Category Archives: Life

fragile.

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checked up on mother goose’s egg yesterday and it was totally alone

checked today and it was off the rock

sitting broken under water

sad it didn’t survive

life can be so fragile.

 

“probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it is broken.”

-M. F. K. Fisher

31,536,000 seconds.

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it has been one year

 since the global pandemic coronavirus began to shut much of our nation down

so much loss and so many sacrifices and lessons learned

everyone waiting for a return to fully living life

with hope on the horizon. 

“there are 31,536,000 seconds in a year. i am counting down every second.”

-ljupka cvetanova, the new land

march.

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The Last Post? — Sue Vincent’s Daily Echo

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This may be the final post that I get chance to write for the Silent Eye… that decision has been taken out of my hands. I spent much of last week in hospital, having, as many of you know, been diagnosed with incurable small cell lung cancer last September. It has been an interesting and […]

The Last Post? — Sue Vincent’s Daily Echo

phil.

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puxatawny phil with some other (less famous) celebs.

it’s his big day, and one of my favorite fun holidays

no matter what he predicts

about the coming of spring

(*not sure about his accuracy)

 i love his spirit. 

 *the national climatic data center compared U.S. national temperatures from 1988 to 2012 to determine the accuracy of Phil’s predictions, and he’s only been proven correct 39% of the time — significantly worse than chance.

do you remember?

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who remembers this?

sitting backwards

making faces

rolling around on turns

cigarette smoke-filled air

fighting over who could sit there

the door that swung open

back window down

best seat ever.

 

“like all great travelers, i have seen more than i remember, and remember more than i have seen.”

-benjamin disraeli

 

 

 

 

 

image credit: doyouremember.com

the cyclone ends.

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“the cyclone ends. the sun returns; the lofty coconut trees lift up their plumes again;

man does likewise. the great anguish is over; joy has returned; the sea smiles like a child.”

-paul gauguin

 

 

 

 

 

image credit: pinterest, florida beach

living the high life.

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these cats

olive and rose

really have it made

a modern kitty headquarters

custom-designed and gifted from grandies

a special stash of catnip

gifted from those who cared for rose

no jobs, appointments, chores, errands, meetings, or responsibilities at all

a gift from mother nature.


“listen, don’t forget this.

don’t let this slip your mind.

most of us, if we’re lucky,

we see a few seconds of the high life.

and the rest are the residue years.”

-mitchell s. jackson,  The Residue Years

you are here.

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“here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. there is no why.”

-kurt vonnegut

 

 

 

image credit: from those funny scientists are rogue nasa

life changing.

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who knew it could be so cheap and easy to change your life?

 that it could even be on sale if you timed it right?

that for a buck fifty each, you could change two lives.? 

bogo life.

“true life is lived when tiny changes occur.”

-leo tolstoy