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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: Rambles
Another Honours List
Your list may vary. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, New Perspectives, Through the Calendar
Tagged Citizenship, Community, Family
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Wonders Brought to Life
It’s good to be in the moment. And to be outside it. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Built Stuff, Thinking Broadly, Through History
Tagged Attitudes, Buildings, Technology
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For the Glory of the Skies
Look over: Look way over. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Nature Videos, Through the Calendar
Tagged Skies, Sunrises and Sunsets, Water
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The Night Lengthens . . .
“There are only two times of the year when the Earth’s axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun, resulting in a “nearly” equal amount of daylight and darkness at all latitudes…. The “nearly” equal hours of day and night is due to refraction of sunlight or a bending of the light’s rays that causes the sun to appear above the horizon when the actual position of the sun is below the horizon.” You’ll be relieved to know that this is the last you’ll hear of these mechanics from me. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Mortality, Through the Calendar, You are Here
Tagged Science, Weather
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Hold Out Your Hand
A half-century-plus? Are you kidding me? Continue reading
Loony Tunes and Others
Another Canada Day. Continue reading
Happy Victoria Day
How old am I? Old enough to forget about long weekends, that’s how. Continue reading
Wednesday’s Child
As they do from time to time, my birthday and Mother’s Day coincide this year. Continue reading
A Simple Rule
Can we knock this off? Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Mortality, Through the Calendar
Tagged Aging, Attitudes, Miscellany
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