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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 Flora
Spared
Stay tuned. And if you see a squirrel, yell at it. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, Photos of Fauna, Photos of Flora
Tagged Gardening, Mammals, Other Plants
8 Comments
h-o-s-t-a
A last gasp for the garden. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Flora
Tagged Other Plants, Poetry
12 Comments
Transitory Transcendence
Fall colours: Take two (and you’ll feel way better in the morning). Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Photos of Flora, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Trees, Weather
8 Comments
And Now the Marks from the Scottish Judge
First instalment on the fall colours. Continue reading
Shovelling Water
Fighting the forces of nature. Unsuccessfully. Continue reading
Posted in Day-to-Day Encounters, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Flora
Tagged Other Plants, Poetry
12 Comments
La bee en rose
Faint echoes of two songs. Continue reading
Poppies
The next contestant/participant steps up. Continue reading
A Peek Outside
Shapes, colours, textures. Is there anything else? Besides chocolate, I mean. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Flora
Tagged Flowers, Trees, Water
6 Comments
Premeditated Resentments
Here today. And that’s enough. Continue reading
