Tag Archives: life

Apr26

no work?

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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?

 

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“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.”

Apr25

strong like mama.

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love his parents for this. 

 

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“strong moms raise strong children who can change the world.”

– Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech (2014)

Apr23

calm and happy nature.

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trail gate ahead. and love. and maybe bananas.

the future is bright. 

 

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“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

 

 

Apr22

on earth day.

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“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

Apr15

like a holiday.

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Paul Klee, Forest Architecture, 1925, pen and watercolour on paper mounted on card

swiss painter, draftsman, and printmaker 1879-1940

 

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“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

Apr13

with feathers.

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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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“hope” is the thing with feathers –
that perches in the soul –
and sings the tune without the words –
and never stops – at all –
-emily dickinson

 

Apr10

a noble thing.

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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

Apr5

style?

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not sure what category my style falls into, or is it a style?

it’s me, and i’m happy with that

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“i have grown a little tired of over-careful decorations.

somehow the homeyness is lost when the decorator is too careful.”

-elsie de wolfe

 

Elsie de Wolfe (born 1865, New York—died 1950, Versailles, France) was an American interior decorator, hostess, and actress, best known for her innovative nad anti-victorian interiors.

Apr3

mixing.

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when you have so much to celebrate but only one space to display it:

on a random moose with a bandana.

end of winter, easter holiday, spring’s arrival, and your home team’s victory.

done.

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“what i adore is mixing the unexpected, things you don’t imagine should go together.”
-paul smith
*Sir Paul Brierley Smith is an English fashion designer. His reputation is founded on his designs for men’s clothing, but his business has expanded into other areas as well. Smith was made a Royal Designer for Industry in 1991.
Apr1

foolish things.

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on april fool’s day and most any day

live life with gusto

even if not everyone is quite on board yet.

 

 

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“you will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.”

-*sidonie gabrielle colette

*Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, best known as Colette, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best known in the English-speaking world for her 1944 novella Gigi, which was the basis for the 1958 film and the 1973 stage production of the same name.

 

 

 

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image credit: a. thomas, redbook magazine