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La miras desde tu ventana

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

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Miras, desde la ventana, el paso de la hojarasca que arrastra el viento; piensas, tal vez, que los instantes huyen en cada hoja seca, igual que un suspiro que se va y no vuelve. Y seguramente, no lo sé, en otro tiempo hiciste lo mismo al observar la belleza y el encanto de las gotas de lluvia y su fugacidad asombrosa y enigmática. Crees, probablemente, como pasajero desorientado, que son las estaciones las que pasan efímeras ante tu mirada y que regresarán iguales, algún día, a cierta hora, cuando de nuevo asomes por la ventana. No sabes que podría llegar un momento en el que ni tú te reconozcas. El pasajero, en el mundo, eres tú, no la vida. Siempre anhelas y esperas el siguiente día, el próximo año, para vivir plenamente y ser feliz, y así llegan los…

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December 1944 (2) Leyte

Pacific Paratrooper

16 December – Douglas MacArthur was promoted to Five-Star General. It seemed that General MacArthur’s promotion to General of the Army would require assistance from many sides. It posed a problem in the respect that there was no such object as a five-star insignia in existence in the Pacific. A clever Filipino silversmith created one from a miscellaneous collection of Dutch, Australian and Filipino coins.

Deck of the USS Anzio during Typhoon Cobra

17 December – Typhoon Cobra hit the Philippine Islands. TF-38 was caught off-guard and the destroyers, USSHull, MonghamandSpencewere sunk and 22 other vessels received damage. While 150 aircraft were blown off the decks of the carriers, more than 750 sailors drowned.

19 December – Adm. Nimitz was made Commander-in-Chief of the US Pacific Fleet and Pacific Areas, thereby promoting him to Fleet Admiral of the US Navy, a 5-Star Admiral.

USS Bryant

21→22…

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Minbari Mondays, Knives, and, Empathy in The B5 Triangle

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

      This this week, there is no report from Ranger Mayann.  The Great Machine on Epsilon 3 must have a problem, Houston…

  So, my very short review for this week is that empathy is the most important means of communication between members of other species, and between ourselves, too!  In the end, both Londo’s problem with his long time friend, and Captain Sheridan’s problem with his new invisible friend have the same solution:  empathy.

 

     Too bad Londo didn’t figure that out sooner.

 

       The Junkyard gives a more traditional plot and character perspective of this episode.

 

Last week’s review was of the season 2, episode And Now for A Word,

Next week’s review will be (in Lurker’s Guide order) In the Shadow of Z’ha’dum…

-Shira Destinie Jones

Shira

 

Nih sakh sh’lekk, sleem wa.

I come in peace, I am your friend.

 

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Some Countries Contributed More to the Climate Crisis than Others Will They Be Asked to Help Poor Countries? — FunWritings

The countries that are contributing the most to climate change could do more to help poor countries The post Some Countries Contributed More to the Climate Crisis than Others Will They Be Asked to Help Poor Countries? appeared first on FunWritings.

Some Countries Contributed More to the Climate Crisis than Others Will They Be Asked to Help Poor Countries? — FunWritings