‘the only simple part about being a mother is how effortless it is to love your child.’
-maria wahlmark
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to all, on mother’s day
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art credit: Sara Pulver Art, Whimsical Cat Print, ‘Motherhood” or “Sockies”,
May12
Category Archives: love
Mar10
daylight saving time-ku.
time changing on the clock face
same hours in a day
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“time is how you spend your love.”
-nick laird, northern ireland novelist and poet
mars has shared its heart-shaped craters, mesas, and depressions
photo credit: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Mar3
tangerine dreams.
wh0 wouldn’t love to have a tangerine cat?
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“our holiday food splurge was a small crate of tangerines, which we found ridiculously thrilling after an eight-month abstinence from citrus. lily hugged each one to her chest before undressing it as gently as a doll. watching her do that as she sat cross-legged on the floor one morning in pink pajamas, with bliss lighting her cheeks, i thought; lucky is the world, to receive this grateful child. value is not made of money, but a tender balance of expectation and longing.”
-Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, essayist, and poet. Her widely known works include The Poisonwood Bible, the tale of a missionary family in the Congo, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a nonfiction account of her family’s attempts to eat locally. Lily, mentioned above, is her daughter, now also an author and an environmental scientist.
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image credit: pinterest
Feb14
the valentines.
The Valentines
My Old Man’s A Groovy Old Man (1969)
who could resist this classic?
happy valentine’s day!
Formed in 1966, The Valentines were a popular Perth band favoring soul and British mod sounds. They had a local hit with Arthur Alexander’s Every Day I Have To Cry. In 1967 they went to the national finals of Hoadleys’ Battle of the Sounds in Melbourne and moved there later in the year. They eventually became national teenybopper idols after the success of My Old Man’s A Groovy Old Man.
The band featured notable co-lead vocalists: Bon Scott (1946-1980), later famous as AC/DC’s lead singer from 1974, and Vince Lovegrove (1947-2012), journalist, TV presenter, booking agent and film maker.
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“there are more love songs than anything else.
if songs could make you do something we’d all love one another.”
-frank zappa
source credit: Ian McFarlane, Encyclopedia of Australian Rock & Pop (1999), pp.660-661
Jan29
maestro.
a beautiful, beautiful film
in every way
it will bring you
great music
great joy
great love
great passion
and
will break your heart.
early in the film
felicia, later to be leonard bernstein’s wife
asks him –
“you don’t even know how much you need me, do you?”
and he answers –
“i might.”
through all they endured
together and apart
around the globe and back
they found
the greatest love of their lives
in each other.
brava.
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“a work of art does not answer questions, it provokes them;
and its essential meaning is in the tension between the contradictory answers.”
-leonard bernstein
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image/film credits: netflix, lea pictures, sikelis productions, amblin entertainment, fred berner films
Jan15
humanity.
our class of 3’s-4’s
met with their learning partners
a 4th grade class
and together
they read a book
learned about what Dr. King
stood for and fought for
in his own peaceful way
talked about
what love, fairness, equality
meant to them
then created
a lovely art piece together
each to become a square
in a large paper quilt
created by the whole school
a beautiful collaboration.
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“make a career of humanity.
commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights.
you will make a better person of yourself,
a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – March for Integrated Schools, April 18, 1959.
Dec11
whole lotta’ love.
this tree has seen a lot of love
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“fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.”
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Nov3
dia de los muertos.
one of our classrrom families
came in to teach us about
this very moving and beautiful tradition.
what a lovely way to celebrate and remember our loved ones.
Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1 and 2 and is a time to remember and honor deceased loved ones.
The holiday has its roots in pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican cultures, and it is a unique and beautiful blend of indigenous and Catholic traditions.
On Dia de los Muertos, families build altars in their homes and cemeteries to honor their deceased loved ones. The altars are decorated with photos of the deceased, as well as their favorite foods, drinks, and other belongings. Families also visit cemeteries to clean and decorate graves, and to leave offerings for their loved ones.
Dia de los Muertos is a time for celebration, not mourning. It is a time to remember the lives of loved ones who have passed on, and to celebrate the bond that continues to connect them to the living.
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“to live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.”
-thomas campbell, author
Oct17
true.
how wonderful to share such a special day
with someone i’ve known since she was born
so happy and loved.
“true love is never blind, but rather brings an added light.”
-phoebe cary
Sep15
a really big family.
“i have a really big family.”
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“families don’t have to match. you don’t have to look like someone to love them.”
-leigh anne tuohy
I didn't have my glasses on.... 