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Photo Memory of the Week
Poetry of the Week
How to Avoid Mixing Your Metaphors
It’s not rocket surgery.
First, get all your ducks on the same page.
After all, you can’t make an omelette
without breaking stride.Read the whole poem by Brian Bilston, here.
Posted: Jul 12
Tag Archives: Conversations
Calling all Earthlings
Who named these kids? Continue reading
Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently
Tagged Birds, Conversations, Insects, Other Animals, Reptiles, Word Play
6 Comments
Mid-Week Movie #19: Why Visit Utah?
Catching up on my travel videos. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Travel Videos
Tagged Conversations, Terra Firma, Travel
10 Comments
Corn and Crickets
The exotic, close at hand. Continue reading
Posted in Day-to-Day Encounters, Laughing Frequently, Through Space
Tagged Conversations, Travel
4 Comments
Gift from the Beach
A gift from the sea, paid forward. Continue reading
Posted in Day-to-Day Encounters, Feeling Clearly, New Perspectives
Tagged Citizenship, Community, Conversations
10 Comments
Touched – Part 2
The second of two casual encounters. Continue reading
Touched – Part 1
The first of two casual encounters. Continue reading
Say What? Say Again
Voice-mail messages and in-person conversations are driven by the same communication principle. Continue reading
Button, Button
Not entirely random thoughts generated by a trainee cashier’s button, but close enough. Continue reading
Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently, Management and Work
Tagged Conversations
14 Comments
Electrical Failure, Logical Failure, and Political Discourse
We now join the conversation in progress . . . Engineer (casually): “It’s a condition called thermal runaway.” Editor (wide-eye-ed-ly): “It melted?” Engineer (indignantly): “No, we unplugged it before it melted. We’re not idiots.” While the Editor considers the evidence … Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, Politics and Policy, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Conversations
4 Comments