downtown detroit
on a very chilly and beautiful november evening
sparkling christmas tree
ice
music
family from near and far
laughter
winter market
lots and lots of food
warm drinks
lights
comfort.
—
“downtown. lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder.
and in that moment, i swear we were infinite.”
stephen chbosky
after seeing the trailer for this film
i really thought it was going to be a comedy
it did have its funny moments and lines
as the movie played out
it was so much more
the trio of lead actors were brilliant
the characters
interacted
revealed themselves
learned about each other
personal stories emerged
in ways unexpected, tragic, and beautiful
finding something in each other
perhaps they didn’t even know they needed
but oh, did they ever
because as their understanding
of their humanity
with all of its flaws and challenges
came to the forefront
they chose grace
each was made the better for it
and forever changed.
—
“the moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad
but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected them to be.”
-alain de botton
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image credit: miramax films, focus features
lounging with leftovers
(this is not me, but we share a similar attitude and approach to the day after)
—
“rest and be thankful.”
-william wordsworth
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image credit: borders of adventure, china
“i would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”
-gilbert k. chesterton
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art credit: karen davis, by frost and candlelight
jfk and family – the ones who i thought were my cousins
(a reblog from 10 years ago)
being born a kennedy, for as long as i can remember, i assumed that the other kennedys were just cousins who lived out east. when the killing of jfk happened, 50 years ago, (now 60 years), i had just turned 6, only 4 days before. i was in first grade and i remember being called in from recess and all of the adults were crying. that was the day i found out that i was not actually a cousin, and that people could die from things other than being very, very old. it was one of those days when my world changed forever.
my kennedy family
“the essential self is innocent, and when it tastes its own innocence knows that it lives forever. “
-john updike
the temperature has dropped quite a bit and i am ready.
bring it.
—
“it doesn’t matter what temperature the room is, it’s always room temperature.”
-steven wright
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image credit: google images
notice posted by the sebastian county sheriff’s office as a reminder to drivers (and deer):
We have received a few reports that some deer, for whatever reason, are not using the designated deer crossing areas along our county roads and state highways. If any deer follow our page, please know that we put these signs up at some expense to the taxpayers. We’d appreciate you crossing at the designated areas. To our motoring community, please watch for these deer that are blatantly disobeying the law.
—
“a small deer came into my camp and stole my bag of pickles. is there a way i can get reimbursed? please call.”
-dave barry
driving home
listening to
the detroit red wings hockey team
playing an international game in sweden
got distracted for a minute
thinking about something
soon realizing
i no longer heard the game
but was instead was now listening to
christmas music
on a station
that jumps into the holiday music early each year
a station
i didn’t have programmed in
didn’t flip to
an early christmas mystery/miracle/conspriacy perhaps?
did the wings somehow get beat out by santa?
—
“radio is the playground of coincidence.”
-sarah vowell
“loves to have record player going or any music at 15 months.
attempts to dance to it and complains when music stops.”
(from my baby book on my ‘rhythm and music’ page, first expression of rhythm)
today, on my birthday, many eons later, not much has changed.
—
“life is like dancing. If we have a big floor, many people will dance.
some will get angry when the rhythm changes. but life is changing all the time.”
-don miguel ruiz
what book would you want to add to this little library?
—
“without reading, we are all without light in the dark, without fire in the cold.”
-tamora pierce, american fantasy fiction author
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source credits: littlefree ibrary.org
I didn't have my glasses on.... 