May27

war letters.

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“I don’t think any man can exactly explain combat. It’s beyond words.”  – Soldier, WWII

Based on newly discovered personal correspondence from the Revolutionary War to the Gulf War, War Letters brings to life vivid eyewitness accounts of famous battles, intimate declarations of love and longing, poignant letters penned just before the writer was killed, and heartbreaking “Dear John” letters from home.  


War Letters premiered on television in 2001.

Visit American Experience for bonus videos,

timelines and transcripts of letters from war. 

 Visit Website

 

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“letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.”

-johann wolfgang von goethe

 

 

dedicated to all those who made the ultimate sacrifice on this Memorial Day and every day.

 

 

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sources: pbs.org, American Expérience, Chapman University, chapman.edu

May26

collective.

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part of the lake house crew of friends

worked together

to create a solution

involving the installation of a new dock

with

2 sets of waders

4 people with different ideas

8 hands

myriad tools

and

in the end

success.

 

 

 

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 “the shape and solutions of the future

rely totally on the collective effort of people working together.

we are all an integral part of the web of life.”

jacque fresco, – Life Future People Together

May25

show and (don’t) tell

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highlight quote from kinder show and tell today:
“I’m going to show you what I brought,
but if you see my sister in the hall
don’t tell her that I brought it.”
-w, age 5
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“not everything needed to be brought into the light, he knew.
not every truth needed to be told.”
― louise penny, author
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image credit: golden records 1964
May24

every experience.

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kinders create  a long journey.

 

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“in wisdom gathered over time

I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.” 

-ansel adams

May23

conversation.

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“one of my favorite things

is to have a three-hour conversation over coffee with someone. “

-andy grammer

 

 

 

 

 

 

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image credit: wirecutter

May22

infinite possibilities.

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“tearing the paper means you’ve stopped believing in the infinite possibilities of a square.” 

-tor dual, a thousand paper birds

 

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image credit: artist, vik muniz turned two million cranes into one symbol of strength for japanese earthquake victims

 

May21

bee.

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“to make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee,

one clover, and a bee, and revery.

the revery alone will do, If bees are few.”

-emily dickinson

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in honor of world bee day

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image credit: prairie honey

May20

garage sale.

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loved visiting the grandies
and their friends from the neighborhood
at their very own garage sale for kids.
they made signs
waved to cars
 took turns being the dj in the garage
keeping the music going
and offering specials
(like the ‘wear two things on your head and get one free discount’)
every few minutes.
reminds me of me when i was a kid
though I usually ended up spending my profits
buying my friends’ stuff
and they often did the same with mine.
sometimes I even ended up
with more stuff than I had started with.
 a pretty fun time for all
and some things are timeless.
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I remember going with my mom
to a random garage sale as a kid and thinking
what a cool treasure hunt that the whole world was.
only to transition as an adult to think,
‘what a gross place that really is.’
– will ferrell
May19

art is community.

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‘los trompos,’ (spanish for spinning tops)

a giant spinning top art installation,

visits detroit’s beacon park from mexico city

'Los Trompos.' - ABEL KLAINBAUM

the eight giant, colorful tops, designed by *héctor esrawe and ignacio cadena, are large enough for multiple people to sit or stand inside them, and visitors are welcome to take a spin. they were designed to facilitate play, celebrate culture, and bring people together to interact and connect. Los Trompos is an interactive piece that comes to life when people engage with it. the tops are based on the construction of the actual toy and reflect the work of mexican artisans, as well as mexican culture, art, and architecture. 

community comes together to dance in the park
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so fun to be here
as all kinds of people stopped by
just to play and connect with each other. 

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“simply enjoy life and the great pleasures that come with it.”

-karolina ku

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credits: sonia kahleel, metro times

 * héctor esrawe is an industrial designer with a cross-disciplinary design atelier located in mexico city. ignacio cadena is the founder of cadena+asoc. concept design, a mexico-based interior design firm. the two often collaborate with each other, and together they won two interior design best of year awards in 2017

May18

team.

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so fun 

to watch grandie j

and his team

 just at the beginning

of learning skills and strategies

but they all try really hard

accept each other just as they are

and have such a light-hearted team spirit.

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“with an enthusiastic team you can achieve almost anything.”

-tahir shah