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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
Tag Archives: Attitudes
One Last Degree of Freedom?
A fall filosophy. Continue reading
Not Yet
I hear rain running down the downspout: a wonderful sound in a parched land. Continue reading
Readier for
One in a series on being ready to respond effectively in an emergency. Continue reading
Study in Yellow
Sedum, day lilies, buffalo beans, some kind of daisy, warning sign, and a random car. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Flora
Tagged Attitudes, Flowers
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Redux: Ready for. Ready to.
Lao Tzu, mathematics, psychology, and CPR classes. Continue reading
Smile
Living like a king/queen and not knowing it. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, New Perspectives, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Attitudes, Technology
8 Comments
No Enough
Snowy egret going for a walk. Continue reading
It’s Raining
No, not literally, at least not in Arizona. Would that it were. Continue reading
But, And Yet
New Year’s towels. Really. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, How it Started
Tagged Attitudes, Miscellany
8 Comments