“I know how difficult it is going to be,
but I also believe that if just in one place we can win the battle over greed and callousness,
that one victory may swing the tide over the entire world.”
-Madeleine L’Engle, Dragons in the Waters
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art credit: Serhii Vasylkivsky, a.k.a. the “Painter of the Sky”, National Art Museum of Ukraine
“have you ever heard the wonderful silence just before the dawn? or the quiet and calm just as a storm ends? or perhaps you know the silence when you haven’t the answer to a question you’ve been asked, or the hush of a country road at night, or the expectant pause of a room full of people when someone is just about to speak, or, most beautiful of all, the moment after the door closes and you’re alone in the whole house? each one is different, you know, and all very beautiful if you listen carefully.”
-norton juster, the phantom tollbooth
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huron river, ann arbor, mi, usa – january 2022
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credit: melodie beattie
tranquility can be found most everywhere
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‘peace is liberty in tranquillity.”
-marcus tullius cicero
“peace is not the end of the mundane, troublesome, and painful moments of life.
peace is created in the midst of the mundane, troublesome, and painful moments
as we look for the good in all things,
grasp tiny moments of joy,
glittering in the darkness,
and gather hope into a soft place to rest when life grows hard.”
-l.r. knost
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oakland county, michigan, usa – may 2021
on this day honoring mlk, and every day
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“this is the unusual thing about nonviolence –
nobody is defeated, everybody shares in the victory.”
– martin luther king, jr.
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image credt: philosophytalk.org
feeling safe walking the streets of ann arbor with these powerfully kind grandies
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“sports are sports. it’s all about how we carry ourselves out of the ring.”
-george foreman
at a lake house with a few friends
watching the storm roll in
on a peaceful afternoon.
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“there is peace even in the storm”
-vincent van gogh, the letters of vincent van gogh
no finer way to honor this hero
“the vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.”
-john lewis
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image credit: michigan theatre, ann arbor, michigan, usa
I didn't have my glasses on.... 