tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168703552024-03-26T07:47:15.085+01:00Monk's Progress ~<i>. . . about little things, and the Big . . . </i>Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789609881681811818noreply@blogger.comBlogger768125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16870355.post-29044317570708615742024-03-08T15:58:00.003+01:002024-03-17T21:18:54.405+01:00How Germany reacts to the Far Right ~ <div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAoZR0UvTEtEeNjjB8qfjET-8uQWIOSTSu_G6jrUgkRxXqTTHP53rFhx4leVS7VM9l1tpg8pzbimB1yXgdaHpqGMsM1CQiV9-jRShIrZ65GZTn3e2-D3AAJcmqZRLUd2F2-x_irIGs0caPiEo5ci8Iems_OP7CBb8iydyiYd-zKDomNw-81Q/s1024/22-01-Anti-far-right-Protest-Germany.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAoZR0UvTEtEeNjjB8qfjET-8uQWIOSTSu_G6jrUgkRxXqTTHP53rFhx4leVS7VM9l1tpg8pzbimB1yXgdaHpqGMsM1CQiV9-jRShIrZ65GZTn3e2-D3AAJcmqZRLUd2F2-x_irIGs0caPiEo5ci8Iems_OP7CBb8iydyiYd-zKDomNw-81Q/w640-h360/22-01-Anti-far-right-Protest-Germany.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When will this happen in the USA? </div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: Fridays For Future Germany</span></div></div>Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789609881681811818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16870355.post-30525997148101105232024-03-01T21:16:00.003+01:002024-03-17T21:19:49.118+01:00She Carries on the Struggle ~ In spite of Threats <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIBKdRUjth21K-w-7gRCJJ5rqXu4JAdvIa67O7TLVt8WKS_fG3ZPMuePE9JVWT2PBL-lMELg21CDiCJeQUu-PaaM_g_UYiTI_E795r2Wg146oqRCujsKFkJOgdK4n71cdHKrsnTI2pY2VamgUsn3E840tqQmyB49nUza8misa5nUNtorPDrw/s299/images.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="169" data-original-width="299" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIBKdRUjth21K-w-7gRCJJ5rqXu4JAdvIa67O7TLVt8WKS_fG3ZPMuePE9JVWT2PBL-lMELg21CDiCJeQUu-PaaM_g_UYiTI_E795r2Wg146oqRCujsKFkJOgdK4n71cdHKrsnTI2pY2VamgUsn3E840tqQmyB49nUza8misa5nUNtorPDrw/w400-h226/images.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> Alexei Navalny's wife, Julia</div><div style="text-align: center;">before the European Parliament.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: The Parliament Magazine</span></span></div>Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789609881681811818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16870355.post-89377834171952210282024-02-18T20:36:00.005+01:002024-02-29T11:51:42.118+01:00Man of Courage ~ Alexei Anatolyevich Navalny<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ypYdT8pcAN3iT78sBpXYz1UfyHBXmgjAYJLaatqhEKe8Lrl8nPl5D2YceeX6oUaBdYQGJkxk_f6OwONWaD4UvXlZCNCoKZvrJsyH7OaOqkyYmZ21o5_a7Iovnt3YODtbW4oFgJR8vh6aUhlu5ycLcHfO-XN0VacVCyczxKJmuduB_ZrI8A/s768/Navalny-sentenced.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ypYdT8pcAN3iT78sBpXYz1UfyHBXmgjAYJLaatqhEKe8Lrl8nPl5D2YceeX6oUaBdYQGJkxk_f6OwONWaD4UvXlZCNCoKZvrJsyH7OaOqkyYmZ21o5_a7Iovnt3YODtbW4oFgJR8vh6aUhlu5ycLcHfO-XN0VacVCyczxKJmuduB_ZrI8A/s320/Navalny-sentenced.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"> <span>† Feb.16, 2024 </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> He was a patriot. He loved Russia, but a different one that Putin's.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: AEJ</span></span></div><p></p>Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789609881681811818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16870355.post-907041116040022002024-01-06T11:29:00.003+01:002024-01-06T11:44:05.802+01:00Remembering January 6, 2021<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfjb0pIdMZD-dRD2LN8gRVEEUBBTdmIFlwdhCcVQ7j4MgwlfBHRExuiy8t-H-8vMesUCfIPUTGa3xdku62VGgGuTPnUArl0LMIV9ESQsLuI6nsE7tcIuyrk5fpIkLdChKmRvxJ4Zb64M7Mj-FZUxnPewsHEH2ZKoqlotCBhNeUPPjtFAhvxA/s275/images.