Imelda May is an Irish recording artist and her poem is being widely shared. Hope it fits here
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That's beautiful, Alatar. Go raibh maith agat for sharing.
The dumbest thing I've ever bought
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
The dumbest thing I've ever bought
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
This kind of blew my mind when I saw it on FB today...yeah, HOW many years since slavery was banned, and integration of schools started less than 60 years ago? No wonder we still have problems!
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When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been too long,
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.
The dumbest thing I've ever bought
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
I moved the posts about the incidents in my community to the Parlour in Bag End.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
I realize that this is a larger problem than just the US, it does span across many countries. But it feels strange to watch this happening elsewhere, too.
The dumbest thing I've ever bought
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
The U.S. has a huge cultural umbrella, and any major event in the U.S. is quickly followed by copycat events elsewhere. E.g. we had a small anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne about a week after the Michigan protest.
BLM solidarity protests in Australia have been reinterpreted for our internal issues - systemic institutional racism and the atrocious record of Aboriginal deaths in custody.
Our Covid-19 statistics are very hopeful but nonetheless the protesters were required to abide by social distancing restrictions, masks and sanitiser. Son went off to the protest with a backpack full of masks - extras in case of unmasked marchers, and he did give some away, but it was basically peaceful and positive.
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Mornings wouldn't suck so badly if they came later in the day.
Yes, I should have mentioned that too - the trends get interpreted for the local environment. In our case, Aboriginal deaths in custody (IOW, the concern is not so much with how Aboriginal people are arrested as the rate that they die in police cells and in prison). I saw a big "Black Lives Matter" chalked on a local train station when I went out for a run this evening.
With COVID-19 I wish they had all stayed home, but things went about as well as could be expected. The crowds and the police were both quiet and orderly.
When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been too long,
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.
Túrin Turambar wrote:The U.S. has a huge cultural umbrella, and any major event in the U.S. is quickly followed by copycat events elsewhere. E.g. we had a small anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne about a week after the Michigan protest.
You have the luxury of being on the other side of the planet. Can't you just ignore the bad ideas?
Impy, I was wondering why Oz was joining us but that puts it in perspective.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
Let's hope his death brings the change that's so badly needed!
When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been too long,
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.
Also, protesters are turning the ginormous fence around the WH into a ginormous memorial to victims of police brutality. There is a certain poetry in that. The Trump Admin took active steps to thwart Obama-era reforms meant to address police brutality. Of course, that didn't fix anything and now here we are, with global protests and a barricade around the WH being decorated with the faces and names of the dead.
Minneapolis City Council announces intent to disband police department
"Our commitment is to end our city’s toxic relationship with the Minneapolis Police Department," City Council President Lisa Bender said on Sunday.
The dumbest thing I've ever bought
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
