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
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Songwriting 101 – who knew it was this hard? Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Landscapes, Through Canada
Tagged Christmas, Military, Terra Firma
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More than Remembrance
A Remembrance Day prayer. Continue reading
National Treasure #168: Filip Konowal
A Victoria Cross winner. Continue reading
Redux: RMCC Recruits, Laura Secord, and Abortion
Multi-media extravaganza: a TED Talk and more on Laura Ingersoll Secord. Video! Music! Monuments! And rants about political parties . . . Continue reading
Posted in Another Thing, Appreciating Deeply, Through Canada
Tagged Community, History, Military
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Recruit Obstacle Course, Kingston ON
A freeze-frame view of a highly kinetic afternoon. Continue reading
Mid-Week Movie #8: Grit
#LocalHero meets #AnOfficerAndAGentleman in this rousing tribute to the Class of 2021. Continue reading
Redux: Cohen & Carlson, Hamlet & Charles
Visual and performance art. Continue reading
National Treasure #162: Laura Secord
The myth and the woman. Continue reading
Various, Kingston ON
Expected, unexpected, and oh-I-wish images from the Royal Military College. Continue reading