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Why Do I Write This Blog???

The easiest (and probably the most honest) answer to that question is: I don't know. It all started in the summer of 2005, when I went to Crawford, Texas ( a.k.a. the home of the prez's ranch, a.k.a. the home of Camp Casey) to support Cindy Sheehan. I wanted the world to know that, contrary to what one could read in the mainstream media, the peace movement was alive and well and large numbers of Americans did not support the war in Iraq. I wanted people to know that thousands of Americans were willing to travel to Texas and tolerate the heat, humidity, and bugs in order to support a grieving mother whose new purpose was to shine a light on the lies that led to the war and to bring home our troops so that no other mother would have to know the pain that she felt.

Over time, this blog has become more of an exploration of who I am, my spirituality, and how life works. I love life's complexities, exploring the shades of gray. I want to, as Rainier Maria Rilke said,

"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer."

Maybe my blog is just one big question about what is needed in order for people to take the time to love and cherish each other and our earth. Maybe someday, I will "live along some distant day into the answer."

In the meantime, thank you for joining me on my journey. I welcome you to share yours with me

 

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

D.C. March Photos

While in Baltimore/D.C., we stayed with a WONDERFUL couple. The husband is an Episcopalian priest who was arrested for protesting the war, alongside Jim Wallis and other ministers, a couple of months ago.

We used to apologize to the world for the madness of our "leaders". I remember some great websites that allowed people to send in photos of themselves with "I'm Sorry" signs.

I'M STILL VERY, VERY SORRY, WORLD!


This is Betty, my traveling companion. She brought this sign that was made by a woman here who served time for sitting in a Representative's office a few months ago. There is something wrong when people continue to be arrested for non-violent actions while W and Co., who are responsible for the deaths of at least a million Iraqis and thousands of Americans, are free to create more destruction.


An observation has been heard repeatedly: our youth have not been active in the resistance to the war as they were in Vietnam. It looks like that is changing. There was a very large contingency of college-aged people that took part in the march on the 15th. I'm really happy to see that.

And I feel very old.


This sign just touched me. My dad is a WWII vet, also.


By the time I took this photo, most of the arrests had been made and the Capitol lawn was pretty empty of protesters. I took all of these photos with my old, simple digital camera (not wanting anything to happen to my other camera) and those clouds still came out amazingly beautiful. It was a good day for a march.

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