“the reason life works is because not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day.”
-anne lamott
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Mar31
sorry in advance.
not me, she has better nails, though we do have a similar look and stance when excitedly interrupting.
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“i don’t mean to interrupt people but i just randomly remember things and get really excited.”
-author unknown, but exactly what i would say
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does anyone else have this issue?
i promise not to interrupt your written answer.
i’m working on it.
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image credit: google images
Mar30
There are some things a poet cannot accept
An amazing woman and friend from afar – she will be greatly missed by many
There are times when a poet must make a stand and say, “This has happened without my cognisance and I will not accept it!” Today has not been the best of days. Today I got a note from a patron. Common enough, especially from her, as she was always quick to praise, swift to encourage. But today the note had a bitter flavour. She was sitting awaiting death. A week? Longer?
And what can a poet do? A poet can protest, a poet can stand tall and say firmly that this will not do. A poet can bang the table with his wine glass obvious of the fact it has shattered and the pieces lie glistening but incoherent, shards of dreams never now to be dreamt.
Others have known Sue for longer than I, others will doubtless feel the grief more keenly, will mourn longer, but my job as a…
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Mar30
gift.
Harper Lee — the famously private author, might never have written the classic “To Kill A Mockingbird” if it hadn’t been for a 1950s Christmas gift.
Back in 1956, Lee was a ticket agent for British Overseas Airways Corporation. Like most struggling writers, she was having trouble balancing her job and finding time to write. She told this to her New York City friends, Michael and Joy Brown (who were also friends of Truman Capote).
Michael was a successful “industrial musical writer” whom American corporations hired to create performances to inspire their workers. His clients ranged from DuPont to JC Penney, and he was raking in the money for songs like “The Wonderful World of Chemistry.”
So in 1956, the Browns’ gave Lee the best Christmas present of all: An entire year’s salary so she could take time to write whatever she wanted. “There was an envelope on the tree, addressed to me. I opened it and read: ‘You have one year off from your job to write whatever you please. Merry Christmas,'” she wrote in McCall’s Magazine in 1961. “ They assured me that it was not some sort of joke. They’d had a good year, they said. They’d saved some money and thought it was high time they did something about me.”
Lee took that time to write “To Kill A Mockingbird,” which sold over 40 million copies worldwide, has been translated into over 40 languages, served as the basis for a hugely popular film, and for which she won a Pulitzer Prize.
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“when life gives you a gift, receive it with all your heart.”
-enid ivanov
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credits: Megan Willett-Wei, Insider
Mar29
good fortune.
‘a friend will bring you a big surprise soon’
– a surprise good fortune left for me today by my friend at the car wash
“acknowledge your good fortune by sharing it.”
-stephen king
Mar28
fragile.
checked up on mother goose’s egg yesterday and it was totally alone
checked today and it was off the rock
sitting broken under water
sad it didn’t survive
life can be so fragile.
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“probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it is broken.”
-M. F. K. Fisher
Mar27
industry.
This week marks the anniversary of the debut of Diego Rivera’s “Detroit Industry Murals” in 1933.
Rivera’s work is a monumental 27-panel mural at the Detroit Institute of Arts
that portrays the geological, technological, and human history of Detroit.
I have visited these murals since I was a young child and I never fail to be amazed.
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Explore what makes “Detroit Industry Murals” a masterpiece in this episode of Bank of America‘s “Masterpiece Moment.”
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credits: detroit institute of arts, bank of america
Mar26
wobbly.
when i stopped by my favorite coney island restaurant to pick up a giant greek salad
(in detroit, coney dogs and greek food under one roof are a restaurant tradition)
something on their monday special sign stuck out
while the words ‘coney island’ were displayed on 3 signs all around it
and coney island is a part of the restaurant’s name
the special somehow became ‘cony‘ dog monday.
i know how hard it is to be your own editor
and i am easily amused
but it just struck me as really funny
that no one noticed
it’s the most popular item they sell.
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“my spelling is wobbly. it’s good spelling but it wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.”
-A. A. Milne
Mar25
mother goose.
mother goose waits patiently on a rock in the river
luckily she has lots of stories to tell until baby’s big enough to swim.
“rock and roll is music, and why should music contribute to…juvenile delinquency?
if people are going to be juvenile delinquents,
they’re going to be delinquents if the hear… mother goose rhymes.”
-elvis presley
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huron river, argo park, ann arbor, michigan, usa – spring 2021
Mar24
reflection.
reflection while walking in argo park – spring 2021
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“the way we experience the world is a direct reflection of the world within us.”
- -gabrielle bernstein
I didn't have my glasses on.... 