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfjb0pIdMZD-dRD2LN8gRVEEUBBTdmIFlwdhCcVQ7j4MgwlfBHRExuiy8t-H-8vMesUCfIPUTGa3xdku62VGgGuTPnUArl0LMIV9ESQsLuI6nsE7tcIuyrk5fpIkLdChKmRvxJ4Zb64M7Mj-FZUxnPewsHEH2ZKoqlotCBhNeUPPjtFAhvxA/s1600/images.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: center;">Most Americans still wince when thinking back to this day. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: AL.com</span></p>Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789609881681811818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16870355.post-17849456740889071312023-11-10T18:23:00.004+01:002024-01-15T17:28:53.634+01:00Sign of the Times ~<p>When they started putting electric light bulbs in sanctuary lamps, the Catholic church started to falter.</p>Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789609881681811818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16870355.post-78394284420896304322023-09-11T10:15:00.000+02:002023-09-11T10:15:26.015+02:00Remembering the Day ~<p> Nine Eleven</p>
<br />On September eleven<br />
when it happened<br />
while we watched<br />
we could not help thinking about<br />
our own thin brick walls<br />
left standing around us<br />
here, in the heartland.<br />
<br />
Walled in between<br />
panic and gratitude<br />
we sat gaping,<br />
not noticing<br />
how our helpless tears<br />
would not stop falling.<div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.cingolani.com/27.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source</span></a></div>Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789609881681811818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16870355.post-19325534022646591872023-08-21T21:17:00.004+02:002023-10-25T21:17:41.175+02:00Monk's Progress Started Here ~
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="280" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OI5dKMlrfzU" title="In the Wheat ~ 1 ~ A Boy's Search for God" width="630"></iframe>Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789609881681811818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16870355.post-78469392709366442202023-08-15T15:33:00.002+02:002023-08-15T15:44:33.699+02:00A Nation of Maimed Men ~ <p>For all our ingenuity, where is the inventor of a device to let landmines explode before courageous Ukrainians pass over. <br /><br /></p>Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789609881681811818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16870355.post-62072688600878700522023-07-20T17:37:00.008+02:002023-07-22T12:12:54.300+02:00A Weighty Choice~<p>It is much easier to live with an illusion than with reality, . . . with a belief than with a fact. </p>Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789609881681811818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16870355.post-77941204314030877142023-07-01T12:05:00.003+02:002024-03-17T21:21:01.241+01:00Bolsonaro ~<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisfDFc8YBwz3oHS9pBHP-uPIIcYI-HfopIE-_jxSXd_h1Nov9Er-hXfTIXoPHoOG7eUfcLxTSlWl3Yngj9dHc7r5vXP0eMFOmRXp5eYdX3eqYMnhsNKgw2Y8B3zhVXfuoL1YgWuvZGDipdZGBDG9dUnyNNJOPw-DKdDIjQtkp9t7U0ZUD3TA/s271/Bolsonaro.