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Music of the Week
I found a Pinky-Winky video but could not inflict it on you. But the search turned up The Wonky Donkey, first in animated-video form . . .
. . . and then in Granny-reading form. Remember this?
So is this music? No.
Quote of the Week
We have to realize that the child’s world is without economic purpose. A child doesn’t understand – happy ignorance – that people are paid to do things. To a child the policeman rules the street for self-important majesty; the furnace man stokes the furnace because he loves the noise of falling coal and the fun of getting dirty; the grocer is held to his counter by the lure of aromatic spices and the joy of giving. And in this very ignorance there is a grain of truth. The child’s economic world may be the one that we are reaching out in vain to find. Here is a path in the wood of economics that some day might be followed to new discovery. Meantime, the children know it well and gather beside it their flowers of beautiful illusion.
Source: On the Front Line of Life by Stephen Leacock; in John Robson's Words Worth Noting
Posted: 2025 Nov 15
Tag Archives: Birds
No Enough
Snowy egret going for a walk. Continue reading
An Unsure Lunch
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Both Together Now
Testing the line between running and flying. Continue reading
Yeah, No, Ah
Be glad you’re not at the business-end of that beak. Continue reading
Memories and Photos
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Tagged Birds, Flowers, Mammals
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Heron and Cranes
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Seasonal Travel; Seasonal Wishes
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Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Fauna, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Attitudes, Birds, Christmas, Travel
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Long Periods of Boredom
Steady as she goes, until she doesn’t. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Photos of Fauna
Tagged Attitudes, Birds, Culture
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The Lights are On (Sort Of)
On a sunny but gusty day, the purple martins were mostly hunkered down, albeit way up from the ground. Continue reading