What I found in one of the King manor elevators.

“The color brown, I realized, is anything but nondescript. It comes in as many hues as there are colors of earth, which is commonly presumed infinite.”

- Barbara Kingsolver

Whoever designed King Manor, designed it using 50 shades of brown.

What is this?

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”

- Winston Churchill, British prime minister

I found this small bulletin board on the pedestrian bridge between King Manor and the North Pointe Resource Center.

What I found posted on King Manor, first floor bulletin board for January 10, 2025.

“The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.”

- Oprah Winfrey, talk show host

 

I enjoy attending events at the First Presbyterian Church of Duluth.

What I found posted on King Manor, fifth floor bulletin board for January 10, 2025.

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. “

- Thomas A. Edison, inventor

 

I see a mixture of both old and new posters.

My very good meal at the First Presbyterian Church of Duluth

“The dinner hour is a sacred, happy time when everyone should be together and relaxed.”

- Julia Child

“Dinner is where the magic happens in the kitchen.”’

- Kris Carr

I look forward to eating this good food with good friends.

Abandoned blankets that I found on Second Street

“Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.”

- Barbara Jordan

 

I have no idea who abandoned two blankets on the streets of Duluth, Minnesota.

Abandoned food that I found on First Street

“There aren't many things that are universally cool, and it's cool not to litter.”

- Matthew McConaughey

 

I wonder how this still life litter came to be on First Street.