Photo Memory of the Week
From the Garden of the Gods, Colorado.

Cloud of the Week
Ladies and gentlemen, meet this week's cloud(s). It reminded me of those photos of two streams of water (one clear, one laden with silt), merging into a new river.

Place: Drumheller, Royal Tyrrell Museum
Posted: 2026 Oct 24Read my posts about clouds: here and here
Read knowledgeable stuff about clouds: here
Quote of the Week
To approach the badlands is to find a gap in the known and expected world.
- Robert KroetschAn interesting figure: spend some time with him, here. He died at 83 in a car accident near Drumheller.
Posted: Oct 24
Music of the Week
Tag Archives: Death
When We Go
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The First Day
Last January 1st, I wrote the piece that follows this introduction to try to quiet the noise in my head after my father’s death just a few weeks earlier. Last spring, writing after the death of his own father, Rabbi … Continue reading
The Old Man’s Friend
My 88-year-old father died last December. This is dedicated to him. Pneumonia is the old man’s friend. Passing along this wisdom from his cousin-the-doctor to my then 20-something self, my father is amused by my momentary startlement. But my slight … Continue reading