Tag Archives: life

Jul3

speed.

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(not us, but what we imagined we looked like)

back in my advertising days

we decided to get active

and created

an after-work

roller blading group 

we did this 

each wednesday

for 6 years

with a pretty loyal core of people

and noticed that

we never got better

never lost an ounce of weight 

never got faster

but we did

meet our local police

see things from street level

like we had never seen them before

scream when going down big hills

 frequently get passed

by speed skating groups in matching outfits

sweat a lot

listen to outdoor concerts in the park

plug in a blender outside

 for margarita night

laugh endlessly

cross paths with many interesting people

discover places that we didn’t know existed

blade into taverns for refreshments

get breathless

survive many scrapes bruises and sprains

and

share such a wonderful adventure.

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(not us either, but more what we really looked like)

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“there is more to life than increasing its speed.”

 ~mohandas k. gandhi

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image credits: google images

Jul1

my friends are my estate. – emily dickinson

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with deepest gratitude.

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“i  cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy.”

-charles r. swindoll

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image credit: pinterest, 1930s long island

Jun27

chasing fireflies.

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just at dusk

fireflies

flit

and 

a 

gaggle of grandies

trying to catch up with them

fly.

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“i began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.

he taught me that if you are interested in something,

no matter what it is,

go at it at full speed ahead.

embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it

and above all

become passionate about it.

lukewarm is no good.

hot is no good either.

white hot and passionate is the only thing to be.”

― roald dahl, My Uncle Oswald

 

Jun26

$49.

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With a $49 Raffle Ticket,

You Could Win an Island Resort in Micronesia

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if you’ve ever dreamed of giving it all up

to go live on a tropical island somewhere,

we may have found your one-way ticket

—as well as your future career.

As Condé Nast Traveler reports, Doug and Sally Beitz are giving away the Kosrae Nautilus Resort, which the couple has run for the last 22 years. With the purchase of a $49 raffle ticket, you’ll be entered in a lottery that will be drawn on July 26. The winner becomes the 100 percent owner of the 16-bedroom hotel located on Micronesia’s Kosrae Island. It’s an enterprise that, according to the raffle website, is “debt free,” and the resort features a swimming pool, private beach, fully-stocked restaurant, and SCUBA dive operation. The winner also inherits $10,000 in the company bank account. There’s just one caveat: If fewer than 50,000 tickets are sold, the resort is off the market and the Beitzs will split the money from the lottery with the winner.

Why in the world would the innkeepers abandon a life of island bliss? “We’ve had our time in the sun and enjoyed a career most people would never even dare dream about, but our current goal now is to become professional grandparents,” Doug Beitz says on the contest website. “We feel like a new chapter in our lives is beginning, and we’re ready to pass the baton to someone else.”

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credits: mentalfloss, caitlin schneider, conde nast traveler, kosrae nautilus resort

Jun23

leaving.

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“there is a time for departure

even when there is no certain place to go.”

– tennessee williams

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when i stop at the light on this corner

 what i see

is

always different

yet

always the same

this is the stop 

where you get on the bus

and

go straight to the airport

i’ve seen people

hugging

crying

laughing

talking

celebrating

calling

texting

alone 

together

worried

whispering

excited

wondering

so many different goodbyes

and

i sometimes wonder

what they say to each other

just before

one steps 

onto that bus

and

one is left  behind

on the sidewalk

they all have a story and a reason 

maybe to return to somewhere or someone

maybe for an adventure

maybe to see the world

maybe to leave a bad situation behind

maybe to meet someone for the first time

maybe to get better

maybe to help someone

maybe to realize a dream

maybe they’re not yet sure

but there is one thing that is certain

someone is leaving

and

someone is coming.

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”the best things said come last. people will talk for hours saying nothing much and then linger at the door with words that come with a rush from the heart. “

-alan alda

Jun21

pictures.

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quote: sir  joshua reynolds

Jun19

fathers.

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“did superman really want to save the world,

or did he just feel like he had to?

would he much rather be a farmer?

maybe.

would he much rather

be hanging out with his dad and his mom and his dog?

probably.”

-gerard way

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happy father’s day

to supermen, roosters, children, and farmers, all.

Jun18

a little night music.

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a quiet night with beautiful music in ann arbor.

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“music is the silence between the notes.”

– claude debussy

Jun17

dandelion.

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each spring day

we talked about the dandelions

how the seeds

when gently blown

caused new

baby fairies

to fly away and be born

whose job was to

spread more

good and happiness

throughout the world

each day

she carefully brought in

the head or seed

of a dandelion

carrying it

ever so gently

and

delivering it

into my hands

just before class

when at last

at the end of our

kindergarten year

i went to clean out

my little drawer 

one tiny blossom 

was left 

for me

in that safe haven

waiting

to be blown to the wind

and it was

a gift to behold.

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“beautiful as a dandelion-blossom,

golden in the green grass,

this life can be.

common as a dandelion-blossom,

beautiful in the clean grass,

not beautiful because common,

beautiful because beautiful,

noble because common,

because free.”

– edna st. vincent millay