Subscribe2
Photo Memory of the Week
Posted: 2024 May 11
Prose of the Week
"This is the way of providence: dandelions in abundance that give pleasure by their beauty and create fun for children who blow the seeds everywhere. I think it is a kind of proof of original sin that whenever we are given something in abundance, we are not grateful but instead invent some silly category to tarnish these gifts simply because they are common. We call them weeds: invasive species. . . . If dandelions were only found on obscure Pacific islands, people would book eco-tours to see them, and all the best magazines would contain sermons masquerading as articles on how global warming, overpopulation, warm houses, and free markets threaten endangered dandelions."Source: Being Perfect, by David Beresford; Gilbert Magazine, Volume 24, Number 3, Jan/Feb 2021
Posted: 2024 May 11
Poetry of the Week
The Dandelions
- Helen Gray ConeUpon a showery night and still,
Without a sound of warning,
A trooper band surprised the hill,
And held it in the morning.We were not waked by bugle-notes,
No cheer our dreams invaded,
And yet, at dawn, their yellow coats
On the green slopes paraded.We careless folk the deed forgot;
Till one day, idly walking,
We marked upon the self-same spot
A crowd of veterans talking.They shook their trembling heads and gray
With pride and noiseless laughter;
When, well-a-day! they blew away,
And ne'er were heard of after!Posted: 2024 May 11
Music of the Week
Tweet of the Week
Posted: 2024 May 11
I’m starting a support group for people who didn’t see the Northern Lights last night.
We are valid. Stop erasing our existence
Any joiners
This is our flag pic.twitter.com/sCIpt5rSNn
— Helen Nettleship (@Nettleshippy) May 11, 2024
Tag Archives: Critical Thinking
Button, Button, Tile & Button
Reflections on which part of the project to pick first. Continue reading
One of the Certainties
A rant about taxes. Continue reading
Remember When? No.
The things we just, you know, know. Who knows how? Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, New Perspectives, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Critical Thinking, Culture, Miscellany
16 Comments
Calculus, Accounting, and Me
The best gift. Continue reading
Less Than Full
It isn’t always an age-related failure. Continue reading
Posted in New Perspectives, Relationships and Behaviour, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Aging, Critical Thinking, Professionals
8 Comments
The Mature Student
When the shopper is ready, the pen-holder will appear. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, Photos of Built Stuff
Tagged Critical Thinking, Miscellany
10 Comments
Shot by Shot
The Godfather, Die Hard, Kierkegaard, and me. Continue reading
Posted in Mortality, New Perspectives, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Critical Thinking, Miscellany, Storytellers
25 Comments
The 1980s Called
Who knows *what* they want back? Continue reading
A Stark Choice
Democracy is hard work, but worth it. Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Policy, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Citizenship, Community, Critical Thinking
6 Comments