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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 Landscapes
Step In, Stand Back
What’s the right view? Continue reading
Seasonal Travel; Seasonal Wishes
Another report from the road. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Fauna, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Attitudes, Birds, Christmas, Travel
12 Comments
When One Doore is Shut
“Your Auntie Mame will open doors for you, doors you never even dreamed existed!” Continue reading
Things Not Seen
Posted in Feeling Clearly, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Skies, Weather
14 Comments
Not Fall, Not Winter, Not Nice
Who planned these transitions? No, not the political ones: the seasonal ones. Continue reading
Life is not . . .
Seeing was believing; photographing, rather less so. Continue reading
Scenes from the Left Coast
Travel, see new stuff. Repeat. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Fauna, Photos of Flora, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Beaches, Flowers, Food & Drink, Mammals, Science, Trees
9 Comments
The Light Shines . . .
More baseball adventures. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Miscellany, Skies
9 Comments
Swamps and Sunsets
Another kind of reflection from a cross-country drive. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Birds, Skies, Water
12 Comments