Springtime ~ 2025

 Despite the horrible world situation, they are here again. 

Conversation with God ~

Jesus Christ is God. -- That is something we "believe". But belief is merely a teetering "maybe". 

If Jesus is not God, who is?

Roadmap for the Future ~

"To conquer a nation, first disarm its citizens." 

                                        Adolph Hitler 

Conversation with God ~

 They told us that You, God, are Jesus Christ. 

Coversation with God ~

 After all the years of searching for You it comes down to this: Who are You?

Election Day ~ 2024

Many American voters preferred a dictator.    Now they've got one.   And a sidekick besides. 

They told us ~

 The migrants are "eating the pets". 

Election 2024 ~

It will be a battle between gullibility and reason.

Repetition ~

 We are watching Israel stage its own Holocaust. 

Ailing Guest ~

 We buried a sparrow today that came to our terrace in the summer heat to die.

Unexpected Things Happen ~

At my window.

 

D-Day ~ 80th Anniversary Tribute

Normandy

June 6, 1944

She was standing on the porch

that day in June

watching her youngest

come running up the steps

then across the lawn

when it happened

on a beach called Omaha

where her eldest lay now,

face down

no longer clawing

at wet sand.

She stood there, quiet,

holding him close,

fingering his hair.

Source

Helene Z. Hill ~ Courageous Woman

Monk's Progress

Dear Charles Cingolani,

I am 95 years old and one of the first female scientists who fought against scientific fraud as a whistleblower. Being a woman scientist back then was practically unheard of. Women were looked down on intellectually, expected to raise children and run a home. . .

                                                Prof. Hill's story.

How Germany reacts to the Far Right ~

Anti-fascist protest in Hamburg.

When will this happen in the USA? 

Photo: Fridays For Future Germany

She Carries on the Struggle ~ In spite of Threats

 Alexei Navalny's wife, Julia

before the European Parliament.

Photo: The Parliament Magazine

Man of Courage ~ Alexei Anatolyevich Navalny

       † Feb.16, 2024

 He was a patriot. He loved Russia, but a different one than Putin's.

                                                     Photo: AEJ

Remembering January 6, 2021

 Most Americans still wince when thinking back to this day. 

Photo: AL.com

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.

Source

Monk's Progress Started Here ~

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. 

A Weighty Choice~

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

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.