Yesterday’s featured Wikipedia article was on the German mathematician Emmy Noether. She had a fascinating, challenging life, and fled the Nazi regime to settle at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. There are so many interesting paths to follow with her story. A good starting point is a podcast called The Dead Ladies Show. Excluded from […]
June 16th 2025: Family and Friends “We must take care of our families wherever we find them.” —Elizabeth Gilbert (born 1969)author “Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.” —Michael J. Fox (born 1961)Actor, activist “Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.” —John Maxwellspeaker, author “Anything is possible when you have the […]
Let Us Enumerate the Enumerations Hate the sin. Hate the sinner. Hate the sin. Love the sinner. Love the sin. Hate the sinner. Love the sin. Love the sinner. (WLBOTT’s favorite)
The Devon, Alberta Parade Devon, Alberta recently celebrated the Devon Days Parade. Many turned out on this beautiful Saturday to enjoy unique floats showcasing local businesses, groups, and organizations in Devon. Many people commute to Devon from the nearby suburb of Edmonton. We were impressed by the general rectangularness of the surrounding Devon countryside. Thanks […]
[ed. note: this is satire. All images were generated by AI] Malaria Trump recently attended her husband’s Big Beautiful Military Parade. Sadly, her enjoyment of the parade was diminished by an infection from a recent tattoo. Class++ to the West Wing To enhance the already classy additions the current administration has made to the West […]
We Will Not Be Moved [ed. note: images in this post are AI generated] “No Nos Moverán” (“We Shall Not Be Moved”) has deep roots in labor movements and civil rights struggles in both the U.S. and Latin America. In Spanish-speaking communities, it became a hymn of resistance—against fascism, against dictatorship, and now, against state […]
Confounded by an embarrassment of riches? Need to tip the karma scales in your favor? Want to get on St. Peter’s good side? May we recommend a donation to ENGin – you’ll be helping Ukrainian students learn English as they prepare for a bright and prosperous future, free of foreign invaders, and a promise of […]
June 9th 2025: Gratitude “The struggle ends when gratitude begins.” Neale Donald Walsch – Author Some Historical Expressions of Gratitude A grandmother silently gives her last piece of black bread to her grandson, kneeling to thank the soil, even though it has betrayed her this year. She whispers a prayer of gratitude—not for the bread, […]
We continue our journey to find solace and succor in art. Please join us at the WLBOTT Art Gallery and Laundromat. Beata Beatrix The WLBOTT Solace and Succor Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s elegiac painting of Dante’s muse, Beatrice, caught in that suspended moment between life and death, ecstasy and stillness. Beatrice stands for purity, memory, and artistic obsession. WLBOTT Elders are similarly devoted […]
As the world crumbles around us (today it is L.A.), let us find solace and succor in art. Ophelia The WLBOTT Solace and Succor “The Lady of Shalott” by John William Waterhouse The Lady of Shalott, an 1888 oil-on-canvas painting, is one of John William Waterhouse‘s most famous works. It depicts a scene from Tennyson’s […]