Category Archives: Life

Jul25

grape and grain.

Posted on July 25, 2018 by beth

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whiling away the day

at the casual and welcoming

houses of grape and grain

“come, gentlemen, i hope we shall drink down all unkindness.”

-william shakespeare, the merry wives of windsor

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leelanau peninsula, michigan, usa – summer 2018

Jul24

where hobbies, hijinks, and capers go bad = my childhood #5

Posted on July 24, 2018 by beth

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while many kids of my era ate glue, paste, chalk, and crayons

i was busy with my own unusual eating habits

because we played outside for hours and hours

in the fields and open spaces of our neighborhood

most every day

i supplemented by ‘indoor diet’

with my own outdoor natural food diet

often consisting of:

pulp from a freshly fallen tree stump

rich, black, loamy soil

and baby ants.

not sure why i was drawn to each of these things

or why or how i stayed healthy

must have been all of the snow i ate in the winter months

but i’ve learned not to eat baby ants

and i’ve since moved on to chocolate, pasta, and flamin’ hot cheetos

apparently i was one of the original clean eaters

quite by accident.

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“eat food. not too much. mostly plants.”

-michael pollan -‘in defense of food: an eater’s manifesto’

Jul23

light.

Posted on July 23, 2018 by beth

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relaxation –

the process of an electron releasing a photon of light (energy)

and falling back down to a lower energy level.

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on traverse bay, michigan, usa – summer 2018

Jul22

calm in the storm.

Posted on July 22, 2018 by beth

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windows open

to the breezy rain

stormy waters rolling onto shore

and i’m soon to be

sleeping by a dock in the bay.

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“water is the driving force of all nature.”

-leonardo da vinci

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traverse bay, traverse city, michigan, usa – summer 2018

Jul21

facts.

Posted on July 21, 2018 by beth

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joyful young scientist

teaching and demonstrating

for even younger scientists

ends his hands-on physics and chemistry lessons

with a show-stopper

a fog-shooting cannon

crafted from a garbage can

and the crowd realizes how much they love science

and simply cannot get enough.

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“facts are to the mind what food is to the body.”

-edmund burke

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ann arbor public library, pittsfield branch

Jul20

energy.

Posted on July 20, 2018 by beth

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some whiz around at the art fair

buzzing amidst lots of creative energy.

some wind down in a hammock

amidst the shady trees

zapped and looking to recharge.

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“we should all relax about life

because you don’t have a clue as to what’s really going on.”

-barry sonnenfeld (american cinematographer)

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university of michigan diag, ann arbor, michigan, usa

Jul19

uphill.

Posted on July 19, 2018 by beth

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ann arbor art fair is coming today.

bring it!

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“it is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top.”

-arnold bennett

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photo credit: ann arbor/scio hill- 1980s,*eck stanger-ann arbor news, aadl archives, ann arbor townies

*Eck Stanger, chief photographer for the Ann Arbor News for 40 years, landed the job because he was the only News employee able to read the German instructions for his secondhand Speed Graphic camera. Or so the legend goes. Over the course of his four decades as photographer – and the News’ sole photographer during its first 12 years–“one-shot Stanger,” as he came to be known–captured famous statesmen, princes, and presidents, as well as eminent artists, musicians, scientists, and athletes. But he spent most of his time capturing everyday Ann Arborites with skill and a keen eye.