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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
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Blog Memory of the Week
Category Archives: Photos of Built Stuff
Thanks Giving
Seen any Puritans lately? Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Fauna
Tagged Birds, Community, Insects
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Stone Pillar Face, Lismore
More adventures in pareidolia. Continue reading
To Bee
To bee or not to bee: That is the photograph. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Fauna, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Buildings, Insects
11 Comments
Peace Bridge, Derry/Londonderry
Like love, the path to peace never did run smooth. Or straight. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Photos of Built Stuff, Through Space
Tagged Bridges, History
4 Comments
Castles, Ireland
This may not show exactly what they looked like. It might show what they felt like. Continue reading
Samuel Beckett Bridge, Dublin
It really does look like a harp. Continue reading
Fun and Bronze
She’s a good girl, she is. Isn’t she? Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, Photos of Built Stuff, Through Space
Tagged Artists, Community
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Reputedness
On our first, last, and only day in Dublin, we had a guided tour of St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Now, St. Patrick looms large in Irish history and mythology, and it can be tough to distinguish the one from the other, … Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Built Stuff
Tagged Buildings, History
6 Comments
Belfast Before Break of Day
A pre-dawn stroll turns up a few surprises. Continue reading
