on day 5 with no power
when i log onto their site
to check on the status
i wonder
how many people
are choosing to click on
the ‘make payment’ option.
—
“information can bring you choices and choices bring power –
educate yourself about your options and choices. never remain in the dark of ignorance.”
-joy page
daylight savings time kicks in
dance on the edges.
amidst the more than a million people without power days
our local library
has been opening at 6am
and closing late
acting without anyone asking
as an ad hoc community center
in order to offer
a safe and welcoming haven to all
full of
electricity and books and computers and games and story times
a friend to all ages
stay as long as you like
take as much as you need
on a morning visit
during my current nomadic existence
i sat with 2 high schoolers
an old couple
college roommates
a gaggle of 3 year olds
and a family
all here for the same reasons
a bit of respite
a cup of coffee
a bite to eat
a wealth of good company
a comfortable chair
and
an awful lot of warmth.
—–
“a library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people.
it is a never failing spring in the desert.”
― andrew carnegie
even the fairy village at my cottage took at hit
and as we wait for our power restoration
there are always a few shiny glimmers of hope on the horizon.
—
“we’ve got to rebuild human hearts –
and persuade people that hope isn’t just possible, but essential. “
-tony snow
660,000+ with power out right now in michigan
and
i am 1.
wonder where i might be on the list?
in response to last week’s award show finale –
the platteville library in wisconsin displayed their sharp sense of humor.
—
“a doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.”
-frank lloyd wright
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credits: art bar, platteville public library
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
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image credit: mentalflossmagazine
a trio of kinders, a ring of keys, a door to our classroom….
—
“optimism is the key.”
-will champion
scottish children gave their goldfish a viking funeral
most people could only be so lucky as to receive the kind of funeral that two goldfish in the scottish isle of orkney were given by some children who were learning about vikings.
the pair of classroom mascots, bubbles and freddy, belonged to the 3rd and 4th grade classes of the papdale school in the town of kirkwall, according to the BBC. the fish had been with the students for a few months, but died about a week before the kids were due to learn about the vikings, so it was decided that they would send the pets to valhalla with a viking funeral.
the students created a small fleet of miniature coffin boats to send off the deceased, fashioned out of cereal boxes and egg crates. they also wrote and recited their favorite memories about bubbles and freddy. finally, they led a funeral procession to a nearby stream where the boats were put in the water, and the lead vessel was set on fire.
may bubbles and freddy forever swim in the halls of their warrior heaven, valhalla.
—
“to live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.”
― carl sagan
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credits: bbc scotland news, e. grundhauser
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