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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: Terra Firma
Every One
One kind of reflection from our recent road trip. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Community, Skies, Terra Firma
16 Comments
Red Rock – Part 3
Important cosmological update. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Terra Firma
6 Comments
Red Rock – Part 2
Different perspectives: the same beauty. Continue reading
Red Rock – Part 1
You don’t get much *firma* than this *terra*. Continue reading
Canada Day
A video to mark Canada Day 2022. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Event Videos, Nature Videos, Travel Videos
Tagged Community, Flowers, History, Insects, Mammals, Mountains, Skies, Terra Firma, Trees, Water
16 Comments
More than Pretty Hills
Scenes of Ireland Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Fauna, Photos of Flora, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Birds, Flowers, Mammals, Terra Firma, Travel, Water
10 Comments
On the Road Again
New views from old places. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Skies, Sunrises and Sunsets, Terra Firma
9 Comments
Worth Doing
More fun with misquotations. And with blueberries. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Citizenship, Critical Thinking, Miscellany, Terra Firma, Word Play
6 Comments
Worth Many Words
More ways to understand where we are. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, New Perspectives, You are Here
Tagged Science, Terra Firma, Water
4 Comments