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="271" data-original-width="186" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisfDFc8YBwz3oHS9pBHP-uPIIcYI-HfopIE-_jxSXd_h1Nov9Er-hXfTIXoPHoOG7eUfcLxTSlWl3Yngj9dHc7r5vXP0eMFOmRXp5eYdX3eqYMnhsNKgw2Y8B3zhVXfuoL1YgWuvZGDipdZGBDG9dUnyNNJOPw-DKdDIjQtkp9t7U0ZUD3TA/s1600/Bolsonaro.jpg" width="186" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small; text-align: center;"> Wikipedia</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Brazil's answer: Not allowed to run for office until 2030.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></div><p></p>Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789609881681811818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16870355.post-68547504585589014552023-07-01T11:27:00.012+02:002023-07-01T11:52:27.125+02:00Wisdom ~<p>Only the man who is able<i> to stand alone</i> can see reality as it is, free from the opinion of others. </p><p><br /></p>Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789609881681811818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16870355.post-3058855708417337942023-06-24T18:14:00.002+02:002023-06-26T21:57:14.030+02:00At My Window ~ Summer Gift<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8hWlfYCqglIb4ZTPdVGQ9B2sku7EDClErACqKqhyR_pP57rydAgd5l34IIxTv6OV4LHB--TItibtNMCmjLt4iPP6kSs0h0unfAnlWo5f6iNNwjH4mNALauOvqAiIR8XRo0mpC4i9Vc0Qk1ynmHzPIgRsozq5r4U-x0H4Og4d_JiRv00s/s640/window.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8hWlfYCqglIb4ZTPdVGQ9B2sku7EDClErACqKqhyR_pP57rydAgd5l34IIxTv6OV4LHB--TItibtNMCmjLt4iPP6kSs0h0unfAnlWo5f6iNNwjH4mNALauOvqAiIR8XRo0mpC4i9Vc0Qk1ynmHzPIgRsozq5r4U-x0H4Og4d_JiRv00s/w240-h320/window.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This happened without my doing.</span></div></div><p></p>Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789609881681811818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16870355.post-29409712352819879622023-06-16T20:41:00.003+02:002024-03-17T21:21:52.249+01:00Boris Johnson ~ Made to Resign<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJ0TebfJi79ImIWBTbWEwDpiTh_WRyPZHM7AZ42WsOuH9xiTkSN5ZtcqAvmmv5elL-5S-X_mFFEAVfkgx9eurnliHCNyW_y5MSVudwwvVK9XiMnfFeCM3ybnu7quVbmbl7-21uyWOODyWAQFVTqqaZY7XxFOVEHq7Q9ET8C-wseAGaiM/s989/ducks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="803" data-original-width="989" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJ0TebfJi79ImIWBTbWEwDpiTh_WRyPZHM7AZ42WsOuH9xiTkSN5ZtcqAvmmv5elL-5S-X_mFFEAVfkgx9eurnliHCNyW_y5MSVudwwvVK9XiMnfFeCM3ybnu7quVbmbl7-21uyWOODyWAQFVTqqaZY7XxFOVEHq7Q9ET8C-wseAGaiM/s320/ducks.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> The whole family came paddling by . . . </div><p></p>Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789609881681811818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16870355.post-44324458128641668202023-04-24T17:11:00.000+02:002023-04-24T17:11:57.441+02:00A ReliableTest ~<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi94q1T4OMa4cHxbrEUAkF_rVLAupIxYx4Rx61OENygzF22tcH8i3YgCNjG44R6VTXe6D8EH8RSoONJLGVGwv0QcSKbSkXh29Wd-TKQ1FMR2ycCtw3uau5OM5uMYnnXEcbVnW_J24FmCJxtD7dip2pBhK5X7i7bpE_h8e5lQ5RLfV125gQ/s376/images%20(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="134" data-original-width="376" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi94q1T4OMa4cHxbrEUAkF_rVLAupIxYx4Rx61OENygzF22tcH8i3YgCNjG44R6VTXe6D8EH8RSoONJLGVGwv0QcSKbSkXh29Wd-TKQ1FMR2ycCtw3uau5OM5uMYnnXEcbVnW_J24FmCJxtD7dip2pBhK5X7i7bpE_h8e5lQ5RLfV125gQ/s320/images%20(3).