Life Cycles Gifts

"After seventeen years underground, I'm gonna buzz my ass off."

A man deflates and dissolves into the ground and becomes a flower.

The fate of the emigrant

'For your information, I am engaging the energy of change and complexity to create the future I desire.'

Road sign: 'No Passing Zone... This, too, shall pass.'

Annual Swim Hundreds of Miles, Spawn and Die Marathon.

"Your mother and I want to make your 21st birthday a moving experience. We'll help you pack."

Life and Death

'Chicken soup for dummies who don't sweat the small stuff.'

Midlife: You Are Here.

"Hon, I'm taking your advice and starting a new chapter."

"It's a coming-of-middle-age story."

Doubt or Certainy

'I'm getting rid of a lot of crap as move into the next phase of my life...'

'So push has come to shove...'

Women

"I feel like a newborn. No hair, no teeth, no bladder control."

'Guess what! I got my act together! And this is it!'

PastFuture.

"To tell you the truth, I never thought downward mobility would be so, well, downward."

"Hello, I'm the bluebird of quiet resignation."

Old and young

"Just be happy you're getting in, worry about your hair later."

"Yesterday we're caterpillars, today this. Can't wait to see what's next."

Mrs Smith and her daughter - now and 40 years later...

Seven males, ranging in age from a baby to an old man, wait in a line monitored by a uniformed guard.

"Even when this drought is over, things will never be the same."

The meaning of life...

"Yes, many of us have had life changes since you switched focus to Environmental Law."

'You're trying to reinvent yourself, aren't you?'

"I forget now... am I babysitting you or are you babysitting me?"

"Wait, it's Thursday? I thought it was Tuesday! The first day of the rest of my life was supposed to be Wednesday!!"

Ages of man.

"Yeah, they're beautiful - but I really could have used that time to work on myself."