“many people are good at talking about what they are doing,
but in fact do little.
others do a lot but don’t talk about it;
they are the ones who make a community live.”
― jean vanier
Oct5
Tag Archives: people
Sep10
extraordinary.
‘bad things do happen in the world,
like war, natural disasters, disease.
but out of those situations always arise
stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.’
-daryn kagan
—
for all who suffer as a result of the disasters
and
for all who arise to do extraordinary things to help.
—
image credit: REUTERS/Adrees Latif- East Texas
Sep9
way.
kinders always find a way.
—
“over, under, around, or through. there is always a way.”
-sherrilyn kenyon, acheron
Sep5
a lot of life.
detroit city after the game still has a lot of life in it.
—
“this city is what it is because our citizens are what they are.”
-plato
Jul20
“art is not a thing. it is a way.”-elbert hubbard
ann arbor art fair – july 1978
—
it began in 1960
when
132 artists (99 of them local)
strung their artwork between parking meters
and locals came by
curious to see if artists
would really put their work on display in the street.
it now hosts over 1,000 artists and 500,000 + visitors
from near and far each year.
the ann arbor art fairs
(actually now a group of four)
will kick off today and take over the city
for what always promises to be four days
of creative display, talks with artists,
bargaining, excitement.
music, children’s activities,
and always, always
lots of surprises.
—
“the art world is filled with vibrancy.”
-rachel kushner
—
image credit: ann arbor news archives, ann arbor public library old news, m live. com
May11
five.
five types of people you want to surround yourself with:
the inspired, the passionate, the motivated,
the grateful and the open-minded.
—
credits: google images, wordporn
Mar25
undiscovered brothers.
“community cannot for long feed on itself;
it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond,
their unknown and undiscovered brothers.
-howard thurman
Mar23
mixture.
there is so much going on here
i would love to know his story
i hope that the next time i order from pizza house
he is my delivery guy standing there when i open the door.
—
“the salt of any interesting civilization is mixture.”
Jan29
conscience.
“conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.”
-joseph cook
—
photo credit:bryan david griffith
Dec23
“how many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.” ― coco chanel
my class was interested in learning about snow
they knew that it:
comes from up there
falls down to the ground
is cold
tastes like peppermint
and
you can make stuff out of it.
they wanted to learn about snowplows
so we invited our school’s snowplow driver
over for a visit
everyone put on their winter gear
headed outside
where he
showed them his truck
put on the lights
moved the plow up and down
and
pushed the snow around the circle
then
we invited him into our room
to ask him questions
and learn more about him
he told the kids
to call him roger
he was very gentle and kind
he has been here for 28 years
this is his last snowplow winter
he answered every single question
listened to every single comment about snow
they asked him what he does
when he’s not plowing
they were surprised
he lives on 20 acres
has fainting goats, black swans and an aviary of 500 exotic finches
decorates peoples houses for the holidays
is a father and grandfather
and
a horticulturist
who helped to create the children’s garden at our school
he is more than what they saw
when they saw him plowing the snow
now they know him as a person
now they will wave to each other
now they know how he helps our community
now they know how much more there is to his story
when he was finished
and it was time
for him to go back to his work
the children gathered around him and gave him hugs
they know a good person when they meet one.
—
“i hope I didn’t bore you too much with my life story.” – elvis presley
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