we’ve been friends for over 40 years
at this gathering
following a recent loss
we came to realize
that between the four of us
we have but one surviving birth parent
making us close to all being orphans
we paid tribute
offered gratitude
to those who came before us
with all of their strengths and challenges
for had they not lived
there would be no us
nor our children
nor our grandchildren
nor those yet to come.
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“the songs of our ancestors are also the songs of our children”
-phillip carr-gomm
just another monday as we head back to school
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“they say to think within the box,
but it’s funny how those in the box never go anywhere,
where those outside it, get to see the world.”
―anthony liccione
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image credit: Children crossing the river on their way to school, Italy, 1959. (Photo by Tino Petrelli)
why limit happiness to just one hour?
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note: happy hour began as an event in the military.
it is believed that the term comes from events organized
by a club called the happy hour social for the United States Navy in 1913.
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“fair thoughts and happy hours attend on you.”
-william shakespeare
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image credit: google images
a very rare photo of a rogue unicorn in the wild.
p.s. i really, really wish this was my shirt.
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“i always go for the underdog or the rogue or the rebel.”
-vanessa kirby
“our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.”
-aesop
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the field museum of natural history, chicago, il, usa
and with the return of daylight savings time,
this quote is more relevant to me than ever.
i literally just want to know what is the right time?
we’re gonna need another cart –
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“the discovery of a wine is of greater moment than the discovery of a constellation.
the universe is too full of stars.”
― Benjamin Franklin, circa 1700s
surprising how frogs can be found most everywhere, each of them unique.
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“you can’t tell by the look of a frog how far they’ll jump.”
-paul doiron
Peaches the Nigerian dwarf goat. Peaches is the mother of two sets of triplets and a set of twins. She has raised all the kids on her own, demonstrating her can-do spirit. She’s quiet and friendly unless she needs to assert herself and is rarely in a baaaaad mood.
P.S. Wiggles the Chinchilla got the most votes and won by a hair.
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credit: lisa clair, hamlet hub
