today a little girl bought her own book with her own allowance money.
“does she always spend her allowance money on books?”
“every week,” her mom said.
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Jan21
Category Archives: Life
Jan20
happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination. – immanuel kant
and i am very happy today
as i imagine
this is what it looks like outside.
and then i will go outside.
and i will keep imagining.
and in a few months
it will look like this
and then i will
praise the power
of the imagination
for making things come true.
Jan19
as we celebrate the life of one hero, martin luther king –
we honor him with the words and life of another.
Jan18
is it us?
or does anyone else
see the irony
in
a 10-minute limit
for parking
at a post office?
why do they
threaten us
with an
unknown
punishment
(maybe having to work a shift there?)
if we are
still parked in their lot
after 10 minutes
and then
force us
to stand in line
for 45 minutes?
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the federal government spends millions to run the Postal Service.
i could lose your mail for half of that.
– pat paulsen
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credits: many thanks to my boyfriend, marc for sharing the ironies in life with me.
Jan16
food and love. all about the spice.
happy international hot and spicy food day
january 16
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image credit: dreamstime.com
Jan15
fame is a series of misunderstandings surrounding a name. – joni mitchell
i’ve been wondering.
were
greenland and iceland
somehow
mixed up in the naming process?
was the paperwork confusing?
did no one
catch the error until it was too late?
did someone
not have their glasses on?
was there a translation issue?
why did they not fix it ?
my theory is
that it would have been
too expensive and too much bother
to change all of the logos on the cocktail napkins
once they had already been printed.
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image credits: dailyenglish.in.th
Jan13
may your song never cease.
a few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. but though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease.
– john muir
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image credit: etsy.com
Jan12
life is like a restaurant: you walk in, hopefully find good food and good company, and walk back out. – taylor vernon ryan
kindergarten restaurant
is open
and
in full swing
everyone is welcome
come eat
come work
come sit a spell
order anything
that suits your fancy
pay what you can
the folks here are always very friendly.
Jan10
it’s saturday. it’s cold. sleep in. the opera will come.
Jan8
*man’s greatest blunder has been in trying to make peace with the skies instead of making peace with his neighbors. ~elbert hubbard
map of pangea with current international borders
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the good people at open culture
recently shared this map of pangea
with the present day country names.
if the band ever gets back together,
here’s who your nation’s neighbors would be.
-massimo pietrobon – mental floss magazine
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we cannot live only for ourselves.
a thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
~herman melville
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*this post is dedicated to the brave journalists in paris, recently lost to a senseless violent act, to journalists everywhere, to the freedom of speech and to peace.
I didn't have my glasses on.... 