GRIZZLY PEAR

written snapshots

Beginnings intertwined with ends; a messy century of Aprils.

I wrapped the presents with blue tape and old drawing sheets.

He tore them with gusto.
Minutes undid two nights of work.

My wife marveled at the flight of four years.
I reminisced about my first renovation at the State.

The kids played.
She enjoyed the gifts more than her brother.

Except the book with a giant spider on the cover.

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Wild ducklings illustration from Seitei Kacho Gafu (1890–1891) by Wantanabe Seitei, a prominent Kacho-ga artist.

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I hope we can all agree that the long run is made up of a bunch of short runs.
That seems obvious.
The surprising thing is that we live our short runs as if that isn’t true.

The long run (and the short runs)” by Seth Godin.

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On the mountain, a tree: the image of development.