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Wordy Wednesday- Hobby Edition
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Wordy Wednesday- Hobby Edition

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“Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte

Vintage thread, my Grandma Shirley’s pincushion and handmade name pin, folding ruler we found in our house, buttons, lace scraps. Beautiful quilt art from a UP artist.

More buttons! Unknown antique Singer attachments, new mini sewing box!

“The only thing more dangerous then a vampire crazed with blood lust was a vampire crazed with anything else. All the meticulous single-mindedness that went into finding young women who slept with their bedroom window open got channeled into some other interest, with merciless and painstaking efficiency…”

― Terry Pratchett, The Truth

Movie Theater, Pool Hall/Detective Office, Barber Shop

“I love crafting. Knitting, decoupage, scrapbooking, any “lady-ish” art form, I’m a fan. For about six months each. Then I shove all the supplies in a closet, alongside the skeletons of long dead New Year’s resolutions, like saber fencing, playing the ukulele, and Japanese brush painting.”

― Felicia Day, You’re Never Weird on the Internet

Above: Parisian Restaurant, 50’s Diner (!!), Pet Shop, Apartments, Brick Bank/Laundry Mat

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“I kind of think of my life as this incredible hurricane of so many adventures. We can all make a difference, and we can all be courageous and believe in ourselves.” – Bindi Irwin

“I always told myself that if I was going to be given a voice, I might as well say something worth listening to and not something that’s just going to feed people stupidity.” – Alessia Cara

“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.” – Amelia Earhart

“Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why it must be given rein instead of suppressed.” – Anna Quindlen

“The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

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Simple Sunday- Changes

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“And it seems to me important for a country, for a nation to certainly know about its glorious achievements but also to know where its ideals failed, in order to keep that from happening again.” – George Takei

“I had to find the courage to share not only myself but my art with the world. I faced fear, and I went for it. I wasn’t a failure, and I’m very proud of myself.” – Alyssa Edwards

“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” – Harriet Tubman

“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” – Isaac Asimov

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Simple Sunday- Mental Health Awareness Month

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“I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness – it’s right in front of me if I’m paying attention and practicing gratitude.” – Brene Brown

“Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increase the burden: It is easier to say “My tooth is aching” than to say “My heart is broken”.” -C.S. Lewis

“One of the things that baffles me (and there are quite a few) is how there can be so much lingering stigma with regards to mental illness, specifically bipolar disorder. In my opinion, living with manic depression takes a tremendous amount of balls. Not unlike a tour of Afghanistan (though the bombs and bullets, in this case, come from the inside). At times, being bipolar can be an all-consuming challenge, requiring a lot of stamina and even more courage, so if you’re living with this illness and functioning at all, it’s something to be proud of, not ashamed of. They should issue medals along with the steady stream of medication.”

― Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking

“A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.”- B. F. Skinner

“We have to go into the despair and go beyond it, by working and doing for somebody else, by using it for something else.” – Elie Wiesel

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Simple Sunday- Dance Quotes

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“Dance is the timeless interpretation of life.”

― Shah Asad Rizvi

“The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your mind. From this voyage no one returns poor or weary.”

– Agnes de Mille

“Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people.” – Alvin Ailey

“Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It’s a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.” -Martha Graham

“When a real artist creates something, it has to be a necessity, the only way he can say something.” – Sylvie Guillem

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Simple Sunday- Gardening

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“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” – Martin Luther

“To such an extent does nature delight and abound in variety that among her trees there is not one plant to be found which is exactly like another; and not only among the plants, but among the boughs, the leaves and the fruits, you will not find one which is exactly similar to another.” – Leonardo da Vinci

“If a tree dies, plant another in its place.” – Carolus Linnaeus

“A weed is but an unloved flower. ” – Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love.” -Luther Burbank

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Simple Sunday- Dragon Hoard #3

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“So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install a lovely bookshelf on the wall.” – Roald Dahl

“The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn’t know how to read.” – Benjamin Franklin

“A well-read woman is a dangerous creature.” – Lisa Kleypas

“Read. Read anything. Read the things they say are good for you, and the things they claim are junk. You’ll find what you need to find. Just read.” – Neil Gaiman

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Simple Sunday- Books!

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“Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones.” -Stephen King

“Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.” —Kate DiCamillo

“A book is a dream you hold in your hands.” —Neil Gaiman

“We shouldn’t teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.” – B. F. Skinner

“Books are where the true magic happens.” ― Jen Wilde

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Simple Sunday- Storm Edition

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“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. William Arthur Ward

“Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.” Bruce Lee

“The older you get the stronger the wind gets – and it’s always in your face. -Pablo Picasso

“Wild nights are my glory!”

― Madeleine L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

“Generally the thunder-storms came in the afternoon, but once I saw one at sunrise, driving down the high mountain valleys toward us. It was a very beautiful and almost terrible sight; for the sun rose behind the storm, and shone through the gusty rifts, lighting the mountain-crests here and there, while the plain below lay shrouded in the lingering night. The angry, level rays edged the dark clouds with crimson, and turned the downpour into sheets of golden rain; in the valleys the glimmering mists were tinted every wild hue; and the remotest heavens were lit with flaming glory.” ― Theodore Roosevelt, The Rough Riders

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“The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.”

― Maya Angelou

“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”

― Pablo Picasso

“Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.”

― Eleanor Roosevelt, The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt