Tag Archives: roots

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warmth and soul-seeking

winter below the surface

life continues on.

“and don’t think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. it’s quiet down there but the roots are riotous.”

-rumi

 

 

photo credit: science hub  (nodules on the roots of the white clover)

roots.

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summers in the late 60s

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grateful dead

play free concerts in the park bandshell

late summer 2017

grandsons free play in the same park bandshell

“dig into the roots of culture, and it will grow.

it’s like a grass that is growing, and it cannot stop,

and music is like the fertilizer for that.”

-burning spear

west park, ann arbor, mi, usa

(2 more days and 2 more parks to go)

 

band image credits: ann arbor news archives

the north.

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our street in cushendall

filled with flowers

and friendly locals

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high tea at culloden estate filled with tradition and treats

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 st. patrick’s cathedral in armargh

filled with flowers and family roots

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glencraig school and community

for developmentally challenged people of all ages

filled with caring and compassion

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titanic exhibit in belfast

filled with history, heroics, love, and loss

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