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: Military
Waiting for It
Not a happy or comfortable place to stand. Just an important one. Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, Management and Work, Relationships and Behaviour, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Culture, Military
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Route Six Six
It’s almost enough to make you want to cut your hair. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Mortality, Through History
Tagged Community, History, Military
12 Comments
Coming Home
Because Red Green was right: We’re all in this together. Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, Relationships and Behaviour
Tagged Citizenship, Community, Military
8 Comments
One Man One Kit
These are the good old days. Continue reading
The Boat that Won WWII
Another famous guy I’d never heard of. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Thinking Broadly, Through History
Tagged History, Military, Trains & Boats & Planes
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Blather — Cabinet Shuffle
Blather from the recent Cabinet shuffle. Continue reading
In Memory
Honour, if not glory. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Event Videos, Feeling Clearly, Photos of Built Stuff, Through History
Tagged Citizenship, History, Military
8 Comments
Fort Jefferson Redux
Bricks and stones. Continue reading
Fort Jefferson, Garden Key FL
A peak into America’s push westward. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Built Stuff, Through History
Tagged Buildings, History, Military
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