Sunday
The way Sunday sits in its secret hideaway paradise
at the end of the week
It’s legs carelessly kicking at the lake,
with wet bare feet
making concentric circles in the water with its toes
That’s how you make me feel.
A cartoon by Edward Frascino. Take a look at more Mother’s Day cartoons from our archive: http://nyr.kr/1npQN1y
“There ought to be a hall of fame for mamas
Creation’s most unique and precious pearl
And heaven help us always to remember
That the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world”
—Glen Campbell
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On Mothers Day
100 Years of Mothers Day
“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” —Abraham Lincoln
“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.” ―Washington Irving
“If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?” —Milton Berle
“She raised us with humor, and she raised us to understand that not everything was going to be great—but how to laugh through it.” —Liza Minnelli
“Because I feel that, in the Heavens above / The angels, whispering to one another, / Can find, among their burning terms of love / None so devotional as that of ‘Mother’” —Edgar Allen Poe
On This Day
May 11, 1957 – The Everly Brothers made their debut on “Grand Ole Opry” in Nashville, TN.
A Taste of Something Fine
The Netherlands: The Common Linnets – Calm After The Storm live at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 First Semi-Final
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Push-Ups – One of The Best Exercises and How You Can Improve
Push-ups are one of the oldest and most basic of exercises for a simple reason. They work. The exercise positions all the muscles in our upper body and builds optimal strength in the forearms, shoulders, chest.
The 10 – day program that has helped people go from 50 pushups to 80 pushups in two weeks.
On Odd Days
Do 200 pushups in as few sets as possible in addition to your regularly scheduled workout of cardio exercises. You can still do upper body workouts on these days if you are already on a program. This is a supplemental 200 pushups using maximum repetition sets (4 x 50, 8 x 25 … it’s your choice how you get to 200).
On Even Days
Do 200 pushups throughout the day. This can be little sets of ten done every half hour or fifty pushups done four times throughout the day.
Elysian Waters 