‘hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road,
but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.’
*lin yutang
* Lin Yutang( 1895-1976) was a Chinese inventor, linguist, novelist, philosopher, and translator.
May28
May27
cat burglar.
a small sampling of some of the things that Pete the Cat
has taken into his lair and placed in his special box
sparkly pipe cleaners, a kitchen sponge, a sheep (now just a shaved body),
and a stuffed animal shaped like a peanut
but now
I have to ask:
‘hey, Pete, where’s my shoe?’
I woke up with one of my Birkenstocks
next to my bed
sometimes when I’m sitting down and wearing them
he takes one off of my foot
carries it around
so I have no idea where he found that one
wonder where the other one is
I looked everyhwere
finally
hours later
he casually walked into
the living room
carrying it and setting it down on the rug
no big deal
he must have another secret hiding place
where he keeps the rest of his stash
I wonder what else is missing?
‘my dear, i’m a cat. everything I see is mine.’
source: the red pyramid
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Below are a few funny comments from people on reddit about cats stealing things:
Does anyone else’s cat steal socks and carry them around the house? I found four
just yesterday and decided to try to sock shame her. I’m sure she was unfazed.
- Anyone else have a cat who carries around random objects (mine keeps stealing socks!) and cries out while they carry it?
A California couple’s pet cat stole more than 600 items from neighbors, including gloves, towels, bubble wrap, a San Francisco Giants baseball cap, and even a bikini. The kleptomaniac kitty’s record was 11 items in 24 hours.
May26
lest we forget.
May25
silent sunday.
fiddleheads
baby ferns
one of the most beautiful things in nature
their name comes from their resemblance
to the scrolled end of a violin
there’s a certain magical quality about them.
—
‘if you listen carefully, the silence is beautiful.’
-purpleclover
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photo credit: solstice
May24
hair show.
when i sit in my stylist’s chair
she asks me what i’d like to have done
i’m pretty casual and relaxed about my hair
looking to my right
I say
well, actually the exact opposite
of whatever is going on
with the woman’s head in the mirror next to us
and i’ll be happy, thanks.
—
‘happiness is meeting the right hairstylist.’
-author unknown
May23
cat art.
i stared at this for a long time.
—
”mystery is at the heart of creativity. that, and surprise.’
-julia cameron
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art credit: artitsallinsideus(mitch), cat art
May22
the quilters.
THE QUILTERS, an award-winning short documentary, now showing on Netflix, follows the daily lives of several men, spending most of its screen time inside the sewing room at South Central Correctional Center, a Level 5 maximum security prison in a small town near St. Louis.
As they follow several quilts from design to completion, audiences will come to know these men, witnessing their struggles, triumphs, and sense of pride as they create something beautiful in this windowless, sacred space, deep within the prison walls.
The camera follows the quilters up close as they work individually on their creations and also captures the power of this group as a collective, a well-oiled, collaborative machine that hums along like the sewing machines in front of which each man sits.
The craft of quilting has been carefully and beautifully shot, with tight focus on the men’s hands, the sewing machines, the textures and colors of the fabrics, and the creative design of each quilt which is personalized for a foster child and gifted to them for their birthday.
This short film will move your soul.
—
‘people find meaning and redemption in the most unusual human connections.’
-Khaled Hosseini
*Khaled Hosseini was born in Afghanistan, moved to the United States in 1980, and is the author of the New York Times bestsellers, The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and, And the Mountains Echoed.
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credits: Netflix, Youtube
May21
have a cup on international tea day.
(not me, or my people, and I wasn’t invited to the tea party)
“In Ireland, you go to someone’s house, and she asks you if you want a cup of tea. You say no, thank you, you’re really just fine. She asks if you’re sure. You say of course you’re sure, really, you don’t need a thing. Except they pronounce it ting. You don’t need a ting. Well, she says then, I was going to get myself some anyway, so it would be no trouble. Ah, you say, well, if you were going to get yourself some, I wouldn’t mind a spot of tea, at that, so long as it’s no trouble and I can give you a hand in the kitchen. Then you go through the whole thing all over again until you both end up in the kitchen drinking tea and chatting.
In America, someone asks you if you want a cup of tea, you say no, and then you don’t get any damned tea. I liked the Irish way better.”
― C.E. Murphy
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International Tea Day is an opportunity to celebrate the cultural heritage, health benefits and economic importance of tea, while working to make its production sustainable “from field to cup” ensuring its benefits for people, cultures and the environment continue for generations.
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photo credit: Irish Tea Party early 1900s, Valentine’s of Dundee, Scotland
May20
bloom.
one of my daughters
gave me
a small bunch of peonies
when suddenly
one bloomed
making a very grand entrance.
—
“a flower does not use words to announce its arrival to the world; it just blooms.”
― m
May19
‘there is a place where the sidewalk ends.’ – shel silverstein.
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loving the signshowing and telling mewhere the sidewalk endsdifferent today than yesterday.
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-stephen king
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I didn't have my glasses on.... 