“i’ve about decided that’s the main thing
that separates happy people from the other people:
the feeling that you’re a practical item,
with a use, like a sweater or a socket wrench.”
― barbara kingsolver, Animal Dreams
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early fall field in ann arbor, michgian, usa
“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
‘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
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for all who suffer as a result of the disasters
and
for all who arise to do extraordinary things to help.
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image credit: REUTERS/Adrees Latif- East Texas
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-sherrilyn kenyon, acheron
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
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
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image credit: ann arbor news archives, ann arbor public library old news, m live. com
five types of people you want to surround yourself with:
the inspired, the passionate, the motivated,
the grateful and the open-minded.
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credits: google images, wordporn
“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
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.”
“conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.”
-joseph cook
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photo credit:bryan david griffith
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