i’m always hopeful.
i feel like I’m at the prom sitting against the wall
waiting for someone to ask me to dance.
-sarah dessen
May5
May4
the creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn. – ralph waldo emerson
today is the day.
my blog has grown
from one acorn of one word
into a forest of 1000 posts of all colors.
i am humbled
and thankful
for all of you
who have taken
the time
to
read
like
comment
share ideas
be featured
ask questions
and
offer your kind thoughts to me.
it has meant all the difference.
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image credit: supersweet.org
May3
keyhole.
“what is a scientist after all?
it is a curious man looking through a keyhole,
the keyhole of nature,
trying to know what’s going on.”
-jacques cousteau
May2
avoid the ordinary.
what i do on mondays.
and many times on other days too.
May1
may.
“as full of spirit as the month of may,
and as gorgeous as the sun in midsummer.”
― william shakespeare
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image credit: May Pole (circa 1907). source: http://www.victoriantraditions.com
Apr30
dig in.
“find your place on the planet.
dig in,
and take responsibility from there.”
― gary snyder
Apr29
story.
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image credit: grammarly
Apr28
wings.
kinders offer their presentations
to
the other kinders
and to us
their teachers.
they are very excited
as
they tell us
all about
the animals
they have studied.
one teaches us about
the colorful parrot.
another one asks
‘why do they fly?’
kinder answers
‘so they can see the world.’
in this moment
of clarity and understanding
she has
traded places with us
and has
become the teacher
and
we learn so much from her.
—
“feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?”
-frida kahlo
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image credit: boredpanda.com
Apr27
go together.
team problem solving
4 grandies and 1 wagon
lots of sizes
lots of weight
lots of ages
lots of ideas
lots of feelings
1 bent axle
1 road at the end
how to get it back up the driveway
who wants to pull
who wants to push
who wants to ride
who wants to walk
how can we do it so no one cries?
—
“if you want to go quickly, go alone.
if you want to go far, go together.”
~african proverb.
Apr26
slim to none.
posted online by my local news outlet:
Severe weather forecast changed significantly, now in parts of Michigan.
Storm Prediction Center says severe storms possible in west Michigan this evening.
Main threat of severe weather expected just west of Michigan, but still a concern here.
The severe weather forecast for this afternoon and evening has changed significantly, and has increased part of Michigan’s severe weather chances.
The Storm Prediction Center issued a new forecast at 12:30 p.m., after looking at the latest round of weather data.
They basically shifted all of the severe weather risk areas eastward. The images above show you the earlier forecast from this morning on the left, and the forecast from 12:30 p.m. on the right.
Much of southern Lower Michigan went from a marginal risk of severe weather to a slight risk of severe weather.
—
i am a little confused, especially now that i’ve seen it move from marginal to slight, so i looked up the difference in the dictionary and now i’m really confused. i think i’ll just go to bed and wake up in the morning, hoping that the risk is actually at the ‘slim to none’ level.
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mar·gin·al
ˈmärjənl/
adjective
adjective: marginal
of, relating to, or situated at the edge or margin of something.
vs.
slight
slīt/
adjective
adjective: slight; comparative adjective: slighter; superlative adjective: slightest
small in degree; inconsiderable.
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news credit: mlive.com
