drawn in by a homemade sign, a wave, a hi
to my favorite kind of store
some kids, a table, and some stuff
selling
apples, lumber, and shiny rocks
they had not sold anything
i’d love to be a customer,
but i’ve no money with me, i said
it’s okay, take some things and pay us tomorrow
we might even have juice then, too
they gave me credit!
—
“without hustle, talent will only carry you so far.”
— Gary Vaynerchuk
drawing family
all tied up in a circle
connected as one.
—
‘your greatest contribution may not be something you do
but someone you raise.”.
-unknown
on a rainy walk
a bridge
covered with shining confetti
a celebration
only thing I know
is that it was
something wonderful.
—
‘’I’m all about possibilities and about surprises and the life force.”
-joel grey
yesterday i took part in the ‘run across america’
a virtual 5k race
that takes place all over the country,
with the usual
friendly competition, medals, t-shirts
only each person chooses their own route.
registration fees, (free for teachers)
support Feeding America, Jumpstart, and Common Ground,
nonprofits currently tackling big challenges.
to join the Fall 5k, you simply register on the site,
download the running app,
put on your shoes on October 3rd, activate the app, and go.
after you’re done running/walking,
you’ll see how you performed versus others all over the country.
(as of this writing, i’m ranked 4,770th, so -)
your race has to start and end on October 3rd,
but your timing is up to you.
to make sure everyone across the country
has time to get the race done in their own time zone,
you can start any time after 12:01am EDT
and need to be done by 11:59pm Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time.
that gives you 30 hours to get your 5 km done
and that is my kind of race!
—
‘some walks you have to take alone.’
-suzanne collins
how did this chair end up here
still sitting by the side of the road
after you weren’t?
—
“we’re all just passing time and occupy our chair very briefly. “
-john hurt
a very special delivery
going to a very special place:
the fairy house in our school garden.
they will be so happy.
“find happiness by delivering it”
– chris murray
October breathed poetry —
beautiful and glowing.
—
~Terri Guillemets, “Tenth verse,” 2018,
blackout poetry created from
Octave Mirbeau, The Diary of a Chambermaid, 1891
—
painting credit: ‘autumn tree’, deborah mcgee, watercolor on paper
turned in my ballot
watched the first debate
went to sleep hopeful
’tis the season of change
i feel it in the air.
—
“you are not just for the right or left, but for what is right over the wrong.”
– suzy kassem, the writings of suzy kassem
yes, this.
—
“humans without borders, that’s what the world needs –
beings of conscience and courage, with no rigidity of religion, gender, nationality, or any other.”
– abhijit naskar, ain’t enough to look human
i am endlessly fascinated by the postings i find on my neighborhood nextdoor site:
the one about the wild turkeys holding a woman at bay in her driveway
then her warning to others, after she escaped unscathed to the car,
as she last saw them headed down the road looking for other victims like a street gang
the one complaining about kids running through his yard instead of staying on the path
the one who reported the tiny pet turtle who ‘ran’ away from her yard
and on and on.
then there was my favorite:
it was a long chat chain that began when someone relocated here from the uk and was looking for a store that sold weet bix. the response/comment section continued on for months, with neighbors offering suggestions of where to find different flavors and sizes of it, who had the best prices, adding in images of artwork made with weet bix, weet bix jokes, weet bix gifs, weet bix logo clothing, balanced towers of weet bix, opinions about weet bix, bowls of weet bix, people sharing their u.k. memories……it was absolutely brilliant, and even included a site administrator who couldn’t take it anymore, trying to wind it up at one point, summarizing it by listing the previously suggested stores, only to have it start up again, people telling her just stop reading it if she was over it, but they were having a ball, leading to it win our ‘best post of the year,’ due to it’s refusal to end, and for the enthusiasm level with which the neighborhood embraced this, rising to the occasion in this ongoing quest to find and celebrate everything weet bix. i loved it. (in the spirit of the chat chain, this may be the longest run-on sentence/paragraph/rambling explanation ever)
happy national neighbor day
—
“the curiosity of the neighbors about you, is a tribute to your individuality, and you should encourage it. ”
-quentin crisp
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