“race hate isn’t human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.”
-orson welles
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image credit: google images
Aug13
Aug12
hockey.
took the boys to
a street hockey camp
sponsored by the detroit red wings
after 1 1/2 hours of drills/training
on a very hot day
they played the game
and they would have played forever
if given the chance.
“every day is a great day for hockey.”
-mario lemieux
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Aug11
full life.
Aug10
land as community.
a beautiful morning walk
sharing earhart park with this lovely creature
an evening spent at the first and second sister lakes in dolph nature area
“when we begin to see land as a community to which we belong,
we may begin to use it with love and respect.”
– aldo leopold
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*i’ve now walked 60 of the ann arbor parks,
(all of the way through the letter ‘e’), only 100ish more to go-
i hope to have found and walked all of them by halloween, october 31
as i look forward to the beauty to be found in the change of seasons.
Aug9
hope and audacity.
on my way to vote in the primary election yesterday
in the midst of many signs
one stood out.
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“in an election, one needs both hope and audacity.”
francois hollande
Aug8
a point of light.
’twas fairy day at the artisan’s market
and soon they came around
lots of them of ev’ry kind
and treasures to be found.
“the fairy poet takes a sheet o f moonbeam, silver white;
his ink is dew from daisies sweet,
his pen a point of light.
~joyce kilmer
Aug7
born of the heart.
public love art
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“never regret anything you have done with a sincere affection; nothing is lost that is born of the heart.”
-basil rathbone
Aug6
black and white and blues all over.
happened upon this scene
while out on a walk today
i’m not sure what happened
but it couldn’t have been good.
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“every bad situation is a blues song waiting to happen.”
-amy winehouse
Aug5
food of the soul.
at my daughter’s house
getting ready to take the boys to a movie
i opened the freezer and looked for
something healthy and quick to eat before leaving
i chose what appeared to be
some quinoa/whole oats/ancient grains kind of thing
took off the top and heated it up
when i took my first bite i soon realized
there had been a mistake
on my part
it had a taste and texture that really didn’t register
as anything i had ever eaten before
vaguely familiar, but not so much
far from an ancient grain
and it did not taste good
though perhaps was healthy
i looked back again at the top
this time really looking
and saw that it was lightly labeled ‘bee wax’
no doubt from their hives in the backyard
ah, that.
“and what, socrates, is the food of the soul?
surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.”
-plato
Aug4
can’t see.
f learns what happens when good goggles go bad.
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“it’s all fun and games ’till someone loses an eye,
then it’s just fun you can’t see.”
-james hetfield
