“a recipe is a story that ends with a good meal.”
-pat conroy
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Apr15
Category Archives: Life
Apr14
be a good one.
something is lost or wandering.
(*question and response chain on my neighborhood website – mixed in among the recommendations for contractors, giveaways, news and upcoming events)
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*Anyone lose a peacock? peahen?
A. C. from Crest/Washington · 8h ago
Was leaving the house a little after 11 maybe and a large peacock or peahen appeared wandering through the Kenwood backyards heading north.
P. V. from Crest/Washington · 8h ago
are you sure it wasnt a turkey?
C. G. from Dexter-Miller · 7h ago
A wild turkey has been seen on the South West Side in the last couple days.
A. C. from Crest/Washington · 5h ago
A friend and I were at the end of the drive way when we saw it come through the spaces between the garages and at first I thought I was really losing it because it looked like a vulture perching and then for a split second I did think it was a turkey but it was gone. I swear sometimes you never know in this neighborhood.
S. P. from Crest/Washington · 5h ago
Yes, saw the turkeys last year ( or year before ? ) walking up and around Fair Street near Glendale. I thought there used to be three of them.
J. S. from Dicken · 1h ago
Well. I can think of even a few turkeys who think they themselves are peacocks!
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image credits: eric carle, pinterest
Apr13
risk.
with a hundred possible self-serve drink combinations,
what could possibly go wrong?
all that we have to do is choose all of them.
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“the risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.”
-maimonides
Apr12
the math of trees.
when looking at the trees on the kinder playground
it’s easy to see how tall the little people are
the green does not dare begin until it is
above and safely out of the reach of their tiny hands
even if they are standing on tippy toes
pulling, climbing, bending, picking, snapping
the trees do the math and live to tell the tale.
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“trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.”
-zora neale hurston
Apr11
invisible to the eye.
he was a ‘well-seasoned’ magic man
who came in
to entertain the youngest children
while he wasn’t smooth
his jokes and tricks and props and velvet
had been around a long time
the children loved every trick
opened their eyes wide with wonder
as doves and bunnies and coins and cards and wands and scarves
appeared and disappeared
in all kinds of unexpected places
they eagerly
volunteered to help him
squealed and giggled and clapped with pure delight
until they lost their breath with laughter
he was a showstopper of the highest order
who had found the perfect audience.
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“it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. “
-antoine de saint-exupery
Apr10
one day, one mother, three daughters, three happenings.
had tea and morning meditation with one
surprised and had coffee with another
shared a friendly birthday dinner with yet another, at her in-laws’.
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it was a good day.
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‘be happy for this moment. this moment is your life.”
-omar khayyam
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image credits: google images, pinterest
Apr9
dreamin’ on this sunday morning.
listen to the aerosmith rock classic “dream on” as you’ve never heard it before
as morgan james belts it out – jazz style.
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credits: postmodern jukebox, morgan james
Apr8
have a ball.
i love her final gesture
and it made me give pause –
if i were to go today
i would leave behind the following things for others to enjoy:
$7.oo, a sock monkey, photographs, glitter, collage projects, letters and books.
i hope there is no fighting over the monkey.
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“laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.”
-oscar wilde
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credits: getty images, mental floss
Apr7
power.
one of my kinders
made me this bracelet
and said it would
give me power.
it worked.
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“the power of imagination makes us infinite.”
-john muir
Apr6
alive.
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I didn't have my glasses on.... 