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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
Desert Daisy
Breathtaking colour in an often sere landscape. Continue reading
Grow, Grow, Thou Winter Rose
Never double-dog dare a poet. Continue reading
Posted in Another Thing, Feeling Clearly, Laughing Frequently
Tagged Conversations, Flowers, Weather
8 Comments
What to Do?
Consider the weeds of the field. Continue reading
Posted in Mortality, New Perspectives, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Flora, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Aging, Flowers, Trees
11 Comments
Autumn Crocus, Glenveagh National Park
First reactions and best guesses. Continue reading
Sunflowers, Petersfield MB
Footwear matters. Continue reading
Black-eyed Susans at Sunrise, Lake Clear
Once you’re up, you might as well look around. Continue reading
Trilliums (Trillii?)
Mysteries of the trillii. Continue reading
Gift from Vancouver
A side benefit of Confederation. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Flora, Through Canada
Tagged Flowers, Other Plants, Trees
4 Comments
Flowering Crabapple Trees, Lexington VA
If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Flora, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Flowers, Trees
4 Comments