12-31-08-- wednesday
happy new year!
"winter is a time for us to slow down and explore deeper aspects of who we are. while new year resolutions can be the push we need to take care of ourselves, the commitment to the treadmill is often just another way to keep us running from our own inner sense of self.
the holiday season of lights is there to remind us that our inner light burns bright in the darkest of times. bringing light into the darkness is the act of making the unconscious conscious.
as you make your new year resolutions, make sure they serve the unlimited you. rather than declaring yet another tiring war against your own body image or life situation, connect to motivation that is rooted in love."
-- daniel max
12-30-08-- tuesday
in memory of eric diener
I learned tonight of the death of a good friend, eric diener. he and I worked together in the office of an independent school. his vital enthusiasm and professionalism helped to grow the school's enrollment, buildings and grounds. he was an avid cyclist and intentional community builder. my prayers go to his family in this time of loss. I will miss him.
"it takes a long time to grow an old friend."
-- john leonard
12-29-08-- monday
the wood pile with a new load of firewood.
"all great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."
-- sir winston churchill
12-28-08-- sunday
found this sprig of cheeriness while walking this morning.
"peace is every step."
-- thich nhat hahn
12-27-08-- saturday
the board game.
"creativity comes from trust.
trust your instincts."
-- rita mae brown
12-26-08-- friday
slow shtter speed and holiday lights.
"make the most of yourself,
for that is all there is of you."
-- ralph waldo emerson
12-25-08-- thrusday
hoping your holidays are warm and toasty!
12-24-08-- wednesday
pooch at rest. happy holidays to you and yours!
"to the soul, there is hardly anything more healing
than friendship."
-- thomas moore
12-23-08-- tuesday
"may peace prevail on earth."
world peace prayer - masahisa goi - 1955
12-22-08-- monday
holiday lights in motion.
"every day holds the possibility of a miracle."
-- elizabeth david
12-21-08-- sunday
we got rain- filling the creeks - folks in the north have gotten incredible amounts of snow...
"one kind word can warm three winter months."
-- japanese proverb
12-20-08-- saturday
"there are some things you learn best in calm,
and some in storm."
-- willa cather
12-19-08-- friday
12-18-08-- thursday
"the only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next."
-- mignon mclaughlin
12-17-08-- wednesday
"to love deeply in one direction
makes us more loving in all others."
-- anne-sophie swetchine
12-16-08-- tuesday
pink!
"have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake."
-- victor hugo
12-15-08-- monday
bus stop on franklin street
"you've got to be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?"
-- bernadette peters
12-14-08-- sunday
"take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop"
-- ovid
12-11-08-- thursday
coming up for air. rainy day and in the 70's! (highly post processed!)
12-8-08-- monday
while bailey boy lounges, I will be posting photos rather randomly over the next few weeks. busyness...
"if you want to make a song more hummy,
add a few tiddely poms."
-- winnie the pooh
12-7-08-- sunday
the studious walker.
with exams this week students are taking every second to study!
"learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere."
-- chinese proverb
12-6-08-- saturday
short order cook- flipping an omlette
"when omlette looks slightly solid, flip..."
-- cooking instructions
12-5-08-- friday
"people grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. this is how character is built."
-- eleanor roosevelt
12-4-08-- thursday
"one thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. they come to you. when you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else."
-- eleanor roosevelt
12-3-08-- wednesday
on my commute route
"blessed be."
-- celtic blessing
12-2-08-- tuesday
“never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is god's handwriting.”
-- ralph waldo emerson
12-1-08-- monday
"me thinks that the moment my legs begin to move,
my thoughts begin to flow."
-- henry david thoreau
11-30-08-- sunday
"press on. nothing in the world can take the place of persistence."
-- coolidge
11-29-08-- saturday
turkey day at my house and feeling very lucky to have my family here.
"to the outside world we all grow old. but not to brothers and sisters. we know each other as we always were. we know each other's hearts. we share private family jokes. we remember family feuds and secrets, family griefs and joys. we live outside the touch of time."
-- clara ortega
11-28-08-- friday
gorgeous day - temps in the 60's - perfect for... well, ok... raking leaves!
"climb the mountains and get their good tidings. nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. the winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of autumn."
-- john muir
11-26-08-- wednesday
"you will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love."
-- henry drummond
11-24-08-- monday
"love is an act of endless forgiveness,
a tender look which becomes a habit."
-- peter ustinov
11-23-08-- sunday
catnap in the bookshop window.
"cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want."
-- joseph wood krutch
11-22-08-- saturday
unc students working on a class project video to accompany the song "if you're going to san francisco. be sure to wear a flower in your hair."
(and now you have a great late 60's song in your head all day long!)
"... all across the nation such a strange vibration
people in motion
there's a whole generation with a new explanation
people in motion
people in motion..."
-- john phillips
11-21-08-- friday
graham memorial hall. it was so blustery this afternoon, I ran inside for some warmth- fireplaces on each end of the hall. caught this student snuggled head to toe in pillows. last day of class before thanksgiving break.
"no day is so bad it can't be fixed with a nap."
-- carrie snow
11-20-08-- thursday artist michael brown works to restore outside wall mural "painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic." -- ambrose bierce to see my gallery of michael brown's chapel hill murals, click here
![11-19-08-- wednesday<br />
<br />
Uniquity \U*niq"ui*ty\, n.<br />
The quality or state of being unique; uniqueness. [R.]<br />
--Walpole.<br />
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11-19-08-- wednesday
Uniquity \U*niq"ui*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being unique; uniqueness. [R.]
--Walpole.
[1913 Webster]
11-18-08-- tuesday
getting their cheering gear before tonight's game!
basketball season has begun!
"I dwell in possibility..."
-- emily dickinson
11-17-08-- monday
11-16-08-- sunday
last of the fall color...
"it is difficult to realize how great a part of all that is cheerful and delightful in the recollections of our own life is associated with trees."
-- wilson flagg
11-15-08-- saturday
11-14-08-- friday
"some people walk in the rain,
others just get wet."
-- roger miller
11-13-08-- thursday
"things should be made as simple as possible,
but not simpler."
-- albert einstein
11-12-08-- wednesday
"out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there.
when the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about. ideas, language, even the phrase 'each other' doesn't make any sense."
-- rumi
11-11-08-- tuesday
three shots of the same tree- fast shutter speed here.
next two photos are "light painting" with slow shutter speed.
unc arboretum
"there is always music amongst the trees in the garden,
but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it."
-- minnie aumonier
