Tag: random musings
member name: jessie voigts
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April 28, 2006 09:02 PM EDT --
one of my favorite pieces of art at the meijer gardens and sculpture park, in grand rapids, MI, is alexander liberman's aria. i could sit and stare at it for hours. i have. i will . . .
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December 01, 2006 01:09 PM EST --
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oh, such glory to wake up to snow! it is grey and wet out, with big fat flakes coming down. mist is covering the lake, cocooning . . .
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March 07, 2006 05:37 PM EST --
i always have cold feet. it makes sense - poor circulation, coupled with extremely low blood pressure (50s/40s). my husband and daughter are space heaters, especially when compared to me.
at night, i . . .
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June 17, 2006 11:15 AM EDT --
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life is crazy.
my parents have a hobby farm. there is so much to do there that you could work all the time and never rest and still never be done. . . .
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January 20, 2007 11:03 PM EST --
each piece,
each perfect moment of contentment
falls quietly, softly upon my soul
blanketing it
accumulating
blowing into deep drifts
shoring me . . .
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March 03, 2006 08:37 PM EST --
every year, we go to meijer garden's butterfly exhibit. it is the perfect late-winter activity, as there are thousands of colorful butterflies in the huge, steel-girded conservatory. i wrote about . . .
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March 05, 2006 11:44 PM EST --
sometimes, when i get into the rhythm of life, and things go swimmingly, i forget how very sick i am. among other disabilities, i have a neurological/immune disease called CFIDS - also called chronic . . .
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March 23, 2006 10:54 PM EST --
i have enjoyed jello through the years (esp grape!), although we usually avoided the types of recipes that are in the ancient recipe books....the ones that call for crushed pineapple, or cool whip, or . . .
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March 23, 2006 11:14 PM EST --
tonight, lillie really has a doozy of an outfit on.
this is the third outfit in an hour. yes, she is very fashion-conscious. i don't let her read fashion magazines, preferring to let her create . . .
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April 25, 2006 11:42 AM EDT --
yesterday, we painted outside. such fun.
i watered down some of her washable tempera paints (red, blue, and we made green). we prepared the paper by weighting it down at the edges so it wouldn't . . .
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April 28, 2006 12:07 PM EDT --
beryl recently sent me a link to her page at the Minnesota States ArtsBoard site of the Art of Recovery reading she did last weekend, at theMinnesota State Arts Board. There's a video of her . . .
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June 25, 2006 09:43 PM EDT --
rarely do we play on the road-side of our house. we're always by the lake. of course! who wouldn't choose to be by water? still, lillie wants to ride her bike on the road sometimes. her bike is . . .
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July 17, 2006 11:34 AM EDT --
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saturday we had the most glorious day. we escaped the great heat and humidity after dinner, and drove to lake michigan. oh, the big lake - the place where . . .
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July 25, 2006 09:29 PM EDT --
oh, this pie is almost gone. yes, it is that good. but wait, i get ahead of myself...
we love blueberries. michigan blueberries are too awesome. when we're not eating them plain, or with granola and . . .
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July 30, 2006 07:23 PM EDT --
i read ludo's article yesterday, with all the gorgeous art that he's made.
and you know what?? we're SO LUCKY ...we have 2 original ludo pieces of art...thank you, ludo!!!
i . . .
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August 07, 2006 11:59 AM EDT --
dancing waves, glittering in the sun
frothing, bubbling, reaching
frolicking with wet sand and dry
ceaselessly encroaching, leaving mark after mark
erasing footprints, creating waveprints
incandescent . . .
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August 15, 2006 09:49 PM EDT --
i've been thinking of all the gross food stories i've heard over the years, and wondered if you all had any to share....
you might remember my incident in japan, when i had to eat a live . . .
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August 23, 2006 01:38 PM EDT --
my parents have been making this salad and raving about it. i got the recipe, tweaked it a bit, and started making it. now we're making runs to the store to get more black beans. i usually only have . . .
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September 01, 2006 03:34 PM EDT --
the end of summer seems to be upon us quickly this year. last year, we were swimming until october. this year, we've not been swimming for a few weeks. the water is really cold!
it's been so windy . . .
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September 01, 2006 11:13 PM EDT --
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as is often the case, the articles that i read on gather stay with me for a long time. i think of candida's husband's cancer and how their whole family . . .
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