And so on: all in all, the gift of Christmas Past.
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Photo Memory of the Week
Posted: 2025 Aug 09
Music of the Week
Quote of the Week
The British pediatrician D. W. Winnicott once wrote, “There’s no such thing as a baby. There is a baby and someone.”
I’ve always loved the quote, because it so simply encapsulates our situation as the newest members of the human species: We enter the world with fine tuned powers of observation, ready to learn and engage. But without at least one significant adult (and hopefully many more) ready to dedicate to our need for connection, it is impossible for our development to optimize.
Or as Urie Bronfenbrenner explained: “Every child needs at least one adult who is irrationally crazy about him or her.”
If you can follow this link from Dan Wuori's Twitter account to see the video, do so.
Article of the Week
I can’t remember much about my own dad’s opinions, but I’ll never forget the camping trips he took me on all through my childhood. We are made by relationships, not notions.
- The Nowness of Things, Paul KingsnorthPosted: 2025 Aug 09
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So much to ponder and to be grateful for! Thank you for leading me along each of these paths and for the community of responders who add further insight to the times in life that can be transformed from boredom, weariness, confusion, and frustration into wonder and productive interaction. Well done!
Laurna – Indeed, community is one of the best gifts.
Two reactions to your blog posts:
1. I like to get at them immediately. There’s always something, in either the text or the photos, to stimulatory imagination and/or give me something new to think about.
2. I like to wait and read them several days later, when the other responses have come in. Sometimes I want to add my own response; just as often, I’m delighted at the range and insight of the responses already there.
When I leap to the keyboard at step 1, I often fail to go back later in the week to see what others have said. When I eventually slither up to the keyboard in step 2, I often don’t have anything further to add.
Jim T
Jim T – 🙂 Neither a jumper nor a slitherer be, eh? I think Polonius said that. I’m often surprised (sometimes amazed) at where the comments go. And usually pleased (sometimes delighted).
And I always enjoy your comments! 😀
Barbara – 🙂