May Mourning
Reuters Photo:
Nobel Peace Prize nominee
Irena Sendler poses at her home
in central Warsaw, March 14,...
Nobel Peace Prize nominee
Irena Sendler poses at her home
in central Warsaw, March 14,...
Whether a cyclone conceived by nature, a man-made bomb or perhaps devilish-born illness (?) - DEATH has many ways to get its nasty deed done.
And, this month of May, it seems to be shaping up as one of those months when the Grim Reaper gives us a full spectrum of its ghastly talents, running the gamut right off the bat with quite a lot of varied and diversified ways to die...
And it's not just us foolish humans biting the dust either;
seals, whales, elephants, cats, dogs...
Every conceivable creature is falling down,
great or small.
And all that at an alarming rate too.
What's the difference with this month in particular
as opposed to any other month, you ask...?
None, apparently.
And that is exactly what is so alarming in the first place.
Death keeps raking them in.
Somehow, the earthly population keeps inching closer to overpopulation,
which in turn brings forth the spectre of famine, plagues and much strife.
Which brings Death right back out to center stage.
One cannot escape it - we all know that.
MAY, though, is the Month of Mary
Mary, whose image everyone has seen
with her foot crushing the snake's head
- the snake being the devil
but since death and the devil are in cahoots
we can imagine that both are being trampled on.
For, one day, Death shall be no more
We can take heart in remembering that
here and now...
Even as death and decay
besiege us
from every corner
from every side...
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Following is an excerpt from
my Care2.com Notes feed...
‘Psycho’ Bear Tears Apart An Eco-Idyll
Simone
- 279 days ago -
timesonline.co.uk
A FRENCH government plan to reintroduce bears to the wild appeared to have backfired spectacularly last week after one of the creatures was accused of being “psychotic”. The ecology minister was forced to admit France had been misled about Franska,
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I suggest you click here
in order to listen to
a song that says it all:
Thanks to "knuckleheady2" for uploading it
and to Jean Ferrat for singing it!
Perhaps some extra reading material
and/or search findings
will be appreciated as well?
You will find some here.
But truly, to be fair,
this is all-around better:
As you'll surely notice,
all of the above material is in FRENCH...
It is because...
Looking for this came to mind
as I heard a song on an evangelical broadcast
that went like this:
"Le bonheur est dans la mort
(quand on est en Lui
qui est la Vie)"
When I find that one
either on MP3 or on the web
I'll post it here as well!
(The very moment it's in the clear
and permission has been duly granted -
of course.)
Labels: Burma Cyclone, Culled Cormorants, Earthquake Victims, Fourteen Elephants, Hundreds of Ducks, Irena Sendler, Mildred Loving, Penny Banner, Three Seals, Tornadoes Victims, W.E. Lynd, Yemen Bomb
posted by Luminous (\ô/) Luciano™ @ 5:44 PM
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