Photo Memory of the Week
Cloud of the Week
Ladies and gentlemen, meet this week's cloud(s). I stumbled across it while walking to a clematis-site sighting from the previous day. By the time I got somewhere without any intervening tree branches, the cloud and the colours had moved on. Forget carpe diem: this is more like arripe occasionem.
Place: Calgary
Posted: 2026 Oct 09Read my posts about clouds: here and here
Read knowledgeable stuff about clouds: here
Music of the Week
Quotes of the Week
Leucon, no one’s allowed to know his fate,Not you, not me: don’t ask, don’t hunt for answersIn tea leaves or palms. Be patient with whatever comes.This could be our last winter, it could be manyMore, pounding the Tuscan Sea on these rocks:Do what you must, be wise, cut your vinesAnd forget about hope. Time goes running, even
As we talk. Take the present, the future's no one's affair.
- Horace's Ode I:11Posted: Oct 08
Tag Archives: Culture
Hello!
When the calendar surprises. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Through the Calendar
Tagged Attitudes, Culture
10 Comments
As I was saying . . .
It’s a wonder we can speak at all. And, like, be understood. And not smacked. Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently
Tagged Culture, Word Play
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The Zen of Good Instructions
The verbal version of “the minimum force necessary”? Continue reading
Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently
Tagged Culture, Miscellany, Word Play
12 Comments
Right At
Not making a watch, but using one, for sure. Continue reading
Jews in Baseball Caps
A feel-good story, in part. In large part, maybe. Continue reading
Nice Day if it Don’t Rain
Is it a good thing, to be surprised several times a day? It can be. Continue reading
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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Less is More
A wail from the retail/cultural wilderness. Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, Laughing Frequently, Through the Calendar
Tagged Christmas, Culture
10 Comments
Is It Enough?
Time to step up. Continue reading