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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
Anyway
More car and societal reflections. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Day-to-Day Encounters, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Flora
Tagged Pareidolia, Reflections, Trees
10 Comments
Did You Ever Wonder?
Follow me for tips on staying up to date. Continue reading
This is Me, Staying Up
More fun with blog spam comments. #TakeYourFunWhereYouFindIt Continue reading
Posted in Another Thing, Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently, Wired
Tagged Conversations, Technology
4 Comments
Button, Button, Tile & Button
Reflections on which part of the project to pick first. Continue reading
Are You Ready to Order?
Because help is not in the mind of the sender, but in the hands of the receiver. Or not. Continue reading
Posted in Day-to-Day Encounters, Laughing Frequently, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Conversations, Food & Drink
10 Comments
Lunar Tunes
Happy Lunar New Year! As I write this it started yesterday (Saturday, Feb 10), but celebrants carry on their festivities for 15 days, so we have ample time to get with it. Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, Mortality, New Perspectives, Through the Calendar
Tagged Aging, Attitudes
10 Comments
Choice
The grocery store as an embarrassment of riches. And other stuff. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, New Perspectives, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Business, Food & Drink, Miscellany
12 Comments
The Shortest Distance
Old work lessons, and new. Continue reading
Posted in Day-to-Day Encounters, Laughing Frequently, Management and Work
Tagged Attitudes, Community
10 Comments
One of the Certainties
A rant about taxes. Continue reading