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Oct1

legacy.

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http://www.solvingkidscancer.org

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my brother’s loving legacy to his son, hazen:

a non-profit

pediatric cancer

research funding and awareness program

so that no other child and family

should ever have to suffer from cancer again.

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Day 30 – As we close out the month of September, we want to share our most sincere thanks with all of you who supported our #CCAM campaign. We can’t wait to share the results with you! We also want to thank our friends at Adams Fairacre Farms, Inc. for their support all month long, BGC Charity Day and the beautiful Coco Rocha for an incredible day of fundraising on September 11, and The Ronan Thompson Foundation for allowing us to be part of the incredible Runway Heroes event on September 26th. It was an amazing month, and we are so proud of the #awareness raised across the entire #childhoodcancer community. #thatsawrap!

 

Aug28

i couldn’t unpeach the peaches. – annie dillard

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sandiegouniontribune.com

august is national peach month

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‘peaches’

was my nickname

as a young child

which

 i’ve happily

reclaimed

as a  grandmother.

it feels like a perfect fit.

i’m celebrating

all month

and beyond.

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Peach Blueberry Fruit Salad with Honey-Lime Dressing.

• 1 cup blueberries
• 2 peaches
• Juice from 1 lime
• 3 Tbsp honey
• Fresh mint leaves

Directions: Wash the blueberries and peaches. Cut the peaches into wedges. Arrange the blueberries and slices of peaches on a platter. Mix the lime juice and honey and drizzle over the fruit. Add fresh mint leaves, sliced thin or whole, and toss everything together. Enjoy.

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sunrise paints the sky with pinks

and the sunset with peaches.

Cool to warm.

so is the progression from childhood to old age.

– vera nazarian

 

 

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image and recipe credits:

sandiegouniontribune.com, roxyskitchen.com

Aug17

roller coaster math.

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thecoastercritic.com

what do you think, little f,

should we have another baby one day ?

no.

why not?

because of the roller coaster.

what?

the roller coaster.

why?

because then you’d have 3

and someone would always

have to sit alone.

yes, i see now.

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life is a roller coaster; you can either scream every time you hit a bump

or you can throw your hands up in the air and enjoy! 

– author unknown  

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image credit: the coaster critic.com

 

Aug15

we didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time. ~ vince lombardi

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hometeam

detroit lions

played the new york jets

in a pre-season matchup

and i had the chance

to share the seats

with one of my grandies, (m)

at his first american football game

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he

hooted

 cheered

 wore the colors

ate stadium food

 jumped

roared

and in the end

we won

even though

 it was a bit different

from his

aussie rules football

no shorts

but lots of pads

coney dogs and pizza

and

heaps of breaks in the action.

welcome to america.

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“
the trouble with referees is that they just don’t care which side wins.”

~tom canterbury

Aug14

always the cat remains a little beyond the limits we try to set for him in our blind folly. – andre norton

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i have such a great assistant

nacho the cat not the food

takes his place

plops down

right in the middle

 of the stones of lake superior

and

works hard

to help me

solve the puzzle

moving pieces

bumping my hand

meowing bright ideas

IMG_0857then it all just becomes a bit too exhausting

so why move

when you can just flop over

and blend in?

his work is done here.

Aug7

i’ve found you’ve got to look back at the old things and see them in a new light. – john coltrane

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‘it’s called a record player and it plays records that

go ’round and ’round and the music comes out,’

says one little grandie

to another

when proudly showing off

his new home in america

and

all of the treasures

both old and new

that can be found inside.

Aug6

patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears. – barbara johnson

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four swings

divided by

six cousins

equals

one each

with

a

remainder of two

and 

many

 seems like forever

wait times.

 

Aug5

i rate enthusiasm even above professional skill. – edward appleton

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some of the grandies

upstairs

near the bunk-bed room

pajamas on

unwinding

 problem-solving

 still full of energy

after a long day

spent enjoying and exploring

the water and sand and gardens and lawn

way up north

on a warm and breezy

michigan night.

Aug4

how sweet the corn.

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four generations in one place at one time with one common purpose.

dinner.

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a family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, 

an occasional animal, and the common cold 

– ogden nash

Aug3

we can only appreciate the miracle of a sunrise if we have waited in the darkness. ~ author unknown

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the view out of my window

this morning in glen arbor,  michigan

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one hour after we left

the storms began

every kind of bad weather

rolled in

and

left this beautiful little town

by the lakes

isolated

and

damaged

my family members

who are still there

 are all okay

hoping that all the others are too

tomorrow

the sun will rise once again

and the cleanup

will begin

with gratitude.

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Staff report from the Glen Arbor Sun:
Glen Arbor was hit by a very severe storm on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 2. Winds of 93 miles per hour reportedly pummeled the town next to the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore at the height of the summer tourism season. As of Sunday night, the Glen Lake Fire Department was reporting that all roads into Glen Arbor, and around the Glen Lakes, are impassible.