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: History
Naming the Clouds
Mr. Howard, I salute you . . . . Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, New Perspectives, Through History
Tagged History, Science, Skies, Weather
8 Comments
Parking-lot Planting
It’s a fossil. It’s a tree. Stop, you’re both right. Continue reading
. . . How It’s Going
More then/now juxtapositions. Continue reading
Hold Out Your Hand
A half-century-plus? Are you kidding me? Continue reading
It’s Official
I have become my mother. Continue reading
Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently
Tagged Aging, History, Word Play
18 Comments
It’s Formal
Charles is King. Now what? Continue reading
Redux: Various
Eggs, birds, and bridges: A transient golden braid. Continue reading
Gradually and then Suddenly
Just one woman. But what a woman. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Mortality
Tagged Community, Death, History
14 Comments
Wow, Yikes, Hmm
Living in permanent communities: not as easy as it looks. Continue reading