not my house or cats, but i get them.
—
when you are having
a private informal window of opportunity urgent under the radar ad hoc committee meeting
there is a quorum
someone opens the closed door and peers in
odds are incredibly high
this is the same person
who is the subject of the meeting.
—
“you can’t knock on opportunity’s door and not be ready. “
-bruno mars
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image credit: google images
getting ready in the morning
i made a quick decision
to throw one light piece of laundry
down the stairs
rather than carry the extra three ounces
down seven stairs to my washing machine
tucked away in a little closet
such a brilliantly lazy choice
i instantly realized my mistake
when it caught on a piece of art
hanging along the stairway
ripping it off the wall
sending it reeling
into another wall
creating a divot
the art tile on the wood
cracking in two
the nail lost deep in the carpeting
went down the seven stairs
now easy
with three ounces less
than i would have had to carry
stepping over it all
walked into my kitchen
flipping on the light
which answered me with a sudden ‘pop!’
a lightbulb had chosen that moment to blow out
i took in the spectacle of it all
sat down with a cup of coffee, a piece of chocolate, and a bit of music
another day had begun.
—
‘i think you have to let go of this idea that you can be precious about everything,
and let it be the abstract mess that it is.’
-ryan reynolds
i love their sense of humor about this
despite the entire town
being under construction
enduring random outages
having traffic-related ‘disturbances’
their coffee place is open
still standing
it’s up to you
to creatively find your way there
the coffee is damn good and worth the odyssey.
—
“humor is the great thing, the saving thing after all. the minute it crops up, all our hardnesses yield,
all our irritations, and resentments flit away, and a sunny spirit takes their place.”
-mark twain
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image credit: roos roast coffee
what a wonderful retirement celebration
with sweet surprises galore
very kind words from friends/colleagues
comedy, a musical serenade, lunch together
songs i wrote with our music teacher made into a beautiful book
a fab dance act from my favorite movie
an explosion of glitter
book of words, poems, haiku, photos, glittered pages, memories, hopes
and of course
so many wonderful pinatas
you can never have too many
filled with special things for my journeys ahead.
they know me so very well
thank you one and all
i had the time of my life.
“always surround yourself with people who inspire you to be a better person.”
-d. denise dianty
“man needs spiritual expression and nourishing….
even in the prehistoric era, people would scrawl pictures of bison on the walls of caves.”
*-fernando botero
In 1936, a clothing store in Copenhagen, Denmark found itself with an excess inventory of men’s spring and winter coats. To tackle this challenge, the innovative clothier devised a distinctive sales strategy. They constructed a scaffolding around their store building and adorned it with over a thousand overcoats, completely covering the structure from the roof to the sidewalk. This unconventional and eye-catching display captivated the attention of potential customers, resulting in a massive influx of people to the store. The situation escalated to the point where the police had to be called in to manage the crowds. Despite the police’s intervention and subsequent order to remove the display, the resourceful proprietor managed to successfully sell all the overcoats, effectively resolving their overstock issue.
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“we are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.”
-charles r. swindoll
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source credit: vintage life
so mad i missed his call
i really wanted to answer and ask him,
“you talkin’ to me??!”
—
“no, i don’t regret anything at this point.
that may change on the next phone call,
but at the moment i don’t regret anything.”
-william shatner
how i imagined my first day of retirement
but alas
it’s getting my tires switched, finishing report cards, and running errands
but i did sleep in until almost six
so there’s hope for tomorrow….
—
“my goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do.”
—
art credit: by kilkeny killkeny cats
how lucky am i that this was both for me?
—
on this
my very last day of teaching
soon to be retired
with who knows what
adventure still to come.
—
“if i thought i knew what was going to happen, it wouldn’t be worth doing. the challenge is how joyfully, with what sense of fun and adventure and playfulness, we will greet it. we don’t have to look for what the next thing will be.if experience is any judge, it’ll come flowing toward us like a river.”
-stephen colbert
warning when visiting the farm.
—
“how is it possible to expect that mankind will take advice when they will not so much as take a warning?’
jonathan swift-
I didn't have my glasses on.... 