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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 Fauna
National Treasure #96: Redux
The Cabot Trail visited and revisited. Continue reading
Posted in Another Thing, Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Fauna, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Mammals, Terra Firma, Water
4 Comments
Hiding in Plain Sight
Seeing summer out in style. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Fauna, Photos of Flora
Tagged Birds, Flowers, Insects, Reflections
10 Comments
Kinda Buggy
Summer’s last hurrah? Continue reading
Not Yet
Art or craft? Continue reading
Hummers, Echo Bay
Yes, dragonflies *are* easier, dagnab it. Continue reading
Salt Spring Vistas – Part 4
Sun and brambles and soggy sandals, oh my. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Fauna, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Insects, Water
8 Comments
Salt Spring Vistas – Part 2
Another viewpoint. Continue reading
Wildlife (and Itchy Times)
What? No ticks? Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Fauna
Tagged Birds, Mammals, Other Animals, Water
12 Comments
Locks, Rocks, Flocks
Photos that rhyme? Why not? Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Fauna, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Birds, Desert, Miscellany
12 Comments