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> To assess a person's refinement: watch him while eating. </p>Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789609881681811818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16870355.post-79720405960017515902023-03-25T21:25:00.000+01:002023-03-25T21:25:43.038+01:00The Cosmos ~<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="960" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYTCWq8HS5hH0vyH5OEjEE2Hu8uLs_4wee-He5CwU1ok09nlS7rigODSaWDbwQzJwpcrYaMRshkbNY4y1wBWVRtKBfop2pw7I6su-ebvSmccf3FMCIyDQW87wzoiWWuWP_cojNDB0vbwWlAx0pvTngI9mmH5fMmwTXFr3jt280TEPH0Z0/w586-h234/Venus-Jupiter2.jpg" width="586" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYTCWq8HS5hH0vyH5OEjEE2Hu8uLs_4wee-He5CwU1ok09nlS7rigODSaWDbwQzJwpcrYaMRshkbNY4y1wBWVRtKBfop2pw7I6su-ebvSmccf3FMCIyDQW87wzoiWWuWP_cojNDB0vbwWlAx0pvTngI9mmH5fMmwTXFr3jt280TEPH0Z0/s960/Venus-Jupiter2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> We can only look out there and wonder . . . </div><p></p>Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789609881681811818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16870355.post-55123906347806179152023-03-15T18:06:00.002+01:002023-04-09T11:17:50.324+02:00Learning to Cope ~<p> The most important dialog is the one between <u>me</u> and <u>myself</u>.</p><p><br /></p>Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789609881681811818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16870355.post-45321477109135174462023-03-04T20:08:00.010+01:002023-04-08T21:02:35.484+02:00Protesting in Russia ~ 2023<p>The father of a 12-year-old girl who drew this antiwar picture in her elementary school art class in Russia is facing criminal charges and a potential three-year prison sentence, and his daughter has been placed temporarily in an orphanage. <span style="font-size: x-small;">The Washington Post</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgScbDEi7XGS9ix_CbmpNgFSTz8LOe8YB7K-_tU9Z79gYfWXtQSUSviht9-kCkj9wVYXGKI4k0Xta0KueHfTRSMX0hg-qXAz7bRspd5rt3PDV0m_Jzf4wZzYoSdOZfHe_d_VP0Cp-f9nNCoglE_fGQ4RixDM4UIr6YZ0nBTPKBBpdBb8tU/s320/Scholl%20%20Der%20Spiegel.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>Hans and Sophie Scholl were students who distributed flyers in the main foyer of the University of Munich protesting the War and Hitler's dictatorship. A janitor took note and called in the Gestapo. They were hauled into court and four days later were beheaded. <span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: dpa</span></div>Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789609881681811818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16870355.post-50131490601076964902023-02-06T21:03:00.008+01:002023-02-13T17:49:12.080+01:00In the Cold of Winter ~<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjycP-9rlBdeGuuuMDZ7FCz8_7_fc3_CUZRrNEFPnOu6oVxU2cdmOH2LQ3CyfuhbkTTX11GwbRNZjtl7md9-eWj766UDI1buLd0i2ZsSAkIsujDpcheB48IOcC_-HpJf7glcvOe_Pt5WBWGOJj6nmvXVJ5ddbX_PhqQEl3ZJW92o7aL0T4/s1763/IMG_0001%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="1763" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjycP-9rlBdeGuuuMDZ7FCz8_7_fc3_CUZRrNEFPnOu6oVxU2cdmOH2LQ3CyfuhbkTTX11GwbRNZjtl7md9-eWj766UDI1buLd0i2ZsSAkIsujDpcheB48IOcC_-HpJf7glcvOe_Pt5WBWGOJj6nmvXVJ5ddbX_PhqQEl3ZJW92o7aL0T4/w400-h270/IMG_0001%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: Brigitte Nake-Mann</span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">Snowdrops in January, Grosser Tiergarten, Berlin </div> <p></p>Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789609881681811818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16870355.post-75707921416602540372023-02-06T15:43:00.006+01:002023-05-23T16:03:12.596+02:00Last