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Mar20
Tag Archives: life
Mar17
you never know.
on this st. patrick’s day
no matter your luck
may you be filled with immense joy
as you remember this:
“you never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from,”
-cormac mccarthy
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photo credit: google images
Mar14
destination: fun.
when you have a barbie head on your dash
and a beachball in the back seat
it’s clear you are headed
for destination: fun.
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“you must not ever stop being whimsical.
and you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life.”
-mary oliver, wild geese
Mar12
time flies.
and yet again
we find ourselves caught up
in the dance
of ‘daylight savings time’
as we
readjust once more
are we early
are we late
are we on time
whose time are we on
no one is quite sure.
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“the trouble is, you think you have time.”
-buddha
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image credit: ‘silhouettes’ by harry finder
Mar11
sweet dreams.
sweet dreams, by szuba
chase your dreams on national dream day, celebrated annually on march 11.
the holiday was created to make everyone, both old and young,
realize that they can build and go after their dreams.
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what dream of yours has come true?
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“if the dream is a translation of waking life, waking life is also a translation of the dream.”
-rene magritte
Mar5
warmth.
after yet another unique and powerful winter storm
with lots and lots and lots of
heavy, wet, beautiful, pure white snow
i woke up early to a power outage
spending my morning in the library
with coffee, power bars, and locals
powering up, reading, talking, and writing
watching as a lovely grandmother
kneels down to her young grandson’s level
as she very patiently and quietly
teaches him and then lets him
check out each of his very own books
one by one
gently guiding him as he goes
only when he needs it
when he proudly finishes his work
he loads each into his own little backpack
she helps him
put on each woolen mitten and zips up his coat
he holds onto her leg as she slowly stands
they very naturally cradle their hands together
as they make their way out of the library
back out into the world with beautiful white snow
what a simple yet powerful act of love
that warms me
more than this comfortable and welcoming building ever will
it’s always the people within who do that.
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“if a family has an old person in it, it possesses a jewel.”
-chinese proverb
Feb25
elvis has left the boat.
Heinz wants to find the man who survived nearly a month at sea with nothing but ketchup and seasonings to help him buy a new boat
Elvis Francois was working on his boat in St. Maarten in December when he accidentally started drifting out to sea. The weather had suddenly changed, and he said in a video released by the Colombian Navy, who rescued him, that he had lost his ability to navigate.
“I tried to [go] back to port, but I lost track because it took me a while to mount the sail and fix the sail,” he said. “…I call my friends, my coworkers. They tried to contact me, but they lost service. There was nothing else I could do than sit down and wait.”
He wrote out the word “help” on the back of his boat, and he was eventually rescued – after 24 days with nothing but “a bottle of ketchup…garlic powder and Maggi [soup].”
The navy said that officers took Francois to the Port of Cartagena to receive medical care and that he was “found to be in good health.” While there, they also started the necessary actions to help him return home.
“We’re setting this message adrift into the sea of the internet, because if anyone can help us find him, it’s you,” the company said. “If you or anyone you know can help us get in contact with Elvis Francois, please drop us a DM.”
In a statement to CBS News on Tuesday, a spokesperson for Heinz said that they want to “gift” Elvis a “new state-of-the-art boat.” That boat, they said, will be “equipped with full navigational technology to avoid another disaster in the future.” It’s currently an international effort, with Heinz markets “around the world” getting involved. “We’re hoping to spread the word far and wide so Heinz can finally gift the new boat to Elvis,” the company said.
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“for whatever we lose (like a you or a me), it’s always our self we find in the sea.”
-e.e. cummings
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source credit: liz cohen, cbs news
Feb14
humble hearts.
“love is the humblest yet the most powerful force that the human being has.”
-mahatma gandhi
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happy valentine’s day to all
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art credit: george shaw, painted love
Feb8
choose.
a choice that is never wrong.
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“there is only love. everything else is our resistance to it.”
-terces englehart
Feb6
in the blink of an eye.
how many times do you blink per year?
a. between 3.5-5.1 million
b. between 5.2-7.1 million
c. between 7.2-9.8 million
if you guessed b, you are right.
(sent to me by my eye doctor, i’ve never really considered it before,
but it may be useful one day if i’m in a world championship trivia final)
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“there can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis.”
-malcolm gladwell
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image credit: it array
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