Archives: Weekly Thoughts
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Wild Cards! – July 21, 2025
Krazy Pic 1 Most of the time, I can usually semi-manage parallel parking, if I have to. But I think I’d be horrible at ‘perpendicular parking’! Krazy Pic 2 Speaking of parking . . . At last – someone understands me! Cartoon of the Week The wisdom of our elders? I think many of us can empathize with…
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Photo of the Week – July 7, 2025
Estes Park, Colorado Taken on a hike while visiting friends in Spring 2002 (give or take a year?) From the Maine to Alaska Collection
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Quotes for the Week – July 7, 2025
Food For Thought The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. Bertrand Russell Fun & Smiles Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? George Carlin
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Wild Cards! July 7, 2025
Krazy Pic 1 Uh, wait . . . something is amiss here. I fear someone may have failed Kindergarten? Krazy Pic 2 And, speaking of kindergarten . . . Isn’t this a clever wording? (Thanks to subscriber Anita Dixon, and her sister Diane Litow, who took the picture and sent it to Anita.) Cartoon of the Week I…
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Photo of the Week – June 23, 2025
Village of Flam in Norway I’m sure I probably shared this back in Fall of ’23, but I love this village and this shot, so it’s making an encore. This village (Flam) is at the end of Norway’s longest fjord, and is the start (or finish) of the Flam Railway, which, though short (20 km) is…
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Quotes for the Week – June 23, 2025
Food For Thought You can be whatever you want to be, but that’s nowhere near as important as knowing that you can be exactly who you are. Fredrik Backman Fun & Smiles To you I’m an atheist . . . . To God I’m the loyal opposition. Woody Allen
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Wild Cards – June 23, 2025
Krazy Pic 1 Either there’s some minor theft in this neighborhood, or there’s a clever sign maker. Or, perhaps . . . BOTH? Krazy Pic 2 I would think we can be 99% sure this picture is staged, don’t you think? On the other hand, I’m rapidly beginning to feel the need for this convenience! Krazy Pic 3 …
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Photo(s) of the Week – June 9, 2025
Inside an Austrian Abbey Near Vienna I’ve lost track of which Abbey this is. It is not the famous Melk Abbey, but it might be the Heiligenkreuz Abbey, which seems to ignite familiar memories. Taken in May 2007. From the Across the Pond Collection BONUS PHOTO: For the past week or so, there’s been a new…
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Quotes for the Week – June 9, 2025
Food For Thought It is good to have an end to journey towards, but it is the journey that matters in the end. Ursula LeGuin Fun & Smiles My life is a performance for which I was never given a chance to rehearse. Ashleigh Brilliant
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Wild Cards – June 9, 2025
Krazy Pic 1 If you’re familiar with The Princess Bride (and who isn’t, perhaps?), you’ll be familiar with the line “I do not think you know the meaning of that word.” That’s the feeling I get here. Krazy Pic 2 Table for two? Excellent view, I’ll grant you. But I don’t think my stomach and I would…