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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: Feeling Clearly
The World This Week
Sometimes, there are no words. Continue reading
Odometer Follies
“Why didn’t it go to 100000?” you ask. I don’t know. Maybe, back in the day, cars weren’t expected to last for 100,000 miles. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Event Videos, Feeling Clearly, Laughing Frequently, Travel Videos
Tagged Aging, Attitudes, Miscellany, Technology
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Not in Kansas Anymore
The away-from-home view. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Laughing Frequently
Tagged Bridges, Flowers, Travel, Trees
8 Comments
Family Ties
Gibson’s Bizarre Index: The Family Reunion version. Continue reading
A Little Less Talk . . .
An alternative to yelling. Continue reading
Nine-Tenths
Don’t be so dense. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Community, Science, Water
14 Comments
Commonplace Indeed
A commonplace observation from friends-&-relations at a similar age/stage. Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, Laughing Frequently, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Aging, Family, Miscellany
20 Comments
An At-home Failure
What’s changed in the world since the Edmonton Elks last won at home? Not enough. Continue reading
Sum-up Saturday
Get out that scorecard. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Relationships and Behaviour
Tagged Attitudes, Community, Family
11 Comments