a wonderful letter arrived in the mail
just in time for Valentine’s Day
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‘wherever you go, go with all your heart.’
-confucius
Feb14
Category Archives: heart
Jun26
broken.
bittersweet.
‘juan and amelia’
painted and left behind
and
‘amelia and juan’
painted and now left broken.
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“the heart will break, but broken live on.”
-lord Byron
Jun9
greenhorn.
one of my favorite teacher gifts ever
a big, colorful, ceramic unicorn
chosen and painted by a student
body painted green, my favorite color
eyes painted yellow, her favorite color
accents painted black, because they look cool
and a unicorn
because it was a gift straight from the heart.
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p.s. i named it ‘greenhorn’ because it looks like it has magical powers
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“be a unicorn in a field full of horses.”
-author unknown
May23
change of heart.
A 9-year-old girl’s plea to save a sidewalk slab with a heart-shaped cavity has tugged at the heartstrings of Ann Arbor officials, who have agreed to let it stay. The inspector also spray-painted an X over the R that previously marked the slab for replacement, while writing “Save!” and giving the heart a fresh touch of color.
Where Dahlia left a note along the sidewalk last week making the case for keeping the slab, the city’s inspector on Monday left a response letter complete with the city seal on it. “Thank you for your wonderful letter, and for bringing this to our attention!” it reads. “Your note is very well written, and after further considerations, we feel this sidewalk slab can be saved. We’re so glad you let us know, and that we can save your ‘heart.’”
“Thank you for being so passionate and proactive about your community!” the response letter states. “When you’re old enough, you should consider working for the city to continue making it a great place to live. Sincerely, City Sidewalk Repair Program.”
Dahlia, the daughter of Kelly and Matt, said in her note to the ‘Sidewalk People” last week that she was devastated when she saw the slab was marked for replacement.
“You see, the heart is not just a heart,” she wrote. “Ever since I was little, I said hi to the heart. Don’t you see how much it means to me? Every time I pass the heart, I say hi and it brings me joy.”
Anyone else who wants to say hi to the heart now can find it along the east side of Seventh Street across from Waterworks Park between Murray Court and Washington Street.
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“kind words do not cost much, yet they accomplish much.”
-blaise pascal
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source credit: ryan stanton, mlive, ann arbor news
Jan12
bueno come il pane.
“buono come il pane.”
this Italian idiom refers to someone who is “as good as bread.”
that is, someone who is caring and loving and a person of the heart.
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i really, really love this phrase and am definitely going to start using it. such the perfect words.
Oct17
feeling the beat.
on the very next day
after i punched an aggressive clown in a haunted house
and my heartbeat had resumed its normal pace
i found this heart on a sidewalk
made of old gum weathered with time
yet the message was still clear.
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“i would rather live with a tender heart, because that it the key to feeling the beat of all other hearts.”
-jenny slate
Jun28
rocks remember.
my collection of heart shaped rocks
i love discovering these wherever i travel
each one has a story to tell.
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“geologists have a saying – rocks remember.”
– neil armstrong
Jun4
big heart.
today’s walk
brought this discovery
a reminder
that it’s impossible
for a heart to be too big.
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“one day we will realize that big hearts will bring us more peace than big weapons.”
-anthony douglas
Apr9
dung.
all i see is a heart
and i know
that i have crossed paths
with a sweet and amazing
canine artist.
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“to fashion stars out of dog dung,
that is the great work.
to take a negative experience and,
by comparing it to something worse,
make it feel good, is a great skill. “
-alexandra david- neel
Dec19
growing.
as we watched
the big kids perform
‘a christmas carol’
the kinder
kept whispering
and asking
‘why is that man so mean?’
‘why is he so crabby?’
‘how can he be that mean?’
I told them that later in the play
mr. scrooge’s heart will grow
and he will learn to be nice
just like what happened to the grinch
it made my own heart grow
to think about
their innocence
their naturally kind and compassionate state of being
how they could not even begin to imagine
why someone would choose to be mean.
—
‘i think being nice is more important than being clever.’
-ricky gervais
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