just another monday as we head back to school
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“they say to think within the box,
but it’s funny how those in the box never go anywhere,
where those outside it, get to see the world.”
―anthony liccione
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image credit: Children crossing the river on their way to school, Italy, 1959. (Photo by Tino Petrelli)
driving through the irish hills in michigan
i came across this interesting old barn
still standing
but with a roof
now open to the sky
what a beautiful upward view.
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“once you have tasted the taste of the sky, you will forever look up.”
leonardo da vinci
may you each find your own piece of luck today.
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“you gotta try your luck at least once a day,
because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it.”
-jimmy dean
even beneath
the layers of snow and ice
the remnants of winter
not yet spring
the river emerges
never ceasing to flow.
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“be like a river. be open. flow.
-julie connor
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argo park, huron river, ann arbor, mi, usa – february 2020
“tearing the paper means you’ve stopped believing in the infinite possibilities of a square.”
-tor dual, a thousand paper birds
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image credit: artist, vik muniz turned two million cranes into one symbol of strength for japanese earthquake victims
what a lovely little place
discovered on a walk in the woods
nestled beneath the old trees
resting on a blanket
of the softest pine needles
open to all who happen by
who lives here?
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“when you’re wide open, the world is a good place.”
-sharon salzberg
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nichols arboretum, ann arbor, mi, usa. november 2018
dedicated to all
who listen
or at least pretend to
even if
you are a captive audience.
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credits: google images, word porn
the 3-year olds know what’s going on.
