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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: Word Play
It’s Official
I have become my mother. Continue reading
Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently
Tagged Aging, History, Word Play
18 Comments
Do Not Follow Not
Send what you want out into the Universe . . . Continue reading
Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Word Play
11 Comments
All Too Too
Say it once once, dagnab it. Continue reading
Distracted Again
Another linguistic ponderable. Continue reading
A Cleaner Canvas
The art of architecture and of cooking. Continue reading
Not One Thing
It’s not just attitude advice. Continue reading
The Cover of Trees Seek Not, My Precious
CBC, the Government of Canada, Desiderata, Gollum, and Yoda. Continue reading
I Sink, Therefore I Am
More fun with idioms. And physics. (Your results may vary.) Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Flora
Tagged Flowers, Water, Word Play
8 Comments
Hold My Beer and Farewell Best Beloved
History in the making. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, Through History, Through the Calendar
Tagged History, Word Play
6 Comments