Category Archives: Life

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we were an audience of six

(including the organ player)

at the beautiful michigan theatre

where we saw some amazing short films

thus proving once again that

sometimes less is more.

2017-oscar-nominated-short-films-live-action-54“if you have the audience, that is good, that gives you a good motivation!

if you don’t have the audience, that is good, that gives you a good motivation to try to have some!”
― mehmet murat ildan

clarity.

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when you find a perfect circle of ice 

in the bottom of a sand pail

and hold it to the winter’s sun

things become crystal clear.

“there is a beauty and clarity that comes from simplicity that we sometimes

do not appreciate in our thirst for intricate solutions.”

-dieter f. uchtdorf

give.

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“if you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.”

-maya angelou

happy valentine’s day to all who give it their all. 

image credit: jefferson market and cakery

marvelous.

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what a birthday for grandie j

on an afternoon spent with family and friends at

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imagine a mash-up of

barnum and bailey

music

guiness book of records memorabilia

carnivals, cotton candy, prize tickets

vintage

coin-operated animatronics, mechanical games

and

collections of very imaginable oddity

along with some 

you could never imagine. 

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it was a boy’s dream come true.

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“once a person has all the things they need to live, everything else is entertainment.”
-neal stephenson

conversation.

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“reading is a conversation. all books talk. but a good book listens as well.”

– mark haddon

every dino has his day.

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t-rex  heads into the weekend with a broken claw, an avengers bandaid, and a few less teeth-

but still standing.


“you know, hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don’t help.”
― bill watterson – calvin and hobbes

stillness.

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fire and ice.

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just chillin’ in the polar ice cave

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when quite suddenly

a firefighter

from out of nowhere

makes a daring rescue

and

enters stage left.


“it’s more fun to experience things when you don’t know what’s going to happen.”

-louis c. k.

face off.

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detroit red wings face off during hockey night in motown

last season at joe louis arena

“a good hockey player plays where the puck is. a great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be. “

-wayne gretzky 

organized.

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m organized the world according to the animals.

some live in the water, some with grass and trees, some with sand and stone, and some with snow and ice. 

“science is organized knowledge. wisdom is organized life.”

-immanuel kant