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Photo Memory of the Week
Posted: 2023 Nov 25
Tweet of the Week
I was this-many years old when I learned the origin of the expression "a bolt from the blue."
Lightning comes in different flavors.
But can you name the different types of bolts?
This chart does a useful and interesting recap.
[📈 John Blackford]
[📸 Olivier Vandeginste/atmospheres.be] pic.twitter.com/6TfegNqBmT— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 25, 2023
The Week’s Best Example of Making Merry
LOL! 🤣
Long before babies can speak conventionally, they begin laughing - making laughter one of humankind’s earliest and most important forms of communication.
For your baby, laughter (which typically begins at about 3 months of age) conveys much more than just “I find this… https://t.co/zoIYstbiNG pic.twitter.com/gM0PqCET7a
— Dan Wuori (@DanWuori) November 23, 2023
Music of the Week
Posted: 2023 Nov 25
Poetry of the Week
This is not a loaf of bread
This is daily sanctuary
This is breakfast in bed
Or beans on toast for tea.This is not a loaf of bread
This is shared community
This is a soup-dipped crust
Or a picnic lunch for three.This is not a loaf of bread
This is tasty alchemy
This is a gravy soaker-upper
Or a gourmet chip butty.This is not a loaf of bread
This is a crafted recipe
Of sun and rain and earth
And oven-baked poetry.
Category Archives: Another Thing
Redux: Various
Eggs, birds, and bridges: A transient golden braid. Continue reading
Redux: Dog Jackets
Further to our conversations (here and here) about dog jackets, this week the universe had this comment. This is Chloe. And this is her state-of-the-art coyote protection gear. She dares anybody to mess with her now. 12/10 pic.twitter.com/UJj8w9uveM — WeRateDogs® … Continue reading
The Nominees are . . .
One step forward, two steps back. Hey . . . Continue reading
Long, Longer, Longest
Another way to look at place names. Continue reading
Fit at 70 – Update #8
Derailed by a work project but back on track now. Ha! Continue reading
Redux: Beady Little Eyes
And speaking of spiders . . . Continue reading
Redux: Green Tomatoes
I expect you’ve been waiting anxiously for news of the green tomatoes rescued from the squirrels. Did they ripen in the brown paper bag, offering themselves up for a bacon-and-tomato sandwich? Did they remain resolutely green and firm, offering themselves … Continue reading
MAiD: Again
Andrew Roman makes another clear and articulate argument. Continue reading
Can We Hold on Through the Night?
This is me, banging my head against the desk. Continue reading