a couple of grandsons and i
drove to the highest point in the city
snuck onto a golf course
at dusk
on a quest to see the aurora
under a crescent moon
star- sprinkled sky
we waited,
and waited,
and waited
and waited
my photo-wise grandie
set up a long exposure shot
his camera captured the beauty
better than our eyes could
how lucky and lovely
and
we did not get arrested for trespassing.
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if you want to smile
possibly even laugh out loud
spend 40 seconds
watching the clip below
i dare you not to guffaw.
https://x.com/buitengebieden/status/1787924727052251191
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‘everything is funny, as long as it’s happening to someone else.’
-will rogers
just curious
when waking up in the morning
at my friend’s house
why there was a large frying pan
on the bottom shelf of the nightstand
next to where i had been sleeping?
was this a hint that i was expected to chef our breakfast?
was this a self-defense weapon to use as needed?
had someone forgotten where they set down their pan?
had someone gone on a late-night eating in bed food bender?
when i inquired, one answered:
‘oh, is that the one that is usually hanging in the closet?’
what, there’s one usually hanging in the closet?
another answered:
‘what frying pan?’
host woke up and said,
‘ i was going to give that one away.’
oh, of course.
that’s the perfect place to leave it to remember to give it away.
i loved waking up with a surprise, a mystery, and a smile.
(and there really was an even larger frying pan hanging in the hall closet.)
‘
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“there are almost unlimited possibilities for making discoveries and to uncover the unknown.
it is in the nature of the discovery that it can not be planned or programmed.
-on the contrary, it consists of surprises and appears many times in the most unexpected places.”
-bengt i. samuelsson
meeting of some sort
with a group of people
who i don’t know
outside of my classroom window
engineers, landscapers, randoms, arborists, cement people, pokemon go players?
here to meet about ?
the lawn, the building, weather, cafeteria menu, fantasy football, favorite colors?
ideas?
—
“we are going to continue having these meetings, every day, until i find out why no work is getting done.”
*richard moran
*Richard A. Moran is a San Francisco based speaker, investor, venture capitalist, author and president emeritus of Menlo College. He is known for his series of business books beginning with, Never Confuse a Memo with Reality that established the genre of “Business Bullet Books.”
love his parents for this.
—
“strong moms raise strong children who can change the world.”
– Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech (2014)
trail gate ahead. and love. and maybe bananas.
the future is bright.
—
“he who is of a calm and happy nature, will hardly feel the pressure of age.”
-plato
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photo: bandemeer park, ann arbor, michigan, usa – spring 2024
“no water, no life. no blue, no green.”
*sylvia earle
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*Sylvia Alice Earle is an American marine biologist, oceanographer, explorer, author, and lecturer.
She has been a National Geographic Explorer at Large since 1998.
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image credit: mayo clinic
Paul Klee, Forest Architecture, 1925, pen and watercolour on paper mounted on card
swiss painter, draftsman, and printmaker 1879-1940
—
“art should be like a holiday;
something to give a man the opportunity to see things differently,
and to change his point of view.”
-paul klee
i’ve had a feathered visitor
a robin
courting me for the last two days
wonder what he wants to tell me?
will he return today?
hope that i’m home if he calls.
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* robin symbolism means different things in different cultures and the message robin brings has different meanings at different times. A robin brings hope, renewal, and rebirth. Robin symbolizes new beginnings, new projects, and a sign of good things to come. – bring it.
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the dandelions have returned, and i couldn’t be happier.
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“Every year,” said Grandfather. “They run amuck; I let them.
Pride of lions in the yard. Stare, and they burn a hole in your retina.
A common flower, a weed that no one sees, yes.
But for us, a noble thing, the dandelion.”
-Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine
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art credit: garth williams, (the rabbit’s wedding) – rabbit basking in the moonlight
I didn't have my glasses on.... 