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Music of the Week
Posted: 2022 Aug 13
Poetry of the Week
"And so it criticized each flower,
This supercilious seed;
Until it woke one summer hour,
And found itself a weed."
- Mildred Howells, The Different SeedWords of the Week
Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.
Source: A.A. Milne
Posted: 2022 Aug 13
Tweet of the Week
Ontario provincial police say a truck "fully loaded with chickens" rolled over on the QEW this morning, blocking three westbound lanes. Early reports suggest not one chicken attempted to cross the road.
— The Food Professor (@FoodProfessor) August 9, 2022
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16 August 1941 | A French Jewish boy, Pierre Paul Erdstein, was born in Paris.
In December 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.And there it is. Today's reminder to #justbreathe.
Introducing tonight’s beautiful sunset colours from Cape Bonavista. Awesome show!!
@weathernetwork #ShareYourWeather #NLwx #bonavista #NewfoundlandI'll be honest, I've been waiting for this change my entire life. I worked hard to get myself out of poverty and I will work even harder to get communities out of poverty. Government dependency will never be the answer for Indigenous people. Look at what it's done to us! https://twitter.com/windspeakernews/status/1559249151560384515
"The police have more important stuff to do than hand out tickets. 'hoods need help controlling reckless drivers & we have a ready-made, proven techno'l sol'n that will...pay for itself. Not every problem...has such a clear solution. This one does. What...are we waiting for?"
Toronto drivers are terrible. We should demand robots on every corner — by @mattgurney #topoli https://www.tvo.org/article/toronto-drivers-are-terrible-we-should-demand-robots-on-every-corner
Category Archives: Travel Videos
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
More Red Centre
It makes my heart glad. Yours? Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Landscapes, Through Space, Travel Videos
Tagged Desert, Rock
4 Comments
Border Collies & Their Charges, Ireland
Collies, sheep, and the fun they have together. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Fauna, Through Space, Travel Videos
Tagged Mammals, Travel
11 Comments
Mid-week Movie #20: Windy, Windier, Windiest
A river walk leads to some thoughts on comparative and superlative adjectives, and what lies beyond. Continue reading
Mid-Week Movie #19: Why Visit Utah?
Catching up on my travel videos. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Travel Videos
Tagged Conversations, Terra Firma, Travel
10 Comments
Mid-Week Movie #14: New York, New York
New York, New York: It’s my kind of megalopolis. Continue reading
Mid-Week Movie #9: Geysers
A 1:40 mashup of geysers in Yellowstone National Park. Continue reading