These two were my commentary on a particularly horrific drowning in flood waters last week and the subsequent facebook commentary which lacked all humanity.
Palm Sunday
The title of this post is my best attempt to title a random assortment of thoughts, because I've done "Random thoughts" before.
The haiku-a-day project has stalled a bit but I'm still trying to write them frequently, lets see how many I have at the end of the year.
Armchair experts. They know eveything about everybody. And they are always right.
ReplyDeleteGroan.
Alphie
Yes, there's always more to know
DeleteI love all of these. Your thoughts are not random but deep, and warm.
ReplyDeletethank you! and yes, random was not right...unrelated is more to the point
DeleteAck, Facebook. A lot of commentary on that site lacks humanity - thank goodness for thoughtful bloggers.
ReplyDeleteSx
Blogging is a completely different culture, isn't it?
DeleteThe commentary on the first two helped immensely. Your work is good.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I was going to post a link to a news report but I decided it's really just not something to put people through
Delete*Flooding took Ayaz* : A startling line worthy of Robert Browning.
ReplyDeleteThe price of instant communication is to witness the doom of people like us.
A thought for Holy Week and *the humble rabbi* who knows he must face death alone.
*Crickets/ Sing summer goodbye* reminds me of Elia Kazan's film Wild River.
Lee Remick is on a ferry with Montgomery Clift.
The leaves are blowing off the trees.
*I hate to see the summers go,* she says, thinking of her late husband.
J Haggerty
I hadn't thought about watching the doom of people like us. And they are all like us.
DeleteImpactful words!
ReplyDeleteThey were impactful events, weren't they? even the end of summer has it's own poignancy
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