when you get this message from your car
you have startle response
turn around very carefully
and see this
ah, just another pinata
clearly my car doesn’t know me well enough yet.
i was picturing one of those scary old tales
we used to terrorize each other with
it would be either a guy with a hook
or a pumpkin head with no body.
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look out! behind you!
-ralph waldo emerson
Women’s fashions at the University of Michigan/University of Minnesota football game
midcentury fashion – October 1954
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big rivalry game day in ann arbor
university of michigan vs. michigan state
dressing for the game has changed a bit since the 50’s.
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go blue!
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“anyone can get dressed up and glamorous, but it is how people dress in their days off that are the most intriguing.”
-alexander wang
the courtship is on for pete and olive
‘the need for connection and community is primal, as fundamental as the need for air, water, and food.’
-dean ornish
Trashie Take Back Bag
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If you’ve had a pile of clothes to donate sitting in the back of your car or closet for months (no judgment here), then the Trashie Take Back Bag is for you. You simply buy a bag for $20, fill it up with 15 pounds of clothes, shoes, accessories, swimwear, underwear, sheets, or towels (from any brand, in any condition), then download the free shipping label and mail it back via the U.S. Postal Service. In return, you’ll earn $30 in TrashieCash to spend on clothes, dining, entertainment, sporting goods, wellness, and more on Trashie.io.*
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‘there is no such thing as ‘away’. when we throw anything away it must go somewhere.’
*annie leonard
*Annie Leonard is an American proponent of sustainability and a critic of consumerism. She created the animated film The Story of Stuff, which describes the life cycle of material goods. In 2014, she became the executive director of Greenpeace USA
my book of erma’s columns from over the years
compiled by her children after her passing.
a writer i’ve loved
since hearing my mother laugh
when reading her column
many years ago
most houses in america
had at least one of her columns
stuck with a magnet on their refrigerator
a few years back i went to a writer’s conference
at her alma mater
her legacy to past, present, and future writers
had the time of my life
surrounded by all those creative minds
her children, grandchildren, fans
writers and comedians from all eras
now her book takes me back through the years
with notes in the back from a wide range of people
all who paid tribute to her humanity and to her writing
it recently became
‘my relax in the bathtub and read book’
yes, i fell asleep and dropped it into the water
at least five to seven-ish times
not because i was bored
because i was relaxed
it felt like home reading her
i think she’d love
that i read it that way
the now wavy lines and pages
are my personal tribute to her.
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“as a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school.
i actually believed all those books belonged to her.”
*erma bombeck
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*Erma Bombeck, 1927 –1996) was an American humorist who achieved great popularity for her newspaper humor column describing suburban home life, syndicated from 1965 to 1996. She published fifteen books, most of which became bestsellers.
Between 1965 and April 17, 1996 – five days before her death – Bombeck wrote over four thousand newspaper columns, using broad and sometimes eloquent humor, chronicling the ordinary life of a Midwestern suburban housewife. By the 1970s, her columns were read semi-weekly by 30 million readers of the nine hundred newspapers in the United States and Canada. Her work stands as a humorous chronicle of middle-class life in America after WW II, among the generation of parents who produced the Baby Boomers.
A British chestnut-whacking champion was cleared Monday of cheating after an investigation into alleged malfeasance at the World Conker Championships.
Organizers of the nutty annual event said that Dave Jakins, a veteran competitor nicknamed “King Conker,” did not use a steel chestnut to conquer his rival.
The traditional game, played by generations of British schoolchildren, involves players using conkers — the glossy brown seeds of the horse chestnut tree — threaded onto a string to try and smash their opponent’s chestnut.
More than 200 conkers enthusiasts entered the annual competition in the village of Southwick in central England earlier this month. Jakins, 82, won the men’s tournament. But organizers launched an investigation after claims that he might have used a steel chestnut that was in his pocket.
Investigators said they studied film and photo evidence and took testimony from judges and umpires, and concluded that “it would be near impossible for Mr. Jakins to have swapped the conkers unnoticed.”
Organizers said they accepted Jakins’ claim “that he had had the (steel) conker to amuse people and as part of his role as ‘King Conker,’” and had used a real chestnut in the contest.
Organizers also said the losing finalist, Alastair Johnson-Ferguson, had “accepted defeat with good grace and sportsmanship,” after media reports that he had made the cheating allegation.
The overall title of World Conker Champion was won by Kelci Banschbach, originally from Indianapolis. The 34-year-old was crowned “queen conker” after beating Jakins in the final. She was the first American to win the title since the World Conker Championships began in 1965.
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“this malfeasance must be stopped,” said flora in a deep and superheroic voice.”
-kate dicamillo,’flora and ulysses’
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law, specialized
/mælˈfiː.zəns/ uk
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source credits: abc news, ap
“the milkweed pods are breaking,
and the bits of silken down
float off upon the autumn breeze
across the meadows brown.”
– cecil cavendish .
up north
on glen lake
the light
at the end of the day.
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‘happiness is not always loud and bright and crowded.’
-e.l. konigsburg
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autumn 2o24, glen lake, empire, michgian, usa
once again my tech yodas
who work for themselves
have brought another device
back from the edge of death
they carry both wisdom and magic
for that i am eternally grateful
let there be light!
“do or do not. there is no try.”
– yoda
for some reason
i suspect
that I know who
may have had
something to do with
my recent
‘laptop water-gate incident’
but no one is talking.
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‘it doesn’t matter how much you spill.
as long as you don’t lose your cow.’
-old texas saying
I didn't have my glasses on.... 