friends meet under the bridge
and relax into an after-dinner chat.
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“I’d be smiling and chatting away,
and my mind would be floating around somewhere else
like a balloon with a broken string.”
-haruki murakami
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Ann Arbor, mi – summer 2019
“one of my favorite things
is to have a three-hour conversation over coffee with someone. “
-andy grammer
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image credit: wirecutter
“between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.”
-iris murdoch
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street in university of michigan’s student housing area – ann arbor 2017
photo credit: grandie f, age 7
chris taylor atop a bit of art at ann arbor’s top of the park festival
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i had a pleasant surprise
when i opened my front door
and standing there was
my mayor, chris taylor
he was walking around the neighborhoods
talking to people
about the upcoming primary election
we talked for a bit
and i thanked him
for all he’s done
and continues to do
for ann arbor
when he left
and i closed the door
i thought that this is how politicians should be
just walking around talking to people in their neighborhoods.
—
“the true privilege of being mayor
is that I have the opportunity to be everyone’s neighbor.”
-thomas menino
when you don’t know what you’re talking about,
it’s hard to know when you’re finished.
– tommy smothers
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image credit: googleimages
went to see this movie. waited outside for my friend to arrive.
just then, a loud group of people came out, and one said to the others,
‘i cannot believe that ____________ happened! he ____________! and _______!’
i could not believe they didn’t think about the other people sharing their space, waiting to go in and see the film and wanting all of the roller coaster ups and downs and surprises that came with it. they had revealed the ending of the movie to us. all i wanted was to take back that moment and block my ears and just say, ‘la,la,la,la,la,la,la………..’
Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us. – Boris Pasternak
