Mar5
art, art, art.
Category Archives: Life
Mar4
skills.
grandie creates his quilt
stitching fabrics of his choosing
that he’s learned to sew upon
this machine that he is using.
his ukulele sits nearby
waiting for some play
as the sled stands outside
with hopes of snowy day.
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“the class of your performance is built on the grade of your skills.”
― wesam fawzi
Mar3
cover.
my view on the way to work today
with a full moon still in the sky
the beautiful calm after the storm.
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“kindness is like snow—it beautifies everything it covers.”
-kahlil gibran
Mar2
storming.
march.
storming in like a buffalo
and out like a wing?
“february makes a bridge and march breaks it. “
– Witts Recreations, Selected from the Finest Fancies of Moderne Muses, with a Thousand Outlandish Proverbs (edited by George Herbert, 1593–1633)
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image credit: tom murphy, Yellowstone Park Buffalo, “Frozen Snow”
Mar1
potholes.
a michigan ice cream shop hopes its promotion will take away some of your pothole pain. farmhouse coffee & ice cream in franklin in metro detroit, is giving free scoops of its michigan pothole ice cream to victims of potholes in the state.
if you spent money on pothole repairs, just bring in your receipt for a free single scoop in a cup or cone of the michigan pothole flavor. what’s in that flavor you ask? it’s described as “thick black tar fudge in rich chocolate ice cream with cookie asphalt pieces.” the offer is good for one scoop per receipt. the promotion ends on March 25, 2018.
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“without ice cream there would be darkness and chaos.”
– don karding
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credits: mlive.com, edward pesos, farmhouse coffee and ice cream, deanna yow
Feb28
portable magic.
what an elementary teacher
after-school book meeting looks like
all full of colors, sparkling water, and clever words.
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“books are uniquely portable magic.”
– stephen king
Feb27
compassion.
sweet kinder
creates a beautiful and comfortable bed
for the rhino with the broken foot
so that he has a place to lie down
and recover in peace.
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“as great scientists have said and as all children know,
it is above all by the imagination
that we achieve perception, and compassion, and hope.”
-ursula k. le guin
Feb26
“old dogs care about you, even when you make mistakes.” -tom t. hall
i really enjoyed a relaxed game night with
a group of long-time friends
a couple of grandies
and
a few old dogs
just like most of us there
the old dogs
have lived full lives
one is lame
one is deaf
one is blind
all have their challenges
and one thing in common
they love being with the people they love.
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“old dogs can be a regal sight.
their exuberance settles over the years into a seasoned nobility,
their routines become as locked into yours
as the quietest and kindest of marriages.
-gail caldwell
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image credit: pinterest.co.uk, steiff dog on wheels, brown and black mohair
Feb25
for my father, one of the original mad men
one more time on what would have been my father’s birthday –
today is my father’s birthday and he’s gone now, but never forgotten.and whenever i see the show, ‘mad men’, i think of him. the look, the feel, the era – that was our life growing up. we lived in the twirly, swirling world of advertising.
my dad, in the left forefront, in a very important lunch meeting
we had cocktail parties at our suburban detroit house, hosting automotive clients and friends and all sorts of interesting characters. there were martinis and dresses and canapés and jazz and laughs long into the night. i once saw him put on a horrible wig and wear it like nothing was unusual, just to get a reaction. we would sneak down in our pajamas and sit on the stairs, just to be a part of all the hullabaloo.
on regular nights, we were always pitching ideas to him around the dinner table and suggesting…
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Feb24
hands.
kinders experience the world hands-on.
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“the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.”
-anne frank
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