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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
Cucumbers and Baguettes
A breakthrough in grocery-store management. Truly. Continue reading
All in This Together
Birds and bees and flowers and trees. Well, two outta four. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Flora, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Community, Insects, Trees
12 Comments
Which Way is Up?
The playfulization of museum displays. Continue reading
Just Pretty
An early-morning dew-like object. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Other Plants, Water
8 Comments
Lilacs? Capital!
Ask, and it will be given to you. Well, don’t ask and your odds are way worse, but that doesn’t make such a snappy line of Scripture. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Through Canada
Tagged Flowers, Miscellany
9 Comments
IYKYK
As to where it goes from here, well that’s still anybody’s guess. Continue reading
Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Business, Miscellany
8 Comments
Rye Face
Wry rye? Not so much. Dismayed seems rye-ter. Continue reading
Tooth of Lion, Bane of Flea
Next thing you know we’ll be dragging Shakespeare into this: eye of newt, toe of frog and all that. Continue reading
Right? Nay, Perfect
Never mind port and Stilton: This is the perfect combination. Continue reading