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Photo Memory of the Week
Also not a finch. Or a canary.
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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: Day-to-Day Encounters
Oh, Look: a Chicken
Winner, winner, chicken dinner. Or not. Continue reading
Posted in Day-to-Day Encounters, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Fauna
Tagged Birds, Family
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Pharmacy Follies
Pharmacological treatments for low blood pressure. Continue reading
Where are They Now?
Nostalgia meets the trend-of-the-monent. Continue reading
What I’m Making
Knitting as life metaphor. Continue reading
Zoom Zoom
A busy schedule. Just not a social schedule. Continue reading
Corn and Crickets
The exotic, close at hand. Continue reading
Posted in Day-to-Day Encounters, Laughing Frequently, Through Space
Tagged Conversations, Travel
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Why Don’t?
You don’t have to cut that one. This observation seems to throw buddy for a loop. Head hanging down, he looks uncertain, almost worried. As his supervisor heads off to the kitchen, she speaks again, over her shoulder. Only cut … Continue reading
Proceed to Highlighted Route
It seems that I can’t get there from here. Continue reading
What Can You Do?
Testing the limits of my almost unlimited powers. Continue reading