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Prayer for Ukrainian Children at War 🙏😔 — 💥Peace & Truth

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Prayer for Ukrainian Children at War 🙏😔 — 💥Peace & Truth

En primavera — Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA Derechos reservados conforme a la ley/ Copyright En primavera, la naturaleza saca del armario su paleta de colores y pinta los helechos y las flores, los ríos cristalinos y los follajes. En primavera, los conciertos y las sinfonías de la vida se estrenan e intensifican en las aves y en los […]

En primavera — Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

Russians against war are fleeing state crackdowns · Global Voices

But it is not just journalists who are fleeing Russia leaving their lives behind. Students, teachers, families with young children, activists, and even a prima ballerina are among those who have fled a country that is growing more isolated each day in light of economic and political sanctions. “They didn’t just take away our future. They took away our past,” said Polina Borodina, a Moscow playwright who came to Istanbul in early March, to the New York Times. TurkeyGeorgiaArmeniaKazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan are among the top destinations that Russians can travel to without visas. One economist at the University of Chicago, Konstantin Sonin, said some 200,000 Russians fled before March 10. Source: Russians against war are fleeing state crackdowns · Global Voices

French Fridays, Language Learning for Empathy, and Alexandre Dumas, père

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

My language learning posts will not be in the real-time I’d been trying to post in (summarizing, each week, my intended daily work on each language).  I don’t know why I find myself surprised at his use of slavery in the novel in such a callous way (who will tell them that they are legally free?) in the novel, given Dumas’ own racial background, but then perhaps he was trying to point out the injustice of the situation?

My notes for French this week will be looking for a show for next year to watch in French, and finishing up my listening to Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (The Count of Monte Cristo) by Alexandre Dumas (Sr.):

October 17, 2020 –19.0% “Une morte évité au dernier moment !
A death avoided at the last minute!”
 
October 18, 2020 –20.0%“Guillotiner des prