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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
Another Look
Oh the tricky choice of category. Flowers? Other plants? You be the judge. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Photos of Flora
Tagged Attitudes, Flowers, Other Plants
8 Comments
The Squirrellest Month
Why did T.S. Eliot fuss about lilacs? Didn’t his garden have squirrels? Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Photos of Flora
Tagged Attitudes, Flowers
6 Comments
On the Scoreboard
Curling commentary: It’s just such a trove of life wisdom, innit? Continue reading
Posted in New Perspectives, Sports and Exercise, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Attitudes, Sports
8 Comments
Lunar Tunes
Happy Lunar New Year! As I write this it started yesterday (Saturday, Feb 10), but celebrants carry on their festivities for 15 days, so we have ample time to get with it. Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, Mortality, New Perspectives, Through the Calendar
Tagged Aging, Attitudes
10 Comments
The Shortest Distance
Old work lessons, and new. Continue reading
Posted in Day-to-Day Encounters, Laughing Frequently, Management and Work
Tagged Attitudes, Community
10 Comments
The Most Wonderful
Who writes these songs? Continue reading
Creating Crust
Getting the last word in an argument from 40 years ago. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, New Perspectives, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Attitudes, Conversations, Food & Drink
11 Comments
A Slightly Improved Life
It’s all good (but it can be better). Continue reading
Wonders Brought to Life
It’s good to be in the moment. And to be outside it. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Built Stuff, Thinking Broadly, Through History
Tagged Attitudes, Buildings, Technology
10 Comments