Tag Archives: friends

Mar3

all.

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at the asian new year birthday celebration

of our young friend, y

wearing her traditional korean holiday dress

and bowling shoes

with

basketball, rock and roll, and football 

playing on the big screens

of the american bowling alley

celebrating with grandies and more friends 

indian, african-american, lebanese, irish, iranian, korean

adults, children, babies

all enjoying the fun

all bowling

all sharing a meal

all languages

all blowing out the candles

all toasting

all.

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“preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.”

-cesar chavez

Jan15

electricity.

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just before our dinner party 

so we had it anyway

candlelight, a warm fire, and great friends made it even better.

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“what is a soul? it’s like electricity – we don’t really know what it is, but it’s a force that can light a room.”

-ray charles

Dec18

a day late and a trifle short.

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imagine my surprise 

when i found out

that the party i was going to tonight

at my sweet irish friend’s house

had already happened last night

and

 when i stopped over today

 it looked like

a great time was had by everyone 

especially those who were there on the right night.

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“it gets late early out there.”

-yogi berra

Dec9

cement.

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when the pre-k friends meet up with their second grade friends

there is much to celebrate and talk about.

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“friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.”

-woodrow t. wilson

Dec8

puzzled.

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headed off to the puzzle house 

to try out an ‘escape room adventure’

just going in was a bit scary

and i thought

we might have to escape right away

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but

eight of us

ventured in

and

read a story

memorized details

then used

codes that we had to translate and crack

 black lights

a laser

a microscope

a tangram puzzle

a piñata head

hidden and found things

boxes

math

logic

wild guesses

opinions

ideas

sweat

spiders

stars

moons 

crystals

locks

a lot of darkness

and a little bit of wit

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we had one hour and made it through two rooms

never got into the third

but

what an adventure

and

eight of us ventured back out.

 

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“there are always wonderful mysteries to confront.”

-david e.

Nov30

reach.

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for the first time

 this quiet little one

reached out

and

took another’s hand.

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“the human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.”

-maria edgeworth

Nov25

i am a part.

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 happy to have shared the table with all different kinds of people yesterday.

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“i am a part of all that i have met.” – lord tennyson

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Nov24

thanks.

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Oct15

crossover.

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book club goes to the movies.

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“eat ice cream. read books. be happy.”
― carew papritz

Sep18

the start of more.

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at the library

tucked into the honeycombs

reading and chatting

grandie r

sees a little girl

who wanders over

and she says to her, 

“i’m four and i have some friends from school

but i just need one more and it should be you.”

she answers,

“okay, i’m four too and i’m mira,”

then she climbs on in

and that is how they became new friends.

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“every new friend is a new adventure…

the start of more memories.”

-patrick lindsay