ah, the choices –
to play it safe
and go for the fudge, chocolate chips, or mint
or to venture into something
a little more adventurous perhaps
like playdough or potholes?
—
“fear is stupid. so are regrets.”
-marilyn monroe
Jun18
Tag Archives: humor
Jun7
gangsters.
our 5th grade boys
milling around
excited and nervous and happy
decided they were going to do their ‘gangster walk’
on the way in to their graduation ceremony
in their suits and ties
jackets thrown over shoulders
and i had to smile
when i heard them
strutting by
singing ‘sweet caroline’
at the top of their lungs
i’m betting neil diamond would take it as a compliment
and when they went inside
they recited their kind words
sang school songs
watched as pictures of their younger days
flashed upon the screen
and finally ended with a beautiful candlelighting
i’m proud of these gangsters
as i’ve known some of them since they were 3
before they even knew what letter ‘gangster’ started with.
—
“any distraction tends to get in the way of being an effective gangster.”
-terence winter
May20
gravity.
while everyone’s eyes were focused
on the royal love story across the pond
i happened upon this one
much closer to home.
—
“you can’t blame gravity for falling in love.”
-albert einstein
May17
pack rat.
happy national pack rat day – may 17th
There’s a fine line between holding on to nostalgia, and being a serious contendor for an episode of Hoarders. But just for a day, you are permitted to openly cherish the growing stack of Signals catalogs piling up in your basement sans any judgment of concerned family and friends. Who knows? Maybe your Beanie Babies will become collectibles again, and the joke will be on us.
—
and 2 very different philosophies from 2 very creative geniuses on this subject:
“i want to lead the victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter.”
-freddie mercury
—
“out of clutter, find simplicity.”
-albert einstein
team freddie or team albert?
—
credits: stanford university (image), mental floss
May14
find it?
due to my utter lack of any sense of direction
i am always a bit shocked
when someone asks me how to get somewhere
and i do wonder….
—
“you’ll get lost and then you’ll find it.”
-mark darrah, ‘a catalogue of common people’
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image credit: purple clover
May6
living room.
and on the last night they’ll ever spend
in the only house they’ve ever lived
before moving to their wonderful new location for their wonderful new adventures
we celebrate by finally getting to eat in the living room without sneaking.
—
“your journey never ends. life has a way of changing things in incredible ways.
-alexander volkov
May2
mosquito.
tag lines like this are one reason why local ads are the best:
‘should you decide not to call us, save this magazine for swatting.’
—
“a man thinks he amounts to a great deal
but to a flea or a mosquito a human being is merely something good to eat.”
– don marquis
Apr12
mixed.
mixed feelings
when walking inside from another round of snow
and being greeted by a 4th of july display
at least i have my sandals on
with my long down coat
and i am ready for anything.
“there are certain odd times and occasions
in this strange mixed affair we call life
when a man takes his whole universe for a vast practical joke.”
-herman melville
Apr11
where hobbies, hijinks, and capers go bad = my childhood #2
another day, another hobby.
in the late 60s
this was a book that i longed to own
i loved to get mail and loved to get free things
what could go wrong?
i used my saved-up coins to send in for the book
and could not wait to begin using it
i read it from cover to cover
marking pages, checking off favorites
began writing notes, stuffing envelopes, and ordering things
using stamps that i found in a junk drawer
before i knew it i had a small collection of
weird government brochures, lists of tips, tables, charts, and recipes
none of which were really of any use to me
but i didn’t care what any of it was
as long as it came in the mail and it was free
my pile grew and grew
until it didn’t
when once again
i realized that i had no income
had used all of my money to buy the book
and had no way
to buy any more of the stamps
that i needed
to send in my requests
to get free things.
what i really needed were unlimited free books of stamps
and it was on to the next ill-fated hobby for me…
—
“sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.”
-albert einstein
Apr1
spring holiday salad.
*my easter/passover/april fool’s day/full moon kit-kat salad and its recipe
upwrap 7-12 kit-kat bars
break into delicious individual pieces
if chocolate melts onto your fingers
lick them clean
drop what’s left into a lovely bowl
toss gently
enjoy.
*(serving size may vary depending on how willing you are to share)
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happy holidays to all
—
“food for the body is not enough. there must be food for the soul.”
-dorothy day
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