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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: Weather
Not Yet
I hear rain running down the downspout: a wonderful sound in a parched land. Continue reading
Things Not Seen
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
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
Dramatic Cool
Last week, raindrops; this week, snowflakes. In the billions. Continue reading
Unreasonable, Unseasonable
Rain, rain, go away. After I get this shot. Continue reading
The Spit Test
Never give up; always dig up. Continue reading