seven year-old ernest hemingway, fishing at horton’s creek in michigan, 1906
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“the thing is to become a master
and in your old age
to acquire the courage to do
what children did when they knew nothing.”
-ernest hemingway
Jan8
Category Archives: wisdom
Dec31
but now what?
good riddance, but now what?
come, children, gather round my knee;
something is about to be.
tonight’s december thirty-first,
something is about to burst.
the clock is crouching, dark and small,
like a time bomb in the hall.
hark! it’s midnight, children dear.
duck! here comes another year.
-ogden nash.
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art credit: ed gorey, the house
May25
tippy toes.
r figures out a way to play hopscotch
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“learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.”
-josh billings
Aug20
what say you?
I didn't have my glasses on.... 