el gato hopes that you each enjoy the holiday in your own way.
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“i will eat anything mexican – a sombrero, hacienda… anything.
they’ve perfected the combo of bread items and the grill. “
-tom delonge
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image credit: google images
May5
Category Archives: Life
May4
morel.
they searched in all the secret places
hinted at
whispered
looking carefully
for the elusive morel
only to return home
empty handed
and took a walk
into their own backyard
where they found them
by the fence
under the trees
waiting quietly
for their return
and discovery.
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“life is too short to stuff a mushroom.”
-shirley conran
-shirley conran
May3
spin cycle.
*news about the cycle of life
saparmurat niyazov, president of turkmenistan, made a decree that divides life into 12-year cycles.
the decree says that childhood lasts until age 12, adolescence to 25, and youthfulness until 37.
the next 12-year cycles are divided into periods labeled – mature, prophetic, inspirational and wise.
old age begins at age 85.
hit 97 and enter a period named for oguzkhan, considered the founder of the turkmen nation, who died at 109.
* this cycle only applies to people in turkmenistan.
(apparently the rest of us are on our own to spin through life’s cycles as best we can.)
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“mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.”
-phyllis theroux
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credits: cbslocal.com, edogawa natural zoo – tokyo
May2
honey-sweet may.
“at last came the golden month of the wild folk–
honey-sweet May, when the birds come back,
and the flowers come out,
and the air is full of the sunrise scents and songs of the dawning year.”
― samuel scoville jr.
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image credit: proteus, ‘the elfin maypole float, 1887
May1
spill simmer falter wither.
‘spill simmer falter wither,’ the debut novel by irish author, sara baume
is a devastating, and at the same time, beautiful, ode to empathy, to humanity and to the outliers of the world.
this is not your usual story of a man and his dog.
instead, it’s a 200+ page lyrical poem, with a lot of dark moments, and a few glimpses of light.
as it moves through the seasons, you will come to understand what led them to become who they are.
this is the story of a person and an animal
who most people would pass by without giving them a second thought.
after reading this book, i cannot stop thinking about them.
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“i realise that you were not born with a predetermined capacity for wonder, as i’d believed.
i realise that you fed it up yourself from tiny pieces of the world.
i realise it’s up to me to follow your example and nurture my own wonder, morsel by morsel by morsel.”
― sara baume
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image credit: marinerbooks.com, sara baume,spill simmer falter wither
Apr30
high spirits and devilment.
Apr29
it goes in the show.
so, i actually cried while watching “the smurfs”
luckily there was some magic involved
that turned things around
as the universe tends to do
in its own strange way
unexpectedly
with no explanation
and all at once
everything was right with world again.
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“if it makes you cry, it goes in the show.”
-annie leibovitz
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image credit: sony pictures
Apr28
another one.
were we looking at the frog or was the frog looking at us?
“it’s useful to go out of this world and see it from the perspective of another one.”
-terry pratchett
Apr27
unravelling.
public art found in the dequindre cut, detroit, mi.
(artist unknown)
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science is about unravelling nature.
n. r. narayana murth
Apr26
shhhh….
this is where it all began
my lifelong love and fascination
with the spy business
in this just-leaked satellite photo from the early 60’s
i was on assignment
and
my cover was
as a seven year old girl
posing casually out front
after a long day spent at the office
i feel quite sure no one suspected.
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“i think I would have been a hopeless spy. i love telling stories and am almost entirely unable to keep a secret.”
-ben macintyre
I didn't have my glasses on.... 