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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: Mid-Week Movies
For the Glory of the Skies
Look over: Look way over. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Nature Videos, Through the Calendar
Tagged Skies, Sunrises and Sunsets, Water
10 Comments
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
8 Comments
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
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Event Videos, Nature Videos, Travel Videos
Tagged Community, Flowers, History, Insects, Mammals, Mountains, Skies, Terra Firma, Trees, Water
16 Comments
Sanctuary
Get the popcorn: another movie. Continue reading
All Over
Another trip to a nature sanctuary in SE Arizona Continue reading
God Rest Ye
“We’ll discover how the commas shape the prose.” Continue reading
Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently, Music Videos
Tagged Word Play
14 Comments