stepped out of my comfort zone
and into the woods
in a park i’d never visited
with a group of people i’d never met
to share a scavenger hunt/hike/game night/food/campfire/improv haiku experience
what we had in common was that we all enjoy active social adventures
without knowing how they will go
and sometimes those are the best times of all.
“to be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.”
-pema chodron
what began with two grandies taking a quiet spin
quickly became a magnet for all to take in.
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“what you lose in the swings, you make up on the merry-go-round.” – george v. higgins
not sure this seating arrangement is
the most conducive to
healthy social interaction
so let’s just call it
yard art.
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i had three chairs in my house; one for solitude,
two for friendship, three for society.
– henry david thoreau
as part of our fun day in the city, we took the babies to bill’s beergarten – local german-style social gathering spot, outside, and right in the hub of town. while there, they fully embraced the spirit of the environment.
looking back, things must have been way too fun, as i got a call to pick up some things we’d left behind. nothing like the feeling the morning after, as i humbly returned to the scene to pick up my grandson’s sippy cup and bag of baby things.
now there’s a life lesson from your grandmother.
james – loyal and understanding employee of bill’s beergarten, (and advocate of the “what happens at bill’s, stays at bill’s” policy), returns the goods with a laugh and a kind word.
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I love the smell of juice boxes in the morning. – Robert Duvall
I didn't have my glasses on.... 