Sundry...

   With the ascendancy of Black Lives Matter, this thought from the founder of the Methodist Church:  (Could some unnecessary attack have been avoided had the movement been called "Black Lives Matter, Too"?)  

"He was also an ardent abolitionist. In Thoughts on Slavery (1774), he wrote: '"Are you a man? Then you should have an human heart. But have you indeed? What is your heart made of? Is there no such principle as Compassion there? Do you never feel another's pain? Have you no Sympathy? No sense of human woe? No pity for the miserable? When you saw the flowing eyes, the heaving breasts, or the bleeding sides and tortured limbs of your fellow-creatures, was you a stone, or a brute? Did you look upon them with the eyes of a tiger? When you squeezed the agonizing creatures down in the ship, or when you threw their poor mangled remains into the sea, had you no relenting? Did not one tear drop from your eye, one sigh escape from your breast? Do you feel no relenting now? If you do not, you must go on, till the measure of your iniquities is full. Then will the Great GOD deal with You, as you have dealt with them, and require all their blood at your hands.'" Writer's Almanac, 9/28/2020

From another source and other issues:

   "'Today,' he said, 'more than ever before, men had to learn to live without things. Things filled men with fear: the more things they had, the more they had to fear. Things had a way of riveting themselves on to the soul and telling the soul what to do."' Songlines, Bruce Chatwin, P. 64. Isn't that the truth? Everything we "own" ends up owning us. A POW remarked on the sense of freedom he had

when everything was taken from him.

From Songlines, again:  "'Make no mistake,' he said. 'Epidemics are going to make nuclear weapons seem like useless toys."' P. 197  The book was copyrighted in 1987! What can I say? but "Ya, then...."

    Yet I remained blessed and grateful.

Takk for alt,

Al

PS: Trygve, the wonder dog, was due for his shots. Worried about COVID the vet. said, "Not to worry, come to the clinic 15 minutes before opening and I'll give him his shots in the parking lot." I did and he did.😃

The Wonder Dog