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Photo Memory of the Week
Posted: 2023 Nov 25
Tweet of the Week
I was this-many years old when I learned the origin of the expression "a bolt from the blue."
Lightning comes in different flavors.
But can you name the different types of bolts?
This chart does a useful and interesting recap.
[📈 John Blackford]
[📸 Olivier Vandeginste/atmospheres.be] pic.twitter.com/6TfegNqBmT— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 25, 2023
The Week’s Best Example of Making Merry
LOL! 🤣
Long before babies can speak conventionally, they begin laughing - making laughter one of humankind’s earliest and most important forms of communication.
For your baby, laughter (which typically begins at about 3 months of age) conveys much more than just “I find this… https://t.co/zoIYstbiNG pic.twitter.com/gM0PqCET7a
— Dan Wuori (@DanWuori) November 23, 2023
Music of the Week
Posted: 2023 Nov 25
Poetry of the Week
This is not a loaf of bread
This is daily sanctuary
This is breakfast in bed
Or beans on toast for tea.This is not a loaf of bread
This is shared community
This is a soup-dipped crust
Or a picnic lunch for three.This is not a loaf of bread
This is tasty alchemy
This is a gravy soaker-upper
Or a gourmet chip butty.This is not a loaf of bread
This is a crafted recipe
Of sun and rain and earth
And oven-baked poetry.
Tag Archives: Holidays
Enough
Having enough. Of everything. Continue reading
The Christmas Frog
The best gift ever. Continue reading
Aliens in the Midst
There are aliens among us. Space aliens, that is, not illegal aliens, although when you think about it, they may well be both. After all, it’s hard to see that stealthy invaders from another galaxy would have filled in the … Continue reading
Love Never Fails
The over-abundance of tacky Valentine’s Day gifts leads to musings about the true nature of love. Continue reading
Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow
Transforming an often miserable Hallowe’en into the Day of the Dead – a remembrance and celebration of our dead. The snowdrifts are knee high and hard crusted; the snow underfoot is so dry it squeaks. With the temperature hovering … Continue reading
The Test of Life
We have lost the test of life, he informs me, handing my drycleaning over the counter. I am, in quick succession, startled, panicked and then indignant: who knew a test of life had even been scheduled? Some hand waving clarifies … Continue reading
Only in Canada, Eh?
Happy Simcoe Day! What’s that you say? Never heard of it? You’re in good company — or numerous company, at least. Most Torontonians have never heard of it either, and they have less excuse than you do: it’s been their … Continue reading
Once is Happenstance
He’d won. Ignoring the reviews, we’d gone to see the dick flick (exploding helicopters) instead of the chick flick (exploding relationships). It was terrible: he admitted as much, during the credits. But I couldn’t leave it alone. As we shuffled … Continue reading
Everything I Need to Know About Love, I Learned at the Movies
Herewith, Week #3 of my 5-week ‘tribute to the movies’ series. As Valentine’s Day looms, this week’s topic is love, true love. Men can’t help lying about sex; women can’t help telling the truth. I don’t know which is worse. … Continue reading