a fine and special treat shared
as we begin our adventure together
homemade foraged ice cream
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“to see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower –
hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.’
-william blake
Sep12
Category Archives: Life
Sep11
9/11 after 20 years – never gone.
Messages at NYC’s Union Square after the 9/11 attack – North Sullivan
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“it has been said that time heals all wounds. i don’t agree. the wounds remain.
time – the mind, protecting its sanity –
covers them with some scar tissue and the pain lessens,
but it is never gone.”
-rose kennedy
Sep9
more dance numbers, please.
Calvin: They say the world is a stage.
But obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines.
Hobbes: Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Calvin: We need more special effects and dance numbers.
— Calvin and Hobbes, from “Calvin & Hobbes,” on the tragicomedy of life
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image credit: sbs
Sep8
how long is forever?
the usps has announced that the price of forever stamps is going up
isn’t that the purpose of buying forever stamps,
so you never ever have to pay more or wonder what the current price is?
so forever isn’t forever?
—
i decided to ask my reliable old friend, merriam webster –
forever adverb
for·ev·er | \ fə-ˈre-vər , fȯ-; Southern often fə-ˈe-və \
Definition of forever
1
: for a limitless time
wants to live forever
2
: at all times : CONTINUALLY
is forever making bad puns
forever noun
Definition of forever
: a seemingly interminable time : excessively long
it took her forever to find the answer
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i then asked my two steves for their answer:
” intend to live forever. so far, so good.”
-steven wright
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“nothing cannot exist forever.”
-stephen hawking
Sep6
Good cheer.
Celebrating in color at the end
of a long summer season.
—
“I drink to the general joy
of the whole table”
-Macbeth, Act 3, Scene 41
Sep5
Fire.
Relaxing around the fire
with cold drinks and warm friends
on a late summer night
in the irish hills.
—
“the four building blocks of the universe
are fire, water, gravel, and vinyl.”
-dave barry
Sep4
memorable.
i’ve always loved movies of all kinds
and seeing this poster
brought back warm memories of watching
every western, wwII movie, and screwball comedy on tv
with my dad on lazy saturday afternoons.
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“your children get only one childhood. make it memorable.”
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-regina brett
Sep1
the art of lounging around.
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“like those great sphinxes lounging through eternity in noble attitudes upon the desert sand,
they gaze incuriously at nothing, calm and wise.”
-charles baudelaire
Aug31
Junk drawer
what what’s that red circle thing?
don’t have any idea but we might need it.
what’s that twisty thing? no idea.
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“a safe bit sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. if you’re searching for anything in particular you won’t find it but something falls out of the back that is often more interesting.”
-james m. Barrie
Aug30
splash.
grandie takes a leap – new level of brave
“you may not be the biggest raindrop falling from the sky, but you sure know how to make a splash.”
-robert douglas
