
one for the books.
what book would you want to add to this little library?
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“without reading, we are all without light in the dark, without fire in the cold.”
-tamora pierce, american fantasy fiction author
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source credits: littlefree ibrary.org
Nov16
100% fancy.
where has this been all of my glitter/sprinkle-loving life?!
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“but this was fancy; she was succumbing to fancy in a way she hadn’t done before.”
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Nov15
thank you’s.
our class spent time this week talking about gratitude
and the importance of offering thank you’s to people we are grateful for.
the kinder drew pictures and dictated thank you notes for their families.
i had the honor of writing out the words above
for a child’s thank you that he wanted to give to his family.
it was one of simplest, most powerful, and beautiful thank you’s i’ve yet to see.
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“mankind’s greatest achievements are found on thank you notes, not resumes.”
-wes fesler, american athlete, coach, and author
I didn't have my glasses on.... 