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Friday, November 10, 2023

Sign of the Times ~

When they started putting electric light bulbs in sanctuary lamps, the Catholic church started to falter.

Monday, September 11, 2023

Remembering the Day ~

 Nine Eleven


On September eleven
when it happened
while we watched
we could not help thinking about
our own thin brick walls
left standing around us
here, in the heartland.

Walled in between
panic and gratitude
we sat gaping,
not noticing
how our helpless tears
would not stop falling.

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

A Nation of Maimed Men ~

For all our ingenuity, where is the inventor of a device to let landmines explode before courageous Ukrainians pass over. 

Thursday, July 20, 2023

A Weighty Choice~

It is much easier to live with an illusion than with reality, . . . with a belief than with a fact. 

Saturday, July 01, 2023

Bolsonaro ~

                                                                                                       Wikipedia
Brazil's answer:  Not allowed to run for office until 2030.
                                                                        

Wisdom ~

Only the man who is able to stand alone can see reality as it is, free from the opinion of others.   


Friday, June 16, 2023

Boris Johnson ~ Made to Resign

                                                                           BBC
 Will the USA follow suit?

Monday, April 24, 2023

Saturday, March 25, 2023

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Learning to Cope ~

 The most important dialog is the one between me and myself.


Saturday, March 04, 2023

Protesting in Russia ~ 2023

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.                            The Washington Post

BBC

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Opposing Adolf Hitler ~ February 22, 1943


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.        Photo: dpa

Monday, February 06, 2023

In the Cold of Winter ~

Photo: Brigitte Nake-Mann

Snowdrops in January, Grosser Tiergarten, Berlin 
 

Last Night's Dream ~

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 . . .