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Photo Memory of the Week
Posted: 2023 Nov 25
Tweet of the Week
I was this-many years old when I learned the origin of the expression "a bolt from the blue."
Lightning comes in different flavors.
But can you name the different types of bolts?
This chart does a useful and interesting recap.
[📈 John Blackford]
[📸 Olivier Vandeginste/atmospheres.be] pic.twitter.com/6TfegNqBmT— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 25, 2023
The Week’s Best Example of Making Merry
LOL! 🤣
Long before babies can speak conventionally, they begin laughing - making laughter one of humankind’s earliest and most important forms of communication.
For your baby, laughter (which typically begins at about 3 months of age) conveys much more than just “I find this… https://t.co/zoIYstbiNG pic.twitter.com/gM0PqCET7a
— Dan Wuori (@DanWuori) November 23, 2023
Music of the Week
Posted: 2023 Nov 25
Poetry of the Week
This is not a loaf of bread
This is daily sanctuary
This is breakfast in bed
Or beans on toast for tea.This is not a loaf of bread
This is shared community
This is a soup-dipped crust
Or a picnic lunch for three.This is not a loaf of bread
This is tasty alchemy
This is a gravy soaker-upper
Or a gourmet chip butty.This is not a loaf of bread
This is a crafted recipe
Of sun and rain and earth
And oven-baked poetry.
Tag Archives: Community
Trudge, Trudge
Don’t trip. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Community, Culture, Trains & Boats & Planes
12 Comments
Hold Out Your Hand
A half-century-plus? Are you kidding me? Continue reading
A Little Less Talk . . .
An alternative to yelling. Continue reading
Seeing is Believing
Numbers, but only a little arithmetic. Promise! Continue reading
Nine-Tenths
Don’t be so dense. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Community, Science, Water
14 Comments
Your Place or Mine?
Thinking about borders: what they matter to, what they don’t. Continue reading
An At-home Failure
What’s changed in the world since the Edmonton Elks last won at home? Not enough. Continue reading
Good Job, Buddy
She learned something; so did I. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Day-to-Day Encounters, Language and Communication
Tagged Community, Culture
6 Comments
Sum-up Saturday
Get out that scorecard. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Relationships and Behaviour
Tagged Attitudes, Community, Family
11 Comments