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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: Bridges
Dux De-lux
Bird-brained: maybe not the insult it seems to be. Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Fauna, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Birds, Bridges, Citizenship, Community
12 Comments
As Seen on Screen
Been there; seen that. Let’s do it again. Continue reading
A Bridge Too Cold
Another stop at my favourite Edmonton bridge, in my least-favourite season. Continue reading
Not in Kansas Anymore
The away-from-home view. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Laughing Frequently
Tagged Bridges, Flowers, Travel, Trees
8 Comments
Spring Runoff
The photo, the video, and the thing itself. They’re all good, but they’re not all the same. Continue reading
Redux: Various
Eggs, birds, and bridges: A transient golden braid. Continue reading
More Scenes of Ireland
More miscellaneous Donegal scenes. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Landscapes, Through Space
Tagged Beaches, Bridges, Buildings, Flowers, Skies
8 Comments
Seeing Single
Why I’m an editor not an engineer. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Built Stuff
Tagged Bridges, Trains & Boats & Planes
11 Comments
Look Again
Three bridges and a snowy egret along a body of water. And a fine point of grammar, specified if not clarified. Continue reading
Posted in Language and Communication, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Flora, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Birds, Bridges, Science, Water, Word Play
6 Comments