It is much easier to live with an illusion than with reality, . . . with a belief than with a fact.
Thursday, July 20, 2023
Saturday, July 01, 2023
Wisdom ~
Only the man who is able to stand alone can see reality as it is, free from the opinion of others.
Saturday, June 24, 2023
Friday, June 16, 2023
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Morning Walk ~ Lake of Constance, Germany
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
Monday, February 06, 2023
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 . . .
Saturday, December 24, 2022
Christmas 2022 ~ Three Nativities
Friday, November 11, 2022
Sunday, October 30, 2022
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.
Sunday, September 11, 2022
Monday, August 29, 2022
Saturday, July 30, 2022
Sunday, July 17, 2022
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.
Wednesday, July 06, 2022
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Saturday, June 18, 2022
Scarlett S. ~ Sadness for Our Region
Suedkurier
Friday, June 17, 2022
Thursday, June 09, 2022
Friday, May 20, 2022
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Symbolism ~
How appropriate, that Putin used half of Hitler's swastika Z as his war emblem.
Monday, May 16, 2022
Thursday, May 12, 2022
No Questions Asked ~
Sunday, May 01, 2022
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
How It is Done ~
We stand by and watch Putin, singlehandedly, provoke World War III.
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Vladimir Putin ~
“It is obvious that we had no other choice.”
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Looking the Other Way ~
We gave so little consideration to a bolder attempt to stop Putin. We spent years pleading with him and threatened with sanctions. He scoffed at them.
Friday, March 11, 2022
Sergev Lavrov ~ Russian Foreign Minister ~ 16th Day of the War
"We did not attack Ukraine."
Monday, February 28, 2022
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky ~ Democracy
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Pope Benedict XVI ~
They told us that the Pope was infallible.
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Holocaust Remembrance Day ~ 2022
Lovers, there is so much
By just holding one another
Tenderly this evening—
Like rounded basins
Holding water in fountains
Before the soft curling fall
From one basin to the other.
They are bounding
Up the stairs now,
Clamoring they enter.
Stand facing them.
A nod toward the door.
Grab them, herd them down
To the street,
Hurl them against the wall.
Two shots fired.
Jew, left printed on the wall
Where they fell.
Friday, January 21, 2022
Pope Benedict XVI ~
He thought that Holy Mother the Church was more important than the victims who were abused in it.
Saturday, January 15, 2022
Follow the Leader ~
They told us to look at Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch not wearing a mask, while all the other Justices are wearing theirs.Getty Images
Thursday, January 06, 2022
January 6th, 2021 ~ Washington, D.C.
They told us that they were the real American patriots.
Sunday, December 19, 2021
Language ~
The really meaningful things in life are said softly.
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Thursday, November 04, 2021
They Told Us ~
Don't get vaccinated. Ever.
Sunday, October 31, 2021
We set the clocks back ~
We set the clocks back an hour last night and enjoyed the extra sleep, but the neighborhood dogs were up at their regular hour and were whining and barking for relief.
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
They Told Us ~
Beware of Moslems.
Sunday, September 19, 2021
Saturday, September 18, 2021
The Stolen Election ~
Trump taught us how to create reality just by saying, over and over again, that a thing exists.
Thursday, September 16, 2021
Cutivated Discord ~
They say that the Reds and the Blues are moving to areas in the USA where they can live separated from one another.