Oct23

nailed it.

Posted on October 23, 2019 by beth

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I stopped by a new nail salon on my way home from school today

where I met a nail tech from Cambodia

we had a bit of a hard time understanding each other

but had a mostly unspoken friendly rapport between us

the rain started pouring down really hard outside

I noticed I was the only customer in the whole salon

and the hallmark channel was on

showing holiday tv movies

with subtitles

the whole staff was watching

I had come just in time for the last 15 minutes of the current movie

where the man and woman met again

right before she was almost leaving town to go home forever

and he had decided to stay and not go to the big city

a special dog was found, it was Christmas Eve, in a small town,

with a big misunderstanding, the whole town was at one event

somehow it all suddenly came together and worked out

and as the final scene played out on screen

my nail guy stood up smiling and nodding with tears in his eyes

looking around at his co-workers and down at me

and it made me tear up and smile too

as we had found our common ground.

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“anyway, stories bring us together to find common ground, to find our way through life together, or just to entertain us, and I am just thrilled to be a part of that process.”

-dorothea benton frank

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image credit: pinterest

Oct22

cow.

Posted on October 22, 2019 by beth

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biggest cow I ever met.

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“this was more than just a cow – this was an entire career I was looking at.”

*gary larson – the far side

*(word has it that gary may be considering bringing back my favorite comic of all time)

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nixon farm, dexter, mi, usa – October 2019

Oct21

safe passage.

Posted on October 21, 2019 by beth

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sign found on a trip to the farm.

might be good advice for all drivers on the road

not just the young pedal car drivers on the track.

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“I simply go about my passage swiftly and silentlwith a certain deliberate, dark efficiency.”

-george carlin

Oct20

into the corn.

Posted on October 20, 2019 by beth

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and here we go, marching straight into the corn.

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“the future is an ever-shifting maze of possibilities until it becomes the present.”

-terry brooks

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at nixon farms, dexter, mi, usa – october 2019

Oct19

hole.

Posted on October 19, 2019 by beth

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“I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost… I am helpless.
It isn’t my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don’t see it.
I fall in again.
I can’t believe I am in the same place.
But, it isn’t my fault.
It still takes me a long time to get out.

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in. It’s a habit.
My eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault. I get out immediately.

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.

I walk down another street.”

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― Portia Nelson, There’s a Hole in My Sidewalk: The Romance of Self-Discovery