Category Archives: Thoughts

On Lead and Off Lead, Morning Walk Stories

Awareness of the outside world. “Health issues in wives significantly increase divorce, particularly in older couples.” Psychology Today: What’s Behind a Shocking New Divorce Pattern. Sills, May 16, 2025. An unpleasant topic. I’ve forwarded the article twice recently, which means it’s probably worth sharing here. We’re fine. The people I talked to are fine. ItContinue reading “On Lead and Off Lead, Morning Walk Stories”

Summer Shoes

Awareness of the outside world. “Importantly, modern identity labels (gay, trans) didn’t exist in the 1400s so we don’t know what labels these people would’ve chosen … but … as long as I keep getting undergrads in my classroom whose educations-so-far left them with the impression homosexuality didn’t exist between Socrates and Oscar Wilde (sigh)Continue reading “Summer Shoes”

City Class Final, List of Posts

Table of Contents for class posts plus tidbits that did not fit in elsewhere. Online class, UC Graham: From Istanbul to Cairo: The City in the Historical Novels of the Middle East. Cairo Tidbits The Taste of Egypt had a shirt that says, Welcome Thursday in Arabic. Took me a minute. Answer below. BBC: TheContinue reading “City Class Final, List of Posts”

Grub Gets a Glamour Shot, Photography

Photography of the outside world. Are you old enough to remember when Glamour Shots was big? An undated website lists a store in Texas and one in New Jersey. Glamour Shots: Locations. “Glamour Shots® was considered the first in the industry showing customers their proofs on a monitor right after their session and allowing themContinue reading “Grub Gets a Glamour Shot, Photography”

Another Lesson Possibility, Albeit Unlikely

Awareness of the outside world. “When a neighbourhood mechanic was tagged, Griffin turned the mark into a jaunty blue horse.” CBC: Graffiti tags get art makeover. Hat tip to P. ~~~ Looking at a dressage barn. Lessons would be a good refresher while we try to get on the right side of the horse distributionContinue reading “Another Lesson Possibility, Albeit Unlikely”