a surprise gift to the neighborhood dogs
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“the simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.”
-mahatma gandhi
Jul19
Jul18
know what?
“I only know that I know nothing”
― Socrates
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source credit: bbc
Jul17
public.
alley filled with public creative expression
ever-evolving
ever-powerful
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“i’m a great believer in poetry out of the classroom, in public places,
on subways, trains, on cocktail napkins.
i’d rather have my poems on the subway than around the seminar table at an mfa program.”
-billy collins
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ann arbor, michigan, usa
summer 2021
Jul16
slurpee.
7-ELEVEN HAD TO MANDATE CUSTOMERS NOT FILL TOILET BOWLS OR KIDDIE POOLS WITH SLURPEES.
For nearly a century, popular convenience store chain 7-eleven has been quenching consumer thirsts with Slurpees, and other refreshments. (It got the name 7-Eleven owing to its original operating hours—from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.—starting in 1946.)
With success comes the occasional hiccup, and not just from one too many Slurpees. As the world once again celebrated Slurpee 7-Eleven Day on July 11, it was not without some historical issues. Beginning in 2015, on this special day, 7-Eleven offered to fill up containers brought in by customers for just $1.50. The problem? Some decided to drag in kiddie pools, toilet bowls, and sleds to game the system. The following year, the store mandated that any container had to fit in a 10-inch cutout set up in stores.
p.s. for some inexplicable reason, the detroit market is the Slurpee capital of our nation
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“had I known I was going to face down death today, I totally would’ve bought myself the Slurpee.”
-laura thalassa
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credits: pinterest, google
Jul15
toys.
what a charming little cottage
i never stop smiling
in moments spent wandering through a toy store
such a lucky find –
a good humor man golden book
and what better hosts to greet us?
“i have a lot of growing up to do. i realized that the other day inside my fort.”
– zach galifianakis
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the dollhouse and toy cottage, plymouth, michigan, usa
summer 2021
Jul14
Mac ‘n Cheese – Summer Style!
Jul13
when books fly.
thanks to artist david zinn, for his lovely sidewalk chalk ode to the library
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the day has arrived at last
the library has reopened
after what seemed like such a long, long time
our community couldn’t be happier
it has been so greatly missed by so many.
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‘Libraries: The medicine chest of the soul.’
—Library at Thebes, inscription over the door
Jul12
stop moving.
Late in September 1836, a five-year voyage came to an end, and a young naturalist stepped ashore at Falmouth on 2 October and looked back in rueful contemplation of the severe privations that he – unlike Captain Cook’s men – never faced: “I speak from experience: it is no trifling evil which may be cured in a week”
-Charles Darwin, on discovering seasickness
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having always been prone to motion sickness
from most any mode of travel or spinning movement
vertigo from a pilates class
spinning on any ride known to mankind
cruising on the water after a hurricane
twirling
watching hand-held camera shots on film
riding on and in planes, trains, buses, and automobiles
(not when riding on horses or camels, at least)
i should not have been surprised
watching richard branson fly off into space
listening to the play-by-play
of speed, g-force, lack of gravity, the woozy view from the window seat, the up, the down
when i began to feel motion sick
sitting on solid ground
in my living room
on earth.
one of many reasons i am not an astronaut.
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sources: the guardian, tim radford, bbc, almay photo, virgin air photo
Jul11
awkward.
seemingly overnight
baby yeti
has transformed from a crazy toddler with mini claws and fuzzy fur
into an awkward, gawky teenager
who’s not quite sure what to do
with his newly stretched out body and all his parts
can’t wait for the
sassiness
storming off to his room
eye-rolling
questionable choices
acting like he doesn’t know who i am
mercurial emotions
and the puberty talks.
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“no matter where you are or where you grow up,
you always go through the same awkward moments of being a teenager
and growing up trying to figure out who you are.”
-aimee teegarden
Jul10
on top of mt. woodchip.
now this is what i call a room with a view.
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“when you chop wood, chips fly”
-nikolai yezhov
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