strength.

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wearing an ac/dc t-shirt, ripped up jeans, and velcro shoes

all while wrapped in a cape made from your swaddling blanket

bestows unlimited strength and heroic powers upon you. 

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“a hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength

to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”

-christopher reeve

because i am a dog.

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An adorable Shiba Inu named Ken-kun in Hokkaido, Japan remarkably runs his own sweet potato stand. 

The watchful dog politely tends to whatever the customer needs, however, he is not able to accept payment. That situation is solved with a slot in which to put the money.

Customers need to have the exact amount (or be willing to leave the rest), as a sign on the front of the stand reads:

“Because I am a dog, I can’t give you change.”

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“the dog lives for the day, the hour, even the moment.”

-robert falcon scott

 

 

 

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sources: Lori Dorn, laughing squid

april one.

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“the exact day I became a poet was april 1, 1965,

the day I bought my first typewriter.”

-august wilson 

 

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in honor of poetry month.

mine was the day I learned to hold a pencil

and found a scrap of paper to scribble on.

 

 

 

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image credit: daskeyboard

the secret.

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freedom and courage.

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‘the secret to happiness is freedom and the secret to freedom is courage.”

-thucydides

unique.

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always remember that you are absolutely unique.

just like everyone else.”

margaret mead 

 

 

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ann arbor, mi, usa – spring 2019

so much.

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*DO NOT EAT PIZZA BEFORE BAKING.

*(luckily i caught this very important instruction just in the nick of time)

 

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“everybody gets so much information all day long

that they lose their common sense.”

– gertrude stein 

a poem begins.

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 a poem begins with a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong,

a homesickness, a lovesickness.

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happy birthday, robert frost – born march 1874

 

 

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image credit: maurice shapiro – woodland sketch

sonder.

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sonder – n.

the realization that each random passerby

is living a life

as vivid and complex as your own.

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THE DICTIONARY OF OBSCURE SORROWS – John Koenig

 

 

 

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kerrytown, ann arbor, mi, usa – march 2019

fold.

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i held this gift of a tiny origami star

made from a square of beautiful paper

admiring it in my hand for a time

knowing it will be held in my memory

for a long time to come.

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“WHEN YOU FOLD A PIECE OF PAPER,

YOU’RE ESSENTIALLY CHANGING THE MEMORY OF THAT PIECE”. 

-ERIC DEMAINE