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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
Roy G Biv
Herewith, my (Canadian) Thanksgiving post. YouTube still has no category for my content, which is a nature-photography/feel-good mash-up, 100% non-denominational, non-partisan, and non-fattening. I can’t imagine why. One thing I learned making this video is that the mnemonic for the … Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Nature Videos, Through the Calendar
Tagged Birds, Flowers, Skies
14 Comments
And Now the Marks from the Scottish Judge
First instalment on the fall colours. Continue reading
More Red Centre
It makes my heart glad. Yours? Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Landscapes, Through Space, Travel Videos
Tagged Desert, Rock
4 Comments
One Planet, One People
An aspiration and a reality. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Thinking Broadly, Through History
Tagged Community, Culture
6 Comments
Changing of the Guard
Spring wanders on. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Flora, Through the Calendar
Tagged Flowers, Poetry
2 Comments
Ingenuity
That’s one small step for a drone, one giant leap for drone operators. Continue reading
First Day of Something
Who organized this calendar, anyway? The same people responsible for time zones? Continue reading
The Last Time
A question for all time, and our times. Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Policy, Sports and Exercise, Thinking Broadly, Through History
Tagged Citizenship, Critical Thinking, History, Sports
4 Comments
Happy New Year
Yeah, according to that mythical simultaneity thing. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, New Perspectives, Through Space, You are Here
Tagged Science, Technology
12 Comments