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kind of ironic -
that she understood this, while many people with the gift of sight, do not, but she was the one with the true sense of vision. Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. Helen...
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laying it all out on the table
on one of my thrice-weekly visits to the library, while milling around the film area, (one of my favorite things to do), i turned, and what should pop out, but the spine of a film sitting quietly on...
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nun the wiser
one of my favorite christmas eve memories, was when my aunt, a catholic nun, mother superior of her order, came to town for the holidays. she came over early, to chat and hang out at my place. the...
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‘Donuts. Is there anything they can’t do?’– Matt Groening
image credit: wwll vintage gas ration ad i love my carpool. there are only two of us, but any more than one living thing in a car at the same time, and i consider it a pool. on most days, we drive...
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Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
made it downtown to the hair appointment. saw people out with skis, babies, guitars, coffees, dogs, eating under awnings outside, smiling, calm, and happy, and chatting, and skittering along through...
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I’m surfing the giant life wave. – William Shatner
“Remember that when you think you are seeing giants, they may not be giants at all; perhaps it is you who is the dwarf.” C. JoyBell C. and yet another true story, of path-crossing, and timing, and...
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and now, for a bit of beautiful news from russia
npr ran a series of photos, taken by russians, immersed in their everyday lives. in spite of the politics and the games, life goes on as always. We all live under the same sky, but we don’t all have...
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making the turn
headed out to the gym yesterday to workout and watch the big game. the university of michigan wolverines were playing basketball against our instate rivals, the michigan state spartans. i figured i’d...
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the aussies are coming! the aussies are coming!
and i couldn’t be happier. part of my family lives down under. and soon they will be up top with us for a while. and i will have my dream of all of the daughters and all of the sons in law and all of...
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Sometimes, a winner is a dreamer who never gave up. – Unknown
while much of the globe is preoccupied with the world cup from june 12-july 13, here is an alternative championship that could give fifa a run for its money. the world toe-wrestling championships. in...
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window.
“looking out the window is the most important thing if you want to know what’s going on.” -harold m. gibson Filed under: Life Tagged: children, kindergarten, observations, questions, window, wonder
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sonder.
sonder – n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own. — THE DICTIONARY OF OBSCURE SORROWS – John Koenig — kerrytown, ann arbor, mi, usa – march...
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