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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
Go, Blue Jays!
Blog Memory of the Week
Category Archives: Photos of Fauna
Through a Bush, Messily
Biblical birds? You betcha. Continue reading
Fish Creek Lookout
Because life doesn’t always hand us lemonades. Continue reading
A Day in the Life
An atypical one-day selection of entirely typical shots. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Faces, Photos of Fauna, Photos of Flora
Tagged Birds, Desert, Flowers, Mammals, Pareidolia
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Desert Cottontail
Unlike “desert daisy,” which is descriptive but incorrect nomenclature for a brittlebush, “desert cottontail” is the proper name for the thing it seems to be: a bunny with a fluffy white butt. I’m amused by their various strategies for responding … Continue reading
Great Horned Owls, Gilbert AZ
Whoo’s your daddy? Continue reading
Levitation Quackery
They fly, they swim, they levitate. Sure, why not? Continue reading
Black-necked Stilts, Gilbert AZ (Again)
Too many? Nonsense. Too good? Not yet. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawks, Gilbert AZ
Launched and ready-to-launch. Continue reading
Black-crowned Night Heron, Gilbert AZ (Again)
Thoughts of love? Continue reading
