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I WENT TO SLEEP LAST NIGHT…

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With Boko Haram on my mind,

in search of a metaphor

for all the craziness in the world

today, and could not find one.

I got hung up on “Why do men

hate women,” and “Why care what

someone else believes?”  It

must be genetic.

Overpopulation? Whatever happened

to the milk of human kindness?

It soured.

I don’t give a snap if

your god is better than mine.

Good for you!

nan 2015

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Martinique

De malinha pronta

Reprise

Une fleur enrobée d’un délicat velours
Des abeilles qui volent à son secours
Du rose, du marron, du bleu, du vert
Ouvre les bras et accèpte tout ce qu’il t’est offert
La mère Nature est riche et vaste!
Mais le caprice des hommes est néfaste
Je suis amoureuse de cette vegetation luxuriante et unique
Mon amie a de la chance de vivre dans ce lieu magique
Les oiseaux chantent et les arbres dansent joyeusement
Le vent les taquine en chuchotant “à demain”.

Filipa Moreira da Cruz

Photos : Anne-Hortense

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Comforting Thought: A changing clothesline

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Taken from a short and sweet book of insights about life, love and loss by Mary McEvoy…

As life goes on, the clothesline diminishes again, families part, spouses leave or die. The clothesline now displays a gender specific wardrobe of perhaps an adventurous widow, or an ordered man on his own in neat contentment. I don’t find this sad because it just means life goes on and has many phases, and each phase has its meaning and purpose. It must be lived and so many people live it so well.

But what strikes me most about the clothes on the line is their fragility. They are like us who wear them, ordinary, lovely, mundane and heroic, blown and buffeted, animated by that which we cannot see.

Ordinary Beauty: Meaningful Moments in Everyday Life by Mary McEvoy

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Virginia Woolf

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” […] como o romance tem essa correspondência com a vida real, seus valores são, numa certa medida, os da vida real. Mas é óbvio que os valores das mulheres diferem, com frequência, dos que foram feitos pelo outro sexo; isso acontece, naturalmente. E, no entanto, são valores masculinos que prevalecem. Falando cruzamente, o futebol e o esporte são ” importantes “; o culto da moda e a compra de roupas são ” insignificantes”. E esses valores são inevitavelmente transferidos da vida para ficção. Esse é um livro importante, pressupõe o crítico, porque lida com a guerra. Esse é um livro insignificante, pois lida com os sentimentos das mulheres numa sala de visitas. “

Virginia Woolf, livro Um Teto Todo Seu.

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Santarém, Pá 12 de julho de 2022

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Sri Lanka’s Gotabaya Rajapaksa fails in effort to flee country | Sri Lanka | The Guardian

It appears that the president has attempted to follow several avenues of escape in recent days but all have proved futile. The Indian government reportedly refused permission for a Sri Lankan military plane carrying the president to land at an Indian civilian airport, while the US embassy refused to grant him a visitor visa, according to US embassy sources who spoke to local media.

Rajapaksa, who lived in the US for years and has a son and grandchild there, gave up his dual US citizenship in order to run for president, which means he is now ineligible for a visitor visa.

According to officials who spoke to Agence France-Presse, Rajapaksa was now considering using a navy patrol craft to try to flee the island, to either the Maldives or India and then on to Dubai, and he and his entourage had left the military base in two helicopters on Tuesday and headed to the port of Trincomalee.

While he is still president, Rajapaksa enjoys immunity from arrest. It is believed he wants to go abroad before stepping down to avoid the possibility of being detained. He is accused of overseeing corruption and economic mismanagement that have bankrupted the country and triggered the worst financial crisis on record.

He has also been accused of war crimes, including enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings, during his time as defence minister, when he brought the civil war, fought against the Tamil minority, to a bloody end in 2009. For more than a decade the allegations against him have been prevented from reaching the courts.

The president was not the only member of the family unsuccessfully trying to flee. His younger brother Basil Rajapaksa, who served as finance minister and has also been accused of widespread corruption, was prevented from boarding a flight to the US via Dubai on Tuesday morning after other passengers protested.

Airport staff refused to let him use the fast-track concierge service and stopped him getting on the flight. According to airport officials, as the situation grew tense, Basil Rajapaksa, who has dual US citizenship, retreated.

Source: Sri Lanka’s Gotabaya Rajapaksa fails in effort to flee country | Sri Lanka | The Guardian

Getty opens access to 30,000 images of black diaspora in UK and US | Photography | The Guardian

Getty Images, which holds one of the largest photo collections in the world, announced on Tuesday that it would make these photos free to use for not-for-profit or educational purposes. The collection will grant access to images for educators, researchers and content creators, allowing them to tell untold stories from black history and culture that go beyond narratives of enslavement and colonisation. Source: Getty opens access to 30,000 images of black diaspora in UK and US | Photography | The Guardian