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Photo Memory of the Week
Video of the Week: “It was an ambush!”
Leeloo whups a bunch of armed and nasty aliens, unarmed and all by her own self.
The quote is at timestamp 1:43.
Poetry of the Week
On Tender Hooks
- by Brian BilstonLet me cut to the cheese:
every time you open your mouth,
I’m on tender hooks.You charge at the English language
like a bowl in a china shop.
Please nip it in the butt.On the spurt of the moment,
the phrases tumble out.
It’s time you gave up the goat.Curve your enthusiasm.
Don’t give them free range.
The chickens will come home to roast.Now you are in high dungeon.
You think me a damp squid:
on your phrases I shouldn’t impose.But they spread like wildflowers
in a doggy-dog world,
and your spear of influence grows.Posted: 2025 Apr 20
Face Photos from Readers
Category Archives: Through History
What Price Sublime?
What was Thomas Jefferson thinking? Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, Photos of Landscapes, Through History, Through Space
Tagged Attitudes, Bridges, History, Terra Firma
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Niceness Be Damned
Enough is enough. Call our Ambassadors home. Continue reading
Fort Jefferson, Garden Key FL
A peak into America’s push westward. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Built Stuff, Through History
Tagged Buildings, History, Military
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National Treasure #170: The Detonation of Ripple Rock
An engineering marvel in its day and to this day. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Through Canada, Through History
Tagged Mountains, Technology
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More than Remembrance
A Remembrance Day prayer. Continue reading
National Treasure #168: Filip Konowal
A Victoria Cross winner. Continue reading
Clark’s Lookout, MN
Exploring with Lewis and Clark. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Through History
Tagged History
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Hurricane Isabel and Me
A reflection on my own experience of Hurricane Isabel in 2003. Continue reading
In the Face of Dreadful Odds
“That’s a story every Australian knows and, now, you do too.” I stand there, brought up short. It isn’t the first time. It’s been all of four hours since we met our Melbourne tour guide. We can see he’s lanky … Continue reading