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Music of the Week
I found a Pinky-Winky video but could not inflict it on you. But the search turned up The Wonky Donkey, first in animated-video form . . .
. . . and then in Granny-reading form. Remember this?
So is this music? No.
Quote of the Week
We have to realize that the child’s world is without economic purpose. A child doesn’t understand – happy ignorance – that people are paid to do things. To a child the policeman rules the street for self-important majesty; the furnace man stokes the furnace because he loves the noise of falling coal and the fun of getting dirty; the grocer is held to his counter by the lure of aromatic spices and the joy of giving. And in this very ignorance there is a grain of truth. The child’s economic world may be the one that we are reaching out in vain to find. Here is a path in the wood of economics that some day might be followed to new discovery. Meantime, the children know it well and gather beside it their flowers of beautiful illusion.
Source: On the Front Line of Life by Stephen Leacock; in John Robson's Words Worth Noting
Posted: 2025 Nov 15
Category Archives: Mid-Week Movies
Scritch, scritch
The noble Abert’s towhee: Did you have that on your bingo card for today? Continue reading
Another Morning Stroll
My own “catch” from a few hours of “fishing” at Huntington Beach State Park. Continue reading
A Morning Stroll
Another short visit to Huntington Beach State Park: Film at 11! Well, at any time you like, actually. Continue reading
For the Glory of the Skies
Look over: Look way over. 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
Spring Runoff
The photo, the video, and the thing itself. They’re all good, but they’re not all the same. Continue reading
Run, Roadrunner, Run
Only in the desert, you say? Excellent! Continue reading
Fit at 70 – Update #9
The annual version of my scheduled semi-annual milestone check. Oops. Continue reading
Canada Day
A video to mark Canada Day 2022. Continue reading