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Blog Memories of the Week
OK, this is a chicken, but that's all I have . . .
And here's an old riff on the traditional thanks-giving song:
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
Category Archives: Photos of Fauna
Pelican Nose, Murrell’s Inlet SC
Who knew that bird anatomy could be so complex? Continue reading
Dive! Dive! Dive!
Incoming pelican! Continue reading
Brown Pelicans, Murrells Inlet SC
A big bird, in three poses. Continue reading
Ruddy Duck, Murrells Inlet SC
Look at that range of motion in the wings! Continue reading
Great Blue Heron, Boynton Beach FL
The urge to art photography strikes again. Continue reading
Wood Stork Feet, Delray Beach FL
That’s some chicken . . . Continue reading
Wood Stork, Delray Beach
This *is* its good side . . . Continue reading
Great Blue Herons, Delray Beach FL
Close is better. Continue reading
Roseate Spoonbills, St. Augustine FL
You couldn’t dream this bird up. Continue reading