fashion fad: mittens are the new shoes.
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“organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.”
-a.a. milne
Nov16
Nov15
carry.
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
Nov14
mysteries, yes.
“MYSTERIES, YES”
Truly, we live with mysteries too marvelous
to be understood.
How grass can be nourishing in the
mouths of the lambs.
How rivers and stones are forever
in allegiance with gravity
while we ourselves dream of rising.
How two hands touch and the bonds
will never be broken.
How people come, from delight or the
scars of damage,
to the comfort of a poem.
Let me keep my distance, always, from those
who think they have the answers.
Let me keep company always with those who say
“Look!” and laugh in astonishment,
and bow their heads.”
― Mary Oliver, Evidence: Poems
Nov13
on world kindness day.
little one comforting the littler ones.
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“if you have an impulse to kindness, act on it.”
-douglas coupland
Nov12
backwards.
and why not turn around and create your shaving cream art while backwards?
all it takes is a fresh idea and a willingness to try a new approach.
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“i think backwards. ‘this was beautiful,’ instead of forward.”
-alice herz-sommer
Nov11
on veterans day.
“i think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.”
-bob dylan
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thank you to veterans everywhere
Nov10
science for and with society.
World Science Day for Peace and Development
Celebrated every November 10th, World Science Day for Peace and Development highlights the important role of science in society and the need to engage the wider public in debates on emerging scientific issues. It also underlines the importance and relevance of science in our daily lives.
By linking science more closely with society, World Science Day for Peace and Development aims to ensure that citizens are kept informed of developments in science. It also underscores the role scientists play in broadening our understanding of the remarkable, fragile planet we call home and in making our societies more sustainable.
In 2020, the Day will be devoted to the theme of Science for and with society.
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“ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge:
it is those who know little, and not those who know much,
who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.”
-charles darwin
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Building peace in the minds of men and women
Nov9
all.
Nov8
dare.
“yesterday I dared to struggle. today I dare to win.”
-bernadette devlin
i’m proud of my country – it dared to do both.
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today, as i walked downtown,
the kerrytown bells played ‘the star spangled banner’
cars honked
church bells rang
farmers at the market chattered
drummer drummed
people cheered, cried, laughed
fireworks shot off in yards
the air was light and it was electric.
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image credit: pinterest
Nov7
and now, nachos. while we still wait.
The NYT has traced the first nachos back to Piedras Negras, Mexico, in 1940, with just three ingredients. As the story goes, a group of women walked into the Victory Club in Piedras outside business hours. Aiming to please, Ignacio Anaya, the maître d’hôtel known as Nacho, ran to the kitchen and made a quick appetizer with ingredients he found. Today’s nachos know no end to their variations: They can have a number of seasoned layers or simply be topped with cheese sauce, like those sold at concession stands. But the simplicity of its original, with its barely salted chips, nutty melted cheese and briny pickled jalapenos, is sure to charm true nacho fans.
“we’ve all invested emotionally in nachos.”
-conan o’brien
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credits: Christoper Simpson(NYT) and Simon Andrews- food stylist (NYT)
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