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Photo Memory of the Week
Video of the Week: “It was an ambush!”
Leeloo whups a bunch of armed and nasty aliens, unarmed and all by her own self.
The quote is at timestamp 1:43.
Poetry of the Week
On Tender Hooks
- by Brian BilstonLet me cut to the cheese:
every time you open your mouth,
I’m on tender hooks.You charge at the English language
like a bowl in a china shop.
Please nip it in the butt.On the spurt of the moment,
the phrases tumble out.
It’s time you gave up the goat.Curve your enthusiasm.
Don’t give them free range.
The chickens will come home to roast.Now you are in high dungeon.
You think me a damp squid:
on your phrases I shouldn’t impose.But they spread like wildflowers
in a doggy-dog world,
and your spear of influence grows.Posted: 2025 Apr 20
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Tag Archives: Weather
Things Not Seen
Posted in Feeling Clearly, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Skies, Weather
14 Comments
Not Fall, Not Winter, Not Nice
Who planned these transitions? No, not the political ones: the seasonal ones. Continue reading
Crabby?
When you can’t see the thing you love, love the thing you see. Continue reading
Celestial and Planetary Events
A report from the road. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Flora
Tagged Science, Skies, Technology, Trees, Weather
12 Comments
The Night Lengthens . . .
“There are only two times of the year when the Earth’s axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun, resulting in a “nearly” equal amount of daylight and darkness at all latitudes…. The “nearly” equal hours of day and night is due to refraction of sunlight or a bending of the light’s rays that causes the sun to appear above the horizon when the actual position of the sun is below the horizon.” You’ll be relieved to know that this is the last you’ll hear of these mechanics from me. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Mortality, Through the Calendar, You are Here
Tagged Science, Weather
10 Comments
Dramatic Cool
Last week, raindrops; this week, snowflakes. In the billions. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Landscapes, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Attitudes, Trees, Weather
16 Comments
Unreasonable, Unseasonable
Rain, rain, go away. After I get this shot. Continue reading
The Spit Test
Never give up; always dig up. Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, Laughing Frequently, Sports and Exercise, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Weather
8 Comments
Swish, Clang, Brr
The tnirely Canadian sensibility of the Canada Goose. Continue reading