how wonderful to share such a special day
with someone i’ve known since she was born
so happy and loved.
“true love is never blind, but rather brings an added light.”
-phoebe cary
Oct17
Author Archives: beth
Oct16
flip.
when you’ve had a very long and busy week
and you get a text that reads:
“great news! your adult pinata headband has been delivered.”
and just like that
your world flips and rights itself in an instant.
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“being happy never goes out of style.”
-lilly pulitzer
Oct15
alive.
“A little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children’s letters – sometimes very hastily – but this one I lingered over. I sent him a card and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, ‘Dear Jim: I loved your card.’ Then I got a letter back from his mother and she said: ‘Jim loved your card so much he ate it.’ That to me was one of the highest compliments I’ve ever received. He didn’t care that it was an original Maurice Sendak drawing or anything. He saw it, he loved it, he ate it.”
Maurice Sendak, as noted by Luke Davies in an article in the Brisbane Times, December 3, 2011.
Photograph of Maurice Sendak by Joyce Dopkeen.
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“we can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”
– thornton wilder
Oct14
game day.
early morning ann arbor
outside of washtenaw dairy
on a home game day
calm before the storm
go blue.
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“you don’t show up on game day and expect to be great.
greatness happens in practice.
you have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”
-michael jordan
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photo credit: washtenaw dairy
Oct13
start.
not sure how this all works or fits together
but someone has a vision
it’s interesting
one thing leading to another
i’m guessing the project has grown over time and may still be in play.
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“a building is not something you finish, a building is something you start.”
-stewart brand
Oct12
crash-landing.
plane crash in the park
i may have been one of the first on the scene
it appears no living thing
was harmed in this accident
but things are just a little bit sadder in the sandbox without it.
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“any landing you can walk away from is a good one”.
(penned by gerald r. massey in 1944 after the crash-landing of his B-17 while serving as a photographer.)
Oct11
nuts!
when bringing my bike into the basement
to store it for the long winter ahead
this was just standing there waiting for me
how long has he been there?
where did he come from?
what did he want to say?
why was he there?
asking for a friend.
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“son of a nutcracker!!”
-buddy elf, (“Elf” the movie)
Oct10
cut it out!
what do you do when you need a pair of scissors
so you buy a pair of scissors
but you need scissors to cut them out of the package that holds the scissors that will cut them out?
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“humor brings insight and tolerance. irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.”
-agnes repplier
Oct9
indigenous peoples.
At The Water’s Edge, 1910. Edward S. Curtis photographed Piegan tepees at the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in northwest Montana. The Reservation is bordered by Canada to the north and Glacier Park to the west. Browning, site of tribal headquarters, has an average of 196 days per year with temperatures below freezing.
In Montana, Blackfeet is used as both the singular and plural designation for tribal members. The Siksika of Canada describe themselves as Blackfoot.
“it does not require many words to speak the truth.”
– Chief Joseph, of the Wallowa Band of Nez Perce
Indigenous Peoples’ Day is a holiday in the United States that celebrates and honors Indigenous Americans and commemorates their histories and cultures. It is celebrated across the United States on the second Monday in October, and is an official city and state holiday in various localities.
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credits: text and digital restoration of photo, gary coffrin, edward s. curtis, native american history site
Oct8
all the news that’s fit to print.
as a huge fan of reading newspapers in print, i loved reading this news in print:
There’s currently a French castle that’s channeling the past and being built using only medieval construction methods. County Highway has a similar premise, but for the publishing industry.
The U.S.-based newspaper, which launched its first edition over the summer, costs $8.50 and will distribute six issues per year. Most notably, it’s print-only, meaning you won’t find any of its stories online.
“People read differently on the printed page than they do on a screen,” editor David Samuels told The Observer. “The printed page is an immersive experience without constant distractions or the specter of other people’s responses on social media. It’s a much more enriching and human experience.”
Styled after 19th century broadsheets, County Highway cites Charles Dickens, Bob Dylan, Mark Twain, William Faulkner, Ralph Ellison, and Tom Wolfe as inspirations. And there’s clearly an appetite for it: Samuels said the team hit their year-three subscription and sales targets within three weeks of putting out the first issue. “The response has been tremendous,” he added.
check it out below:
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“i read about eight newspapers in a day. when i’m in a town with only one newspaper, i read it eight times.”
-will rogers
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