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Easter Hat Parade
The unhinged joy of the
5th Avenue Easter Hat Parade
Boundless creativity
Bright colors
Every age, ethnicity, body type
Out in their Sunday Best
Posing for pictures
Laughing, admiring, jostling
A hat that looks like dollar slice!
A model making pigeons look glamorous!
A garden of flowers being bathed in running water!
Floral blooms and butterflies galore
A glorious New York tradition
5th Avenue Easter Hat Parade
Boundless creativity
Bright colors
Every age, ethnicity, body type
Out in their Sunday Best
Posing for pictures
Laughing, admiring, jostling
A hat that looks like dollar slice!
A model making pigeons look glamorous!
A garden of flowers being bathed in running water!
Floral blooms and butterflies galore
A glorious New York tradition
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A Bouquet
At the end of a long day
A vase of beautiful flowers
Sitting on the street
Check for a card
Perhaps someone had put them down for a moment?
The security guard across the street motioned
"Take them!"
Carefully carry them on the subway
Walk the 6 blocks home
And feel thankful
For this lovely gift
A vase of beautiful flowers
Sitting on the street
Check for a card
Perhaps someone had put them down for a moment?
The security guard across the street motioned
"Take them!"
Carefully carry them on the subway
Walk the 6 blocks home
And feel thankful
For this lovely gift
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Friday Things
Today was filled with
The joy of running
The promise of spring
The exuberance of a sweet puppy
The unexpected treat of
Ice cream with fudge before work
The joy of running
The promise of spring
The exuberance of a sweet puppy
The unexpected treat of
Ice cream with fudge before work
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Thou Mayest
Today I was introduced to the concept of
Timshel
And although it is debated whether the word itself
Is actually a true Hebraic word
It has come to mean
"Thou shalt," as in
You must (do the thing)
You will (it is destined you will do the thing), or
You mayest (choose to do the thing)
It is a strange thing to be on this earth
To be here at all
How must we live our lives?
Dancing on the precipice of
The extraordinary gift it is to be alive
And the everyday banality of life
As the Buddha said
Life is suffering
And, as Cary Elwes further expanded
Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling you something
We must live
We will live
We may live
We choose
Life.
Timshel
And although it is debated whether the word itself
Is actually a true Hebraic word
It has come to mean
"Thou shalt," as in
You must (do the thing)
You will (it is destined you will do the thing), or
You mayest (choose to do the thing)
It is a strange thing to be on this earth
To be here at all
How must we live our lives?
Dancing on the precipice of
The extraordinary gift it is to be alive
And the everyday banality of life
As the Buddha said
Life is suffering
And, as Cary Elwes further expanded
Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling you something
We must live
We will live
We may live
We choose
Life.
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SP
Back in standardized patient land
Playing a pretend patient
Helping to train the next generation of doctors
Extending empathy
Observing
Making notes
Interview skills
When you.../ I felt... / I would have preferred if...
The loveliness of my fellow SPs
The sweetness of the students
A fulfilling day.
Playing a pretend patient
Helping to train the next generation of doctors
Extending empathy
Observing
Making notes
Interview skills
When you.../ I felt... / I would have preferred if...
The loveliness of my fellow SPs
The sweetness of the students
A fulfilling day.
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My Name is Barbra
I finally finished
Barbra's 48-hour long audiobook
I didn't want it to end
It was astonishing
Fascinating
Infuriating
Even at the height of her career
The unrelenting sexism
But the people she met
The projects she worked on
The songs she sang
The relationships she had
Extraordinary
Barbra's 48-hour long audiobook
I didn't want it to end
It was astonishing
Fascinating
Infuriating
Even at the height of her career
The unrelenting sexism
But the people she met
The projects she worked on
The songs she sang
The relationships she had
Extraordinary
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Grilled Cheese
Happiness is time spent
With the warmth of a
Grilled cheese sandwich
And a chocolate chip cookie
With the warmth of a
Grilled cheese sandwich
And a chocolate chip cookie
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My Favorite Things
An unexpected early shift
Being gifted a lovely workshop
Filled with timely reminders
And uplifting content
Watching a concert from the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Sobbing as Audra closes the show with
Climb Ev'ry Mountain
Being gifted a lovely workshop
Filled with timely reminders
And uplifting content
Watching a concert from the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Sobbing as Audra closes the show with
Climb Ev'ry Mountain
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Flowers
Et spiritui sancto
"And to the holy spirit"
To sing divine music
Feels sacred
Even if Handel and I
Don't worship the same deity
To sing in harmony with 100 other voices
To provide the song for dancers to move their bodies
To know my dear friends are in the audience
To be gifted the most beautiful bouquet of flowers
To feel seen and appreciated
To be a part of it all
Absolute bliss
"And to the holy spirit"
To sing divine music
Feels sacred
Even if Handel and I
Don't worship the same deity
To sing in harmony with 100 other voices
To provide the song for dancers to move their bodies
To know my dear friends are in the audience
To be gifted the most beautiful bouquet of flowers
To feel seen and appreciated
To be a part of it all
Absolute bliss
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To My Arms/Restore
What a joy and a privilege it is
To stand upon a stage
And sing with an orchestra
And 100 other voices
With lithe dancers making their own kind of music
Twirling and pulsing and moving through the space
I still get a thrill
When the curtain opens
And the audience is revealed
And we get to put into practice
The notes and rhythms and dynamics
That we have been practicing for weeks
The thrilling exchange of energy
Theatre magic
To stand upon a stage
And sing with an orchestra
And 100 other voices
With lithe dancers making their own kind of music
Twirling and pulsing and moving through the space
I still get a thrill
When the curtain opens
And the audience is revealed
And we get to put into practice
The notes and rhythms and dynamics
That we have been practicing for weeks
The thrilling exchange of energy
Theatre magic