#human intolerance

But what can I do? ~ Jeff Grant

Reblogged from besonian:

There is at this time – not surprisingly – in the blogosphere, in the newspapers, the TV and radio news, a whole lot of talk about fear on the one hand, and on the other – hope.

The hope is that out of this pandemic there may spring, among us – the peoples of the world and our leaders – a new spirit of genuine international understanding and cooperation. It can hardly be…

13/15 February 1945 ~ Jeff Grant

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The other day, I listened to an interview,recorded very recently, with a British man, now over 100 years old – a prisoner of war I suspect – who was caught up in the bombing of the German city of Dresden by British and American air forces, 75 years ago. He came across as a very ordinary man, honest and straightforward, probably with little education beyond the elementary…

Listen to the Birds ~ Jeff Grant

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I will remember the December just gone as having been mostly grey and grim. And wet. On many days, in the little park below my kitchen window, the leaden skies seemed to hang so low they could hardly have been above tree-top level. And in the rare, brief appearances of a watery sun, you could see your face and the bare branches of the trees reflected in the puddles that…