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Blog Memories of the Week
OK, this is a chicken, but that's all I have . . .
And here's an old riff on the traditional thanks-giving song:
Quote of the Week
When parents talk about having a child who is ill or struggling, nonparents often take the wrong message. They think, Thank God I was spared all that pain. If I can’t order up the precise specifications for my child, the condition in which he emerges, the choices he’ll make, if I can’t be assured that he’ll skirt the dangers that await him, maybe it’s better not to have children at all.
Those of us who know the airless terror of the 10 steps between the second you first glimpse your child’s surgeon through the glass doors and the moment he’s standing in front of you, delivering the verdict—we don’t think this way. Each time one of ours is ill or in pain, we think, Thank God I am here for him.
Source: Abigail Shrier, The Free Press
Posted: 2025 Oct 10Music of the Week
Our politics probably vary, but I expect that we all hope for the hostages to come home, for all the killing to stop, and for a better life for all people in the region.
Photo Memory of the Week
Category Archives: Appreciating Deeply
Sanctuary
Get the popcorn: another movie. Continue reading
One Summer Day
New and yet not. Continue reading
Awe
How to forget yourself. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, New Perspectives, Photos of Flora
Tagged Attitudes, Flowers
10 Comments
Trip Report
Another look or two at two former and always homes. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Fauna, Photos of Landscapes, Through Canada
Tagged Birds, Flowers, Travel
15 Comments
Pretty Well
It’s not just a difference in degree: It’s a difference in kind. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, New Perspectives
Tagged Miscellany, Musicians, Professionals
16 Comments
The Heck
Welcome visitors. Time well wasted. Continue reading
Spinus tristis
A flash of yellow. And of hope. Continue reading
More Scenes of Ireland
More miscellaneous Donegal scenes. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Landscapes, Through Space
Tagged Beaches, Bridges, Buildings, Flowers, Skies
8 Comments
Lasting the Course
Milestones for Queen Elizabeth and for my dad. Continue reading