and upon happening behind
this van covered in peace and love
and words galore
complete with notes
“listen to your mother” – love, mom
“make good choices” – love, dad
and a peace sign and a smile
flashed to me by the driver
when finally side by side
i knew i was at my exit
and almost home.
—
“there are a thousand thoughts lying within a man
that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write. ”
-william makepeace thackeray
—
my loyal companion and i visiting my cottage
on day 6 without power.
—
“if the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.”
-lucy larcom
—
image credit: sherman hines, newfoundland, canada
it’s that time of year again
and the ants have stopped by for their annual visit.
as i now know that their newborns may outlive me at this point
i may just leave my cottage to them in my will.
—
“if ants are such busy workers, how come they find time to go to all the picnics?”
-marie dressler
—
image credit: mentalflossmagazine
crystal lake, northern michigan
–
‘ice day’
no school.
—
“in skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.”
-ralph waldo emerson
—
image credit: university of michigan
it took
3 cars
2 buses
1 plane
and
a gaggle of
very friendly people
like
blogger friend/ sports/movie/ music/life stories writer
syracuse mark
of
and
his lovely wife, karen
who met me along the way
to
share a lively dinner
and
a leg of the journey with me
and
of course
my final psychedelic trip back through the airport
to find my way home again
after woodstock.
—
“so it’s been kind of a long road,
but it was a good journey altogether.”
-sidney poitier
—
image credit: life magazine, beatnik highway
glen frey the cat
has made a pretty easy transition
to being indoors
once again
and his
homecoming is complete,
though i’m thinking
i may have to send him outside again
for just a bit.
—
image credit: googleimages, hankin
so glad to be home with all of these grandies’ smiles
and among the big people who go with them.
—
“because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.”
-thich nhat hanh
