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: Culture
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
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
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
Say Wut
A plea for a reinstatement, not a request for a repeat. Continue reading
Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently
Tagged Conversations, Culture, Word Play
10 Comments
Happy Victoria Day
How old am I? Old enough to forget about long weekends, that’s how. Continue reading
Wednesday’s Child
As they do from time to time, my birthday and Mother’s Day coincide this year. Continue reading
Bread Alone
More fun and games with all good/bad. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, New Perspectives
Tagged Culture, Food & Drink
15 Comments