Night's Dream ~<p>He was just a young kid who had come back from Vietnam and he was telling me how deathly afraid he was when out on patrol at night opposing the Viet Cong . . . </p>Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789609881681811818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16870355.post-8936485243305925552022-12-24T15:53:00.002+01:002022-12-28T10:29:27.385+01:00Christmas 2022 ~ Three Nativities <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCAGQRMWBoQBQlbwo_oNU6BsXyiNmcfAqV9-J1tijU94wH_KjA9E16Vzdck02lQe_-JB3aQh7CvqO0Zb6xn0heHd8AcjuPuxV8TMdSMM4vuRrB1y2nP81MBvlibA4iortQfU4HNzGfuvpl_3c6j44jWmh-irmCQp12Ob0HJa703Vgh68w/s320/images-_2_%20%281%29.jpg" width="320" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Jesus Christ 0001</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Adolf Hitler <span> 1889</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span><i>Vladimir Putin 1952</i></span></span></div>Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789609881681811818noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16870355.post-57458563398405201092022-11-11T00:30:00.007+01:002023-06-20T21:24:34.075+02:00For Those Who Fought and Died ~ <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_G_GqRc0yLcM5H855bAT78VMZhOEze4w9qVExylbukM3Ge6yxIJnoenlQNRs6SxmSy0VtkD0H4aHL05nkYjsYtjQSzw8xn1t9RMgpj3u9U1WoJhufGQLg39Ncbs454m7He1TB4WLfV2m9Up84_udJa2h0l2Gc3dmwsKfIKxZST6AdLVg/s200/Flag.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="139" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_G_GqRc0yLcM5H855bAT78VMZhOEze4w9qVExylbukM3Ge6yxIJnoenlQNRs6SxmSy0VtkD0H4aHL05nkYjsYtjQSzw8xn1t9RMgpj3u9U1WoJhufGQLg39Ncbs454m7He1TB4WLfV2m9Up84_udJa2h0l2Gc3dmwsKfIKxZST6AdLVg/s1600/Flag.jpg" width="139" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Red and Blue</div><div style="text-align: center;"> What would they think of their country now?</div><p></p>Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789609881681811818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16870355.post-42735703752511269802022-10-30T20:48:00.001+01:002022-10-30T20:48:49.785+01:00The Autumn Leaves ~<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvMYL82BYTE39d4EIx4x0QEDP-Ve95x7I6UiBuWG2obL6FBEapA_Kg6k4R0os4tdfPC1mzSTv0Xe_SQPI3yxUniU7WkbDXNk-UxDYsR6ECms_6q_fs80JgzLStNn-xxZLvSvpP3WfAtbHW29_44B9URU4GN1MmgU6oaGo9aFulQGv9_A/s400/red-leaves-400x368.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="400" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvMYL82BYTE39d4EIx4x0QEDP-Ve95x7I6UiBuWG2obL6FBEapA_Kg6k4R0os4tdfPC1mzSTv0Xe_SQPI3yxUniU7WkbDXNk-UxDYsR6ECms_6q_fs80JgzLStNn-xxZLvSvpP3WfAtbHW29_44B9URU4GN1MmgU6oaGo9aFulQGv9_A/s320/red-leaves-400x368.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The leaves seem to be hanging on a little longer this year, just to give us some colorful cheer in these dreadful times. </p>Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789609881681811818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16870355.post-863859498098890452022-09-11T17:38:00.003+02:002023-04-24T18:21:39.170+02:00The Extraordinary ~ <p style="text-align: center;">We lost two great personages in one week:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Queen Elizabeth II</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Mikhail Gorbachev</b></p>Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789609881681811818noreply@blogger.com0