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Tag Archives: peace
Here’s a bucket list item for you!
Admiration, astonishment, envy, or just utter disbelief. The quest just begun by Italian hiker and grandmother Vienna Cammarota might inspire any or all of these feelings. As reported in several news sources this week, Vienna Cammarota left Venice on Tuesday … Continue reading
Posted in Odds and Ends, Travel
Tagged admiration, Goethe, inspiration, Marco Polo, peace, spirit, understanding, unity, Venice, Vienna Cammarota, Walk for Peace, walking
44 Comments
If I could turn back time – for peace, for love, …, for dinosaurs?
At the beginning of this year I accepted a challenge from fellow blogger John Persico, who writes the thought-provoking blog, Aging Capriciously. I committed to writing on 3 topics of John’s choosing, and in return he’d write on 3 that … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Just wondering
Tagged Cher, dinosaurs, history, If I could turn back time, leadership, Margaret MacMillan, Ming Dynasty, peace, philosophy, war
57 Comments
Easter, Passover, and Ramadan are aligning in 2022, but their underlying messages aren’t getting out!
For people celebrating Easter and Passover this weekend, it’s unusual for these two important religious celebrations to have the same dates, but fairly common for them to occur in close proximity. The dates for both are tied to the beginning … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics
Tagged Buddhism, compassion, Easter, forgiveness, freedom, hope, Israeli-Palestinian clashes, Jerusalem, liberation, love, mercy, Myanmar, Old City, Passover, peace, Ramadan, relgion, Russian Orthodox Patriarch, Ukraine
36 Comments
Peace on Earth, goodwill toward men 2.0
A post I had forgotten about has started turning up in my daily blog “hits” column, a 3-year old post entitled Peace on Earth, goodwill toward men: wouldn’t that be nice! Three full years ago. Long before the January 6 … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Just wondering, Odds and Ends
Tagged Christmas, COVID, despair, goodwill, hope, joy, kindness, light, loneliness, love, peace, smiles
20 Comments
South Africa: Cry the beloved country
Cry the beloved country, Alan Paton’s acclaimed novel about South Africa, written way back in 1948, has much to teach us today. That’s especially true right now, as the beautiful country of South Africa, with so much potential, finds itself … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics
Tagged Durban, Gandhi, hope, human rights, insurrection, looting, Mandela Day, Nelson Mandela, passive resistance, peace, riots, Souh Africa
25 Comments
Facts you may not know about the world – in 5 easy maps!
Curiosities about the world in this week’s Map Monday. Favourite sports around the world. The world divided into 7 areas, each colour representing 1 billion people. Obesity rates around the world. Global Peace Index 2017 (GPI). Countries … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Map Monday, Odds and Ends
Tagged fun facts, maps, obesity, peace, sports, world maps
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Peace on earth, goodwill towards all: wouldn’t that be nice!
It’s the Christmas season. Whether you lean more towards spiritual traditions or secular ones – or both – it’s the time when songs and greeting cards ring out with heartwarming messages of Peace, Joy, Love, and Goodwill towards all. Hmm. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Just wondering, Odds and Ends
Tagged Brexit, Christmas, despair, Goodwill to all, hope, joy, Leonard Cohen, light, love, peace, Trump
18 Comments
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