Daily Archives: March 2, 2014

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Croatia, The Siege of Dubrovnik


Andrew Petcher's avatarAnother Bag, More Travel

“And as long as human beings can sit and watch with hands folded while their fellow-men are tortured and butchered so long will civilisation be a hollow mockery, a wordy phantom suspended like a mirage above a swelling sea of murdered carcasses.”                                                                                                             Henry Miller

There was an excellent breakfast on the sunny terrace with local specialties, fresh bread and home made marmalade and jam and Doris sold us tickets for the water taxi to Dubrovnik, which I think was probably another part of the family business.

We had about an hour to wait between breakfast and the…

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A Dream


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I dreamt last night
Of a fire raging
In the depths of my soul

It melted my heart
Purifying the dirt
I was burned in the fires of Love

When time was ripe
The waters poured forth
Birthing life to a sacred growth

Surrendered I received
The I of Unity
Drenched in the waters of Love

I dreamt of a glowing face
Emanating a sacred light
The power of a loving Heart

Enmity dissolved
Serenity remained
The quality of a loving Heart

I awoke this morning
In blissful peace
The world made beautiful

I am Love and Love is me

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Lady Death


Vaughan is one of the great masters and a favorite of mine.

Esther H.'s avatarHortus Closus

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Painting by Paul Gauguin

Hello Lady Death,
Are you a jealous lover?
You take all I love.

Take me in your arms, you know
That I am your faithful lover.

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Flowers, nuthatch, treecreeper at the cemetery


Spring is in the air.

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Crocus, 2 March 2014

This is a photo of a crocus flower from today, when we went to the cemetery.

Crocus, cemetery, 2 March 2014

Crocus and fly, 2 March 2014

The crocus flowers attracted small insects, like flies (the one on the photo was not much bigger than a fruit fly).

Many birds singing. A short-toed treecreeper climbing up a small tree, just outside the cemetery grounds.

Nuthatch, 2 March 2014

Just inside the cemetery grounds, a nuthatch on a branch.

Greenfinch, great spotted woodpecker, great tit, robin sounds.

Wood pigeons. A magpie. Blue tits. Jays.

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Where it all went wrong


 

 

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You’ve got to be taught
To hate and fear,
You’ve got to be taught
From year to year,
It’s got to be drummed
In your dear little ear
You’ve got to be carefully taught.

You’ve got to be taught to be afraid
Of people whose eyes are oddly made,
And people whose skin is a diff’rent shade,
You’ve got to be carefully taught.

You’ve got to be taught before it’s too late,
Before you are six or seven or eight,
To hate all the people your relatives hate,
You’ve got to be carefully taught!
–Oscar Hammerstein II (from South Pacific)

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It’s time to stop teaching hatred.

Hatred leads to bigotry and violence and prejudice and racism and misogyny and bullying….

Where it never leads is to Peace.

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Babies are not born thinking others are different.

Children learn racism

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Babies are not born thinking others are different.

Praying hands that mean so much to God. The praying matters, not the color of the hands

Praying hands that mean so much to God. The praying matters, not the color of the hands

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