There is no trace where we were.
No arrows pointing to the place we’re headed.
We are the trackless beat, the invisible light, the thought without a word to speak.
Poured water, struck match.
Before the nothing, we are the moment.
– Louise Erdrich, The Bingo Palace: A Novel
Notes: Quote source – Thank you Whiskey River. Photo found @ Match
Live & Learn 
just a tiny flash in a very big pan
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Ha. Sure is.
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Happy Birthday Beth!
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Thank you, how did you remember this?
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Come on Beth. It’s all over Michigan.
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Happy birthday, Beth! Hope you have a fantabulous one!!
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Thanks!
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Happy Birthday Beth ❤
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Thank you)
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Happy Birthday Beth – well, trust David to keep track of even the birthdays of his groupies 😉
(Hope Sawsan isn’t reading this, she pointed out that she wasn’t a groupie – and eeermh, we aren’t either, we just like him very much)
LONG MAY YOU REIGN with your wit, sharp eye and Mastery of words & pics.
That flash in the pan just proves my point!
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Laughing. Oh, don’t be fooled. Sawsan is the leader of the Groupies.
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agreed – but she doesn’t own up to it! Love her…
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LAUGHING…
Like I said before, I’m his worst nightmare and will continue to be, until death do us part on this one!
Love you more, Kiki 😍
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I have a feeling you win! 😉
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Who’s side are you on, Kiki?
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Obviously I think you are winning here, but I’m neutral! Don’t forget, the Swiss….. 😉
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The Swiss are neutral, yet influential!
I hold DK with all things sacred to me. A blessing, for what he stands for, how he does it, and the light he shines. But I’ll make sure no one takes my spot as his worst nightmare!
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I certainly won’t take the shine off you…. 😉 😉
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Impossible to take the shine of this one.
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LAUGHING!!!!!
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Really Kiki? Your neutrality is lining behind The Queen Sawsan. I never took you as being Passive aggressive!
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Exactly!
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STILL LAUGHING
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Thank you for the gift of kind words
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Though it be small, it is bright
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It is that.
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We are the moment, so we gotta make the best of it!
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And there is the punch line!
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What strikes (no pun intended) me most, is the title of the novel: The Bingo Palace…. I expected some ‘deep and grounding’ prose here!
Great example – seeing myself as just a match (made in heaven?! 😉 maybe?) or a flash in the pan as Beth said…..
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And Deep is.
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And this is great! We are the here and the now; anywhere else is gone or not done yet so be present.
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Yes…
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I can’t sleep but it is 7am
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Sleep in then! Sounds wonderful!
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just returned from my prolonged trip back to France (they strike all the time but when they don’t, they just diminish the speed of the high-speed-ha-ha-ha-train to that of a bicycle for 15 minutes) and find your geyser of comments to comments made to comments of comments…… You amuse me greatly my friend! As for being ‘neutral’; isn’t it great to be Swiss? We don’t EVAAAR have to justify a decision because we can just claim to be neutral. I’m however one thing NOT. Passive-aggressive – I don’t even know how I could be that 😉
Lots of laughter here! Ta
And to you Sawsan too – take note!
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Funny!
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