art credit: the unicorn is reading, by steph terao,
based on the hunting of the unicorn, a medieval tapestry
Feb6
Feb5
falling through the cracks.
had a great breakfast with family
who returned a file of family history papers
that had traveled on a journey with them
across the seas
i was happy to see them again
had the papers in my hand for all of 1 minute
as i set them down next to me
for safekeeping
they fell into a hidden crack
just kept going deeper into the abyss
until they were gone
a very kind manager
without judgement
without questions
with a good sense of humor
offered to assist
by moving chairs
pulling the whole table out
taking the booth apart
and retrieving the precious files
intact and none the worse for wear
the family journey continues
with just a short detour.
“cracks especially. you have to be careful of the cracks.
sometimes they are disguised as something else.
a doorway, or a smile or even a winking eye.
and if you fall through them, you never know were you will end up.”
-isabelle carmody – greylands
Feb4
fine dining.
dining at its finest
a win-win.
—
“for strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself,
which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.”
-arthur conan doyle
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credit: Hosted by Cultivate Coffee & TapHouse
ypsilanti, michigan
Feb3
puzzled.
that moment when you realize
after you’ve laid out
and built the frame
of a large detailed 1,000 piece puzzle
that you may have assembled
the perfectly symmetrical framing
upside down
with no way now to turn it without breaking it
due to the limited table size dimensions
(damn math)
and might likely have to build the whole thing upside down.
—
“the art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.”
-douglas horton
Feb2
up all night.
a glimpse into the real story behind the legend.
the groundhog
stays up all night
trying to calculate
exactly when spring will arrive
and is exhausted
when they wake him up
to bring him out
early in the morning
for his official prediction
each february 2nd
on groundhog day.
—
“i’m so tired…i was up all night trying to round off infinity.”
-steven wright
Feb1
february arrives.
“february, a form pale-vestured, wildly fair,
one of the north wind’s daughters, with icicles in her hair.
~Edgar Fawcett, “The Masque of Months,” -1878
—
image credits: teodora paintings , magic onions
Jan31
competitors.
grandies m and f
recently took part
in a super mario kart gaming competition
at our local library.
they were moved on and matched
based on wins.
above, is a picture of f (wearing blue)
in the finals
holding his own
along with his competitors.
one of these guys is not like the others.
—
“move fast. speed is one of your main advantages over large competitors.”
-sam altman
Jan30
treasure trove.
Turkish Garbage Collectors Open Library Full of Discarded Books
Turkish garbage collectors in the country’s capital city of Ankara have opened a public library that is full of books that were originally destined to be put into landfill. The workers began collecting discarded books and opened the new library in the Çankaya district of Ankara. News of the library has spread and now people have begun donating books directly to the library, rather than throwing them away.
As CNN reports, the library was originally created for the use of the employees friends and family but, as it grew in size, the library was officially opened to the public in September of last year. “We started to discuss the idea of creating a library from these books. And when everyone supported it, this project happened,” said Çankaya Mayor Alper Tasdelen, whose local government spearheaded the opening of the library.
The library now has over 6,000 fiction and non-fiction books and includes a children’s section, an area dedicated to scientific research books, and a number of English and French language books for those who are bilingual. The library building itself used to be a brick factory and is located at the sanitation department HQ. The building featured long corridors and an aged brick facade and transformed perfectly into a library.
Books can be withdrawn for two weeks at a time, with an extension available if required. The library’s collection has now become so vast that it loans many of the books to schools, educational programs, and even prisons.“Village schoolteachers from all over Turkey are requesting books,” Tasdelen said. The library has also created new job opportunities as it requires full time staff to run and support it.
The library has proven to be a huge hit with the community. Children of the employees often enjoy reading there and local school children visit to study. Local cyclists who pedal through the nearby valley often take a break there and enjoy the lounge area and chess boards. “Before, I wished that I had a library in my house. Now we have a library here,” Serhat Baytemur, a 32-year-old garbage collector, told state media.
—
“ours is a culture and a time immensely rich in trash as it is in treasures.”
― ray bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing
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credits: kerrytown bookfest, forreadingaddicts.co.uk,cnn
Jan28
privately public.
Public Event
Privacy Workshop
Saturday February 10, 2018
Downtown Library: Secret Lab
—
“any privacy in public is a hard thing to negotiate.”
-benedict cumberbatch
Jan28
diagnosis.
how lucky am i
that there is a veterinary hospital
right in my very own classroom
and a doctor from that hospital
ready to ‘doctor me’ and to offer a diagnosis:
“you do not have a heartbeat and you have a very small cavity.”
i am thankful for this
and now that i understand
what is causing my foot to hurt
i know exactly how to make it all better.
“if you get a diagnosis, get on a therapy,
keep a good attitude and keep your sense of humor.”
-teri garr
