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day 117: arriving at the gates of my castle after a long day at work.

some things are meant to be just the way they are.

and the way they are is just fine.

*photo courtesy of hula seventy.

if you limit your choices...(by jameson)

shared by mb via lobetrotter.

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day 116: a brunch date and shopping with the lovely sara b.

life is a struggle.

life is a struggle, lyle.
that's it.
it's a struggle.
that's the way it fucking is.
- don cheadle, manic

life isn't all fun and games. it's not about idealizing your future and pretending real stuff doesn't happen. it does. we're all people, we make mistakes, we hurt people, we get hurt. and then we live. we decide what to make of what life has thrown our way and we move on. we meet people who challenge us, who make us want to be better, whom we love, fall in love with and maybe fall out of love with; but that's what makes us who we are. we are humans and this is life.

take what you can get and make of it what you can.

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day 115: thank YOU.

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day 114: french-pressed folgers.
the only thing you can buy at 10:30 on a sunday night.

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day 113: isn't it ironic, don't you think?

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day 112: same stem, different night.

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day 111: in our apartment garden.

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day 110: another addition to my collection of vintage home goods.

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day 109: the englert is one of my favorite things about
this place. that and sporting new kicks & bags for coffee with good people.

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day 108: my favorite mural at home on the side of
my favorite boutique.

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day 107: iowa city is so green right now.

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day 106: i heart this building and this place.

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day 105: my nephew manny dug the fedora...

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day 104: mr. man, i walk on you every day. hello.

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day 103: she made my day. thank you, m.

digs.

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day 102: vino @ my place with mb.
which ended up being vino & pizza at radius with our new friends tom & brady.
legit.