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Blog Memories of the Week
OK, this is a chicken, but that's all I have . . .
And here's an old riff on the traditional thanks-giving song:
Quote of the Week
When parents talk about having a child who is ill or struggling, nonparents often take the wrong message. They think, Thank God I was spared all that pain. If I can’t order up the precise specifications for my child, the condition in which he emerges, the choices he’ll make, if I can’t be assured that he’ll skirt the dangers that await him, maybe it’s better not to have children at all.
Those of us who know the airless terror of the 10 steps between the second you first glimpse your child’s surgeon through the glass doors and the moment he’s standing in front of you, delivering the verdict—we don’t think this way. Each time one of ours is ill or in pain, we think, Thank God I am here for him.
Source: Abigail Shrier, The Free Press
Posted: 2025 Oct 10Music of the Week
Our politics probably vary, but I expect that we all hope for the hostages to come home, for all the killing to stop, and for a better life for all people in the region.
Photo Memory of the Week
Tag Archives: Flowers
Awe
How to forget yourself. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, New Perspectives, Photos of Flora
Tagged Attitudes, Flowers
10 Comments
Trip Report
Another look or two at two former and always homes. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Fauna, Photos of Landscapes, Through Canada
Tagged Birds, Flowers, Travel
15 Comments
More Scenes of Ireland
More miscellaneous Donegal scenes. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Landscapes, Through Space
Tagged Beaches, Bridges, Buildings, Flowers, Skies
8 Comments
More than Pretty Hills
Scenes of Ireland Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Fauna, Photos of Flora, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Birds, Flowers, Mammals, Terra Firma, Travel, Water
10 Comments
How Fast?
Thank goodness for differences of opinion. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Laughing Frequently
Tagged Flowers, Poetry, Weather
10 Comments
Squares and Rectangles
The mathematics of beauty Continue reading
Poppy Surprise
Live and learn. And collect poppies. Continue reading
Roy G Biv
Herewith, my (Canadian) Thanksgiving post. YouTube still has no category for my content, which is a nature-photography/feel-good mash-up, 100% non-denominational, non-partisan, and non-fattening. I can’t imagine why. One thing I learned making this video is that the mnemonic for the … Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Nature Videos, Through the Calendar
Tagged Birds, Flowers, Skies
14 Comments
Awatto and Environs
A staycation of sorts. Continue reading