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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: Water
Just Pretty
An early-morning dew-like object. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Other Plants, Water
8 Comments
Swamps and Sunsets
Another kind of reflection from a cross-country drive. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Birds, Skies, Water
12 Comments
Redux: Pop-up Oasis #2
The first oasis was in Tempe/Mesa; this one was aboot 40 miles south of metro Phoenix in Casa Grande. And yes, categorizing this as “photos of landscapes” and using the “beaches” tag are both a bit of poetic license. Continue reading
Posted in Another Thing, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Beaches, Business, Reflections, Water
4 Comments
Puddle. Big Puddle.
Free development advice. Worth what they paid for it. Well, worth no more than that. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, Photos of Built Stuff, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Business, Water
14 Comments
Dew Drops on Hot-Tub Covers and Turtles on Warm Rocks
It won’t ever be a Broadway song for Julie Andrews. Continue reading
Optical Mystery: Take 2
The things I don’t know. Continue reading
For the Glory of the Skies
Look over: Look way over. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Nature Videos, Through the Calendar
Tagged Skies, Sunrises and Sunsets, Water
10 Comments
Nine-Tenths
Don’t be so dense. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Community, Science, Water
14 Comments
Loony Tunes and Others
Another Canada Day. Continue reading