quotes

as we were

In life, quotes on 29 January 2012 tagged as we were, joan didion with no comments

we are not idealized wild things. we are imperfect mortal beings, aware of that mortality even as we push it away, failed by our very complication, so wired that when we mourn our losses we also mourn, for better or for worse, ourselves. as we were. as we are no longer. as we will one [...]

i touch the future. i teach.

In life, moment, quotes on 28 January 2012 tagged 01.28.86, challenger with no comments

twenty-six years ago today, i was sitting in mr. quincy’s fifth grade class. on a media cart at the front of the classroom was a television broadcasting the launch of the space shuttle challenger, carrying it’s crew of seven. among them was christa mcauliffe, who was to be the first teacher in space. in an [...]

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In life, quotes on 1 January 2012 tagged 2012, louis l'amour with no comments

there will come a time when you believe everything is finished; that will be the beginning. (louis l’amour)

words of another

In life, quotes on 31 December 2011 tagged f scott fitzgerald, goodbye 2011 - hello 2012 with no comments

as this year draws to a close, and the door to a new year opens, remember these words: it’s never too late or too early to be whoever you want to be. you can change or stay the same. you can make the best or the worst of it.  i hope you make the best [...]

thirty | year four

In images, iphone, life, nablopomo, photography, quotes on 30 December 2011 tagged december, nablopomo, six feet under, thirty with no comments