not my dad, but similar to his 70s denim suit that really made a bold statement
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happy birthday to my dad, no longer with us, but whose sense of style remains.
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“you can tell what was the best style of your father’s life,
because they seem to freeze that clothing style and ride it out.”
-jerry seinfeld
the great blizzards and a birthday – michigan history!
today is the anniversary of two of michigan’s greatest blizzards.
which both started on the same date January 26th, one in 1967 and the other in 1978.
also on this date
my brother scott, was born in 1965 under clear skies.
happy birthday!
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The 1965 birthday. Scott was born, he was cute, and I wanted to bring him in for show and tell, but my mom refused and made me bring a picture, which I was really mad about. He did not like shoveling snow, but he did enjoy playing in it, sledding on our school hill at recess, and throwing it at us.
The 1967 storm. The big Blizzard went down as one of the all-time worst blizzards in Michigan’s history mainly because of the way the weather conditions quickly changed drastically and people were caught off guard. In the days leading up to the blizzard, some areas had temps in the 60s, quickly plummeted, and the skies dumped 1 1/2 feet of snow in a very short time.
The 1978 storm. Snowfalls for the entire storm included a whopping 30 inches in some Michigan locations. There were already 4 to 6 feet of snow on the ground before the storm started, and there were many drifts of over 15 feet.
In both storms there were wind gusts up to 65 MPH and both had several periods of thunderstorms with the snow, (thunder-snow).So far there has not been a storm that has come close to the intensity of either of the storms since 1978. My brother still enjoys playing in the snow and celebrating his birthday. And I’m glad for all of this.
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“apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.’
-mark twain
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credits: michigan history, clarence white
my birthday number is a moving target.
i love how the kinder announce they are ‘and a half!’
the moment they have a birthday.
they quite naturally understand this concept.
today, i am 64.
and a half!
coming together
long past the calendar date
to celebrate a dear friend’s milestone birthday
as if no time has passed.
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“our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.”
-jean paul
“i was 32 when i started cooking; up until then i just ate.” -jc
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happy memorial birthday to julia child,
american chef extraordiniare , rebel, eccentric, pioneer, lover of all things butter
and the one who brought the art of french cooking to america.
“with enough butter anything is good.”
-julia child
“miss child is never bashful with butter”
-phil donahue
jc -i plan to whittle a stick of butter into a smaller stick of butter today in your honor.
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image credits: (b/w) google. com, (color) butter sculptures, pennsylvania state fair
when you just can’t make it out to the store to get a card
you use what you have.
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“always make sure your heart is bigger than your head.”
-tony oiler
if you have eaten the above, you are my contemporary.
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here i go, around again
another trip around the sun
happy to say i’m still here.
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google images
a scene from the road rally in the sideways rain
leap frog in the park
last night i told a joke to a woman at a comedy club, led a group of strangers in follow-the- leader in t.j. maxx, bought 60 cents of gas, got into a theater box office, danced the sugar plum fairy ballet and push it, had the zingerman’s staff sing happy birthday to me, tried to jam our team into one shopping cart, read a children’s book aloud to an adult in the library, found five different kinds of balls, secretly wrote crossword answers in the new york times and put it back, wore protective hockey gear, held a lobster, paid for a stranger’s purchase, ate as a group at taco bell, wore university of michigan gear that wasn’t mine, added my gum to a public wall art display, read incredible notes, shared food and drinks and blew out candles and it was a night to always be remembered.
teams:
sock monkeys vs. glitters vs. kwames
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what a wonderful decade birthday celebration
thanks to all of you for every bit of it
it meant everything.
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“life goes by fast. enjoy it. calm down. it’s all funny.”
– joan rivers
at the nature center for grandie v’s 6th birthday celebration
the scientist helps us to measure our wingspans
before we take a stroll outside to find this beautiful bird
rescued and healing a broken wing
whose wingspan we hope will return one day
and we are grateful to have our wings.
“happiness makes up for height for what it lacks in length.”
-robert frost
I didn't have my glasses on.... 