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Photo Memory of the Week
Also not a finch. Or a canary.
Music of the Week
Quote of the Week
“You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing — that's what counts. I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.”
Source: Richard P. Feynman, "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character
Posted: 2025 Nov 28And check out this post for more of Richard Feynman's world view.
Category Archives: Laughing Frequently
It’s Official
I have become my mother. Continue reading
Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently
Tagged Aging, History, Word Play
18 Comments
The Paving Stones of Good Intentions
Gardening follies. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Gardening, Miscellany, Other Plants
12 Comments
My Whole Life
I am a one-kid illustration for glump. glump: to look glum: FROWN Sitting at the bottom of the stairs that lead up to the half of our storey-and-a-half house in Edmonton, my head hangs, my shoulders slump. Can you blame … Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, Laughing Frequently, Mortality, New Perspectives
Tagged Aging, Attitudes, Family
8 Comments
See That?
Random images from a month in Myrtle Beach. Sometimes a photo is just a photo. Continue reading
A Poem as Lovely as a Tree
Without the, you know, poem, but with the lovely tree. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Flora
Tagged Flowers, Trees
18 Comments
Unpredictably Predictable
My last 2023 visit to Huntington Beach State Park last week was much like all the others, this year and other years: Wonderfully predictable and unpredictable. Predictable in the generalities; unpredictable in the specifics. Predictable: Seeing alligators. Unpredictable: Seeing so … Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Fauna
Tagged Birds, Reptiles
14 Comments
More Time Well Wasted
Another 90 minutes at the beach park. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Fauna
Tagged Birds, Reptiles
10 Comments
Just Larger
Could it be true? Continue reading
Two Kinds of Numbers
Two, four, six, eight, who do we appreciate? Continue reading