Category Archives: Life

valentine.

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“as a hopeless romantic, I’m drawn to stories of improbable beginnings.”

-mary kay andrews

 

 

 

 

 

 

image credit: A Magical Miniature World Of Snails by Vyacheslav Mishchenko

find that place.

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spending the day off

with a couple of grandies and their neighborhood friends

lounging around

staying in pajamas

watching ‘the dark crystal’ ( 80s sci-fi movie)

having snacks

and

just enjoying life.

 

“it is nice finding that place where you can just go and relax.”

-moises arias

 

so far.

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“what is the most important thing you’ve learned in your life so far?”

moving.

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starlings come together and move into the shape of a giant bird.

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kinders come together to see if the birds are eating the food they’ve left for them

“do not the most moving moments of our lives find us without words?”

-marcel marceau

 

 

 credits: guy benson, attenborough nature preserve, bbc news east midlands

do more of that.

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instead.

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(a candid moment from my recent fiesta)

my goat and i would like to thank

each and every one of you

who help me

celebrate every day

(the best day ever)

by being a part of my life.

“instead of hate, celebrate.”

-prince

art is long.

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one grandpa, one art, one village 

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-46186910/grandpa-paints-his-taiwanese-village-in-cats-and-dogs

“life is short, art is long.”

— john ringling

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

video credit: bbc news

living room.

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performance anxiety?

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in honor of the passing of stan lee. the time i met one of his characters in real life and it didn’t go as planned –

beth's avatarI didn't have my glasses on....

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when i was 7, i finally had a chance to meet one of my idols, spiderman, who happened to be at the montgomery wards store at our local mall, at the same time as i was. i saw this as fate, and i could not have been more excited, as he had been one of my idols for as long as i could remember.

waiting in line, anxious, worked up, hopping with joy, i finally made my way up to the front to meet him. i was shy, but i was motivated, and so, i asked him to ‘shoot his webs’ for me, one of my favorite superpowers i’d seen him do on tv many times, enabling him to fly from building to building, saving people, and meting out justice on the bad guys. 

i will never forget his reaction in response to my quiet, but earnest request. he first…

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meeting.

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when superman, a monster, and a skeleton

meet at the haunted house.

i wonder what their conversation would be…

 

 

‘everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.’

-bill nye