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.

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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.   

At My Window ~ Summer Gift

This happened without my doing.

Boris Johnson ~ Made to Resign

                                                                           BBC

 Will the USA follow suit?

Morning Walk ~ Lake of Constance, Germany

 The whole family came paddling by . . . 

A ReliableTest ~

 To assess a person's refinement: watch him while eating. 

The Cosmos ~

 We can only look out there and wonder . . . 

Learning to Cope ~

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

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

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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

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 . . . 

Christmas 2022 ~ Three Nativities

Jesus Christ    0001

Adolf Hitler     1889

Vladimir Putin 1952

For Those Who Fought and Died ~

Red and Blue

 What would they think of their country now?

The Autumn Leaves ~

The leaves seem to be hanging on a little longer this year, just to give us some colorful cheer in these dreadful times. 

The Extraordinary ~

We lost two great personages in one week:

Queen Elizabeth II

Mikhail Gorbachev

Have Seen Him Before ~

 

 We are slowly learning to hate our enemy, Putin. 

Morning Walk ~ Urberg, Germany

 

A Nightly Visit ~

And there I was, in the old Bach choir again, not in the bass section but among the tenors now, singing away and reaching all the high notes.

Atmosphere~

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  When at the altar, you walk differently.  

Cassidy Hutchinson ~ Jan. 6th Testimony

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Thank you for your reasoning and your courage.

Scarlett S. ~ Sadness for Our Region

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Scarlett S.

 A girl hiking in the Black Forest who disappeared in October 2020 and, in spite of continued searching, has never been seen since. 

The Gift ~

Nasa

He created Earth, then turned it over to us.

On the Scene ~

Seeing to it.

Morning Walk ~ Along the Rhine

 Waldshut, Germany

Morning Walk ~ Along the Rhine

 At the Swiss border. 

Symbolism ~

How appropriate, that Putin used half of Hitler's swastika  Z as his war emblem.

They told us ~

 Everyone should be carrying a weapon . . .

No Questions Asked ~

Down around the corner from where we live in Germany, a vacant house has been made available for Ukrainian refugees who arrived here with little more than their backpacks. 

Cradle ~

Nasa

He created Earth for us to be born on.