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Blog Memories of the Week
OK, this is a chicken, but that's all I have . . .
And here's an old riff on the traditional thanks-giving song:
Quote of the Week
When parents talk about having a child who is ill or struggling, nonparents often take the wrong message. They think, Thank God I was spared all that pain. If I can’t order up the precise specifications for my child, the condition in which he emerges, the choices he’ll make, if I can’t be assured that he’ll skirt the dangers that await him, maybe it’s better not to have children at all.
Those of us who know the airless terror of the 10 steps between the second you first glimpse your child’s surgeon through the glass doors and the moment he’s standing in front of you, delivering the verdict—we don’t think this way. Each time one of ours is ill or in pain, we think, Thank God I am here for him.
Source: Abigail Shrier, The Free Press
Posted: 2025 Oct 10Music of the Week
Our politics probably vary, but I expect that we all hope for the hostages to come home, for all the killing to stop, and for a better life for all people in the region.
Photo Memory of the Week
Category Archives: Musings
Bill
Read you loud and clear? If only. Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently
Tagged Conversations
17 Comments
Ooh, Brr
Add this to the “What the colonel meant to say” file. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Wired
Tagged Aging, Conversations, Technology
12 Comments
Just Like That
It’s kinda like flossing, yeah? Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Day-to-Day Encounters, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Attitudes, Community, Culture
8 Comments
The Disorientation Express
Sometimes the weirdest part of the flight happens on the ground. Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, Laughing Frequently, New Perspectives
Tagged Trains & Boats & Planes
8 Comments
Home
The Bunny Report. Continue reading
Bunny & Tigger
When planning is over-rated. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, New Perspectives, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Community, Family
6 Comments
Togod
We’ll meet again, don’t know where, don’t know when . . but for now I’ll say goodbye. Continue reading
What Has Been
A smaller but not a more-diminished life. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Mortality, Photos of Fauna, Photos of Flora
Tagged Aging, Attitudes, Flowers, Insects
11 Comments
We Takes Our Chances
Contingency planning – Did you have that on your bingo card for today? Continue reading