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Photo Memory of the Week
Posted: 2025 Apr 04
Poetry of the Week
The Rhodora
- Ralph Waldo EmersonRhodora! if the sages ask thee why
This charm is wasted on the earth and sky,
Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing,
Then Beauty is its own excuse for being:
Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose!
I never thought to ask, I never knew:
But, in my simple ignorance, suppose
The self-same Power that brought me there brought you.Posted: 2025 Apr 04
Category Archives: New Perspectives
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Posted in Appreciating Deeply, New Perspectives, You are Here
Tagged Skies, Technology, Terra Firma
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Posted in New Perspectives, Thinking Broadly, You are Here
Tagged Community, Critical Thinking
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The Good Old Days
Ah for the good old days, when “extra” actually meant something. Continue reading
Speak of the Devil
Three times is enemy action. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, New Perspectives, Sports and Exercise
Tagged Critical Thinking, Sports
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Bad Choices; Good Outcomes
Pragmatic advice that respects the limits of human memory and, maybe, the limits of human cognition. Continue reading
Posted in New Perspectives, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Attitudes, Critical Thinking, Musicians, Storytellers, Technology
12 Comments
A Known Good Row
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Posted in Management and Work, New Perspectives, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Critical Thinking, Knitting, Sports
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You Said It All So Clean
John Dean, John Dean, I know just what you mean. John Dean, (artistic pause), you said it all so clean. Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, Laughing Frequently, New Perspectives
Tagged Attitudes, Knitting, Miscellany
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Sufficient Unto the Day
Life’s little instructions rethought. Continue reading
The Drum Roll, Please
An exciting announcement, on behalf of the Government of Canada. You heard it here first. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, New Perspectives, Officialdom, Photos of Flora
Tagged Community, Other Plants
6 Comments