waking up early
sitting in the stillness of the lake
with the birdsong
of 9 different birds
captivated.
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“your head is a living forest full of song birds”
-ee cummings
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art credit: beth conklin – Song Birds
May6
Category Archives: Life
May1
to glad tidings and new beginnings.
“and all the world is glad with may.”
john burroughs
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art credit: madison safer
Apr29
little by little.
e said he drew the longest road in the world
and then he started walking…
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“little by little one travels far.”
-j.r.r. tolkein
Apr28
booksellers.
72-year-old bookseller, Mohamed Aziz, in Rabat, Morocco, spends 6 to 8 hours a day reading books. Having read over 5000 books in French, Arabic, and English, he remains the oldest bookseller in Rabat after more than 43 years in the same location. When asked about leaving his books unattended outside, where they could potentially be stolen, he responded that those who can’t read don’t steal books, and those who can, aren’t thieves.
in honor of independent bookstore day, yesterday, and every day
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credits: s. kahn
Apr27
the source.
“sometimes your joy is the source of your smile,
but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.”
― t
― t
Apr26
no work?
meeting of some sort
with a group of people
who i don’t know
outside of my classroom window
engineers, landscapers, randoms, arborists, cement people, pokemon go players?
here to meet about ?
the lawn, the building, weather, cafeteria menu, fantasy football, favorite colors?
ideas?
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“we are going to continue having these meetings, every day, until i find out why no work is getting done.”
*richard moran
*Richard A. Moran is a San Francisco based speaker, investor, venture capitalist, author and president emeritus of Menlo College. He is known for his series of business books beginning with, Never Confuse a Memo with Reality that established the genre of “Business Bullet Books.”
Apr25
strong like mama.
love his parents for this.
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“strong moms raise strong children who can change the world.”
– Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech (2014)
Apr23
calm and happy nature.
trail gate ahead. and love. and maybe bananas.
the future is bright.
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“he who is of a calm and happy nature, will hardly feel the pressure of age.”
-plato
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photo: bandemeer park, ann arbor, michigan, usa – spring 2024
Apr22
on earth day.
“no water, no life. no blue, no green.”
*sylvia earle
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*Sylvia Alice Earle is an American marine biologist, oceanographer, explorer, author, and lecturer.
She has been a National Geographic Explorer at Large since 1998.
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image credit: mayo clinic
Apr20
miracle mile.
built in 1960
less than 3 years after i was born
this magical miracle mile movie drive-in and i grew up together
i never got over how wonderful going to see anything was
pajamas with feet, blankets, popcorn, sticky lemonade
jockeying for space with my sibs in the station wagon
never made it through a second feature
carried sound asleep into my bed
stories still playing out in my dreams.
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“isn’t if funny how day by day, nothing changes, but when we look back, everything is different.”
c.s. lewis
I didn't have my glasses on.... 