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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: Sports
The Sound of Many Hands Clapping
Culture: the sort-of common remembrance of things past. Continue reading
On the Scoreboard
Curling commentary: It’s just such a trove of life wisdom, innit? Continue reading
Posted in New Perspectives, Sports and Exercise, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Attitudes, Sports
8 Comments
Baseball with Benefits
A big bang to the end of the local baseball season. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Miscellany, Sports
10 Comments
An At-home Failure
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Bat that Ball
Not a typical Vegas weekend. Continue reading
A Moment in the Sun
A season ends. Continue reading
Never, Maybe, Sometimes, Yes!
Curling: always the exception, never the rule. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, Sports and Exercise, Sports Videos
Tagged Attitudes, Sports
10 Comments
The Last Time
A question for all time, and our times. Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Policy, Sports and Exercise, Thinking Broadly, Through History
Tagged Citizenship, Critical Thinking, History, Sports
4 Comments
Never Overwhelmed
Running endlessly and thinking of poetry. Continue reading