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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: Musings
Tap-Tap
No need to be a-scared; significant need to be careful. Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, Laughing Frequently, New Perspectives, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Community, Conversations, Critical Thinking
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218 Frogs
Always take your wheelbarrow with you. Continue reading
Making Better Software
Metaphorical software, honest. Continue reading
But, And Yet
New Year’s towels. Really. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, How it Started
Tagged Attitudes, Miscellany
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And Around We Go
Usually a serpent does the work, but an arrow works just as well. Or as badly. Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, Laughing Frequently, Mortality, New Perspectives
Tagged Aging
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Tell Me Without Telling Me
Tell me you don’t know . . . Continue reading
The Gamut Gambit
Dagnabbed sound-alikes. Who planned this language? Continue reading
Vow Wulls
Like Topsy, the language she just growed. Continue reading
Interjections, Abbreviations, Cautions
‘Tis the season. (Not that one, not quite, but a necessary precursor.) Continue reading