(painting of a talented model who is not me,
but could be a close match
if i only knew how to play the piano, read music, and was cheeky monkey.)
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sunday is my very favorite day for doing something pointless or absolutely nothing.
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“weekends don’t count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.”
— bill watterson
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art credit: litus gallery
how exciting for the class (and for me)
to receive a beautiful poster and message
from our penpal friends
led by a blogging friend/teacher i admire, jennie fitzkee
all the way from the aqua room in massachusetts
connections can be made in so many wonderful ways.
jennie with the letter we sent back to our friends in massachusetts
https://jenniefitzkee.com/2023/05/03/thank-you-letters/
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“with a little paper and ink –
and some help from the postal service –
friendship can span many years and many miles.”
-caroline rose kraft
a cinco de mayo
public service motivational reminder:
some days you just lose your head.
(but there’s always at least one mini tootsie roll still up in there)
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“it’s a lot easier to lose your head than to keep it.”
– suzanne collins
morning has broken.
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“the sun himself is weak when he first rises,
and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.”
– charles dickens
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on glen lake, empire, michigan, usa – april 2023
another beautiful outdoor adventure day
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“in this modern world where activity is stressed almost to the point of mania,
quietness as a childhood need is too often overlooked.”
-margaret wise brown, american children’s book author
repost below from 5 years ago, now the 40th anniversary of this film
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35 years ago ‘flashdance’ was released
and it emerged again recently
in honor of international dance day
i loved this movie
had the shoes, the ripped up sweatshirt, the perm
though my dancing style
was a bit different
from this welder by day/dancer by night
and i didn’t live in a cool loft
or have an eccentric dog
or ride my bike to work
or look at all alike
but other than that
we were like sisters.
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Take your passion and make it happen! #InternationalDanceDay
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“let us read and let us dance –
two amusements that will never do any harm to the world. “
-voltaire
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image credit: paramount pictures, jennifer beals
good planets are hard to find
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photo credit: earthtalk
how lucky am i to find this downtown, on a walk on a beautiful day?
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“i’m well aware. a world without rainbow sprinkles is a world without happiness.”
-l.m. augustine
why is it
that within 5 seconds and 2 steps
when carrying a plate with a fork on it
that the fork somehow slams to the ground
even when i’m focused, keeping the plate level, moving at a normal pace
is it math? science? is my body always a just a bit a-kilter?
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*in reading about what dropping a fork means, all i that i can find are superstitions.
after looking at superstitions from around the globe, from a variety of cultures, both historical and current
many disagree about what will happen when you drop a fork
but they seem to be narrowed down to three major things that will happen soon:
good news, bad news, or love.
this explains a lot of my life.,
but why the fork falls remains a mystery.
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“if they drop a fork, you give them another one”
– from ‘caddyshack’
not us, but what we might look like if we were minions,
as we share a similar level of excitement about being at the movies
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how fun to meet my friend
at 10am at the theater
like skipping school
on a sunday morning
attending the church of film
i bought a coffee
snuck in my breakfast bar
as we walked in
i saw an older couple
and reacted by saying,
“wow, there are other people here!”
their response was to just stare ahead
we continued on to our seats
5 or 6 more people arrived
while we waited for the movie to start
my friend and i caught up
we started bonding with the others near us
talking about how good we all hoped movie would be
how it was funny we were all at such an early movie
talking about the trailers
someone noticed
there was no audio during the movie trailers
thinking it would be taken care of
by the time the film started
we were all in our comfortable recliners
with our snacks, chatting, and feeling a bit decadent
when we realized the audio may never happen
the manager walked in
telling us there was an issue with the sound
something technical…
(try unplugging and plugging it in?))
no one to fix it at 10am on a sunday morning
how quickly the air was let out of our giddy balloon
we lined up still chatting as she refunded us
some walked out with a sunday breakfast of popcorn and drinks
plans suddenly turned
but it was fun while it lasted
and we’ll be back.
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“just a single cord is enough to be tangled”
-munia kahn
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image credit: universal pictures
I didn't have my glasses on.... 