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Photo Memory of the Week
Music of the Week
Poetry of the Week
The Gift to Sing
Sometimes the mist overhangs my path,
And blackening clouds about me cling;
But, oh, I have a magic way
To turn the gloom to cheerful day—
I softly sing. . . .Read the whole poem here.Posted: Feb 21
Tag Archives: Citizenship
May I Take Your Order?
Striking a blow against entropy. Continue reading
Posted in Another Thing, Photos of Built Stuff, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Citizenship, Community, Culture
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Twice Blest
A mid-November reflection. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, New Perspectives, Through History
Tagged Citizenship, Community
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By the Ratios
4 – Hours to notice an apparently out-of-place car parked in our neighbourhood. 72 – Hours to feel confident that it truly is out of place. 2 – Hours to connect with relevant neighbours to confirm the car’s out-of-placeness. 1 … Continue reading
Rainy-Day Problems
Yes, it really is a maintenance-without-end world. Continue reading
Two Yards
How to live across from each other. Continue reading
Readier for
One in a series on being ready to respond effectively in an emergency. Continue reading
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
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Redux: Ready for. Ready to.
Lao Tzu, mathematics, psychology, and CPR classes. Continue reading
If It’s Broke, Fix It
Was there really nothing else to be done but to thank electors for their patience? Continue reading