the busy work of designing and building
the playground bridge and dam
a bigger project than the panama canal.
—
“i’m in an agreeable state: busy, enthusiastic, curious.”
-isabelle adjani
May27
Category Archives: Life
May26
relax-ku.
time to relax now
long weekend brings calm and fun
friends warm the spirit.
—
“i don’t have anything to prove anymore. i can relax.”
-paloma picasso
—
image credit: daily mail
May25
stalks gone wild.
it seems that the bean stalks
in our classroom
have gone a bit wild
very quickly
and
we are on the lookout for giants.
—
“well, first of all,” said the bfg,
“human beans is not really believing in giants, is they?
human beans is not thinking we exist.”
- -roald dahl – “the bfg”
May24
butter and love.
“cookies are made of butter and love. “
~norwegian proverb
May23
under her wing.
when learning to swim, sometimes one needs a bit of extra help.
—
“water is life’s matter and matrix, mother and medium. there is no life without water.”
-albert szent-gyorgyi
—
image credit: bradley cooper
May22
light.
May21
bloom.
the peony tree is back in full bloom
May20
i.d.
why yes, i’m happy to wait here all day while you check my i.d.
i’ll just stand right by this alert and tan in the glow of its light.
take all the time you need. i’ll hang out for a few minutes longer.
thanks so much for sending help.
does anyone else have this message on their screen?
oh?
you i.d. everyone?
great policy.
—
“i have reached an age when, if someone tells me to wear socks, i don’t have to.”
-albert einstein
May19
through my fingers.
maurice sendak’s
“where the wild things are”
was initially pitched as
“where the wild horses are”
his editor loved the pitch but
sendak could not draw horses
so the wild things he drew
ended up being
caricatures of his relatives.
—
“writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.”
-isaac asimov
—
credits: maurice sendak, “where the wild things are” – 1963, harper and collins
May18
jungle.
as we made our way through the jungle of giant leaves,
only one of us spotted a tiger and we looked out for each other.
—
“on a hard jungle journey nothing is so important as having a team you can trust.”
― tahir shah, House of the Tiger King: The Quest for a Lost City
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