photo credit: Sushma Hedge

Nelson, Australia, Estuary Beach

Where the river meets the ocean…

‘This has got to be one of the most unique beaches I’ve been to! The Estuary Beach in Nelson as the name suggests is the meeting place for the Glenelg river and the Southern ocean. On one end of the beach, the slow moving and meandering river is noticeable whilst on the other the ocean with its roaring waves! This makes for quite a sight if imagined! The beach also features a giant Oxbow Lake. The sort of shells I found here were quite different from the other beaches around the Great Ocean Road and the Melburnian Bay. This beach would provide as an excellent example for those studying the journey of a river from its source to the ocean. I would highly recommend anyone visiting the area to drop by and have a look at this unique beach.’ – S

another week and yet another fun grandie experience

this time it was grandie j’s turn

 who loves the performing arts

a natural actor who loves to entertain

always ready to pitch in

and do what needs doing

to bring a show to life.

 in his school play,

beetlejuice jr., the musical

he played a bettlejuice clone

was also a mover, helping with props and stage setup

 what a colorful and lively show

the actors truly seemed to have as much fun as the audience.

bravo, j!

so glad to see you doing what you love.

‘the world is a complicated place, and there’s a lot of division between people.

the performing arts tend to unify people in a way nothing else does.’

*david rubenstein 
*(a busy guy, see below)

*David Rubenstein  is an American lawyer, businessman, and philanthropist. A former government official, he is a co-founder and co-chairman of The Carlyle Group based in Washington, D.C. Rubenstein is also the principal owner of the Baltimore Orioles (MLB).

Rubenstein is the chairman of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the National Gallery or Art, the Council of Foreign Relations and the Washington D.C. Economic Club. He is a former board of trustees chairman at Duke University and the Smithsonian Institution. He served as co-chair of the board at Brookings Institution. In 2022, he became chair of the University of Chicago’s board of trustees.

grandie f whizzes by in the velodrome in detroit

loves to fly on his bike

 works hard for these races

he did wonderfully

 came in 3rd place overall

against opponents who

were older and more experienced

 what a huge accomplishment

keep flying high, f

‘push yourself again and again. don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.’

-larry bird

.word of the day is: ‘quafftide’ (16th century): the season for drinking.

also a pithy way of declaring that it’s time to relax.

works for hydropots (water drinkers) just as well.

*suzy dent

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photo credit: elizabeth villanueva

deep within the winter forest

among the snowdrift wide

you can find a magic place

where all the fairies hide.

-author unknown

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nichols arboretum, ann arbor, michigan, usa – winter 2025

‘it is not what a lawyer tells me I may do;

but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.’

-edmund burke

 in the same day

an good fortune landed in my hand at lunch

with a bit of a dash

  later at another restaurant

a table-available beeper was in my hand

with a warning

not the kind of adventure I was looking for

is this my bold adventure?

I thought about it.

would I boldly go on the lam with this?

what would I do with it anyway?

I think there must be something else ahead.

‘do not know yourself. i want to continue to surprise me.’

-arielle dombasle, rench actress

‘i’ve said this before, and i’ll say it again.

bagels can be an enormous power for good or evil.

it is up to us to decide how we will use them.’

-daniel pinkwater

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in honor of national bagel day

which i somehow missed yesterday

but am happy to celebrate today

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art credit: bagel sunflowers by laurel greenfield art

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fun fact: the first printed mention of bagels is found

in the community regulations of kracow, poland, for the year 1610

stating that bagels would be given as a gift to any woman in childbirth.

-leo rosten

• The things that matter in this country have been reduced in choice, there are two political parties, there are a handful insurance companies, there are six or seven information centers.. but if you want a bagel there are 23 flavors. Because you have the illusion of choice!
  
  George Carlin

what an utterly brilliant idea

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‘adventure is worthwhile, starting right from the airport.’

– insta quote