“they invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything.”
-bil keane
Happy Valentine’s Day!
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image credit: google images
Feb14
Feb13
crumb.
i will never forget
it was a friday
show and tell time
sitting on the floor
they took turns going around our circle
each child sharing their special thing
other children kindly looking at it
showing appreciation for what the others shared
then we came to n
who clearly had forgotten to bring something
yet said “i have something too”
he proudly walked around the circle
both hands together
gently cradling a single crumb
that he had picked up off our floor
showing each child
talking about his crumb
as the others
were all so kind
smiling at his crumb
complimenting him on his crumb
accepting the crumb as his special thing
without judging his crumb
my favorite show and tell special thing of all time.
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“the wise learn from the experience of others, and the creative know how to make a crumb of experience go a long way.”
-eric hoffer
Feb12
ox.
“one ox, two oxen. one fox, two foxen.”
jenny lawson
Happy Chinese New Year in the year of the Ox- 2021!
Celebrated at the second new moon following the Winter Solstice,
Chinese New Year is also known as the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival.
According to the Chinese Lunar Calendar,
this festival marks the end of winter and the beginning of a long-awaited spring!
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image credit: fairycake fair, tokyo station, japantimes.com
Feb11
which one of us is me?
a group of penguins in the water is called a raft- on land, they become a waddle.
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“all penguins are the same below the surface,
which I think is as perfect an analogy as we’re likely to get for the futility of racism.”
-Russell Brand
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art credit: Wood print by Kaamran Hafeez, One Penguin in a Large. Group of Penguins
Feb10
*happy lmtwgrblkufgdw.
so happy to be celebrating
*Love Makes the World Go Round;
But, Laughter Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week: 8-14
i feel lucky to have a job that keeps me laughing.
who else gets to say/respond to such great things at work?
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“you need to have pants on.”
“try not to touch every person in the room”
“i know you washed your hands this morning, but it is afternoon now.”
“fish don’t really like to be hugged.”
“try to bend your legs to sit on the sled, that is called making them stiff and that is different, try to bend…..”
“did you call me grandpa?”
“it’s important to have both shoes.”
“before we start we all have to promise not to cry if we don’t get to the candy castle first.”
“behind you is that way.”
“why did she call you beth?”
“if you put that in your nose, it might not come out.”
“your snowpants are backwards, let’s see if i can help you fix that.”
“you want to be called something new?”
“i’m pretty sure these are your boots because your parents put them in your bag and they have your name on them.”
“your mom is having a baby but you’re not supposed to tell anyone yet?”
“i’m not sure that ranch dressing is good to drink.”
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each day is the best day ever.
never a day goes by without a laugh or ten.
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image credit: puffin puff pastry, google images
Feb9
child’s story.
one of my favorite things is to hear a child tell a story.
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image credit: nicolette sowder, wilderchild
Feb8
most obvious.
should we swim or play ice hockey today?
luckily this sign helps to make the decision easier.
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“i try not to go the obvious route all the time,
but sometimes the most obvious is actually the best.”
-al yankovich
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image credit: jim grampie, at gallup park, ann arbor
Feb7
poetic.
last weekend
at the 44th annual ann arbor folk festival
5 live streamed hours on saturday night
every kind of music and performance
big and small
i once again
heard beautiful poems played
by my favorite pianist
george winston
whose song ‘thanksgiving’ i heard for the very first time
many years ago on the radio while on a road trip to toronto
having no idea who it was or what the song was
being very moved by it
not knowing if i’d ever hear it again
serendipity stepped in
when driving back home
with a windham hill artists’ compilation cd
an unexpected gift from my host
on which he was a featured artist playing that very song.
“music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.”
-pablo casals
Feb6
weekend.
happy to tell the kinder
there would be 2 stay-home days – a weekend
saturday and sunday
we’d all be back together again on monday
one asked –
‘do you know that friday is already the weekend?’
indeed
i love that way of thinking
this one will live a long and happy life.
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when does your weekend start?
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“every day is a gift. but some days are packaged better.”
-sanhita baruah
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image credit: google images
Feb5
ahead.
one of these folks has been around for awhile and has always been ahead of his time.
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“ideas shape the course of history.”
-john maynard keynes
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image credit: british medieval history
I didn't have my glasses on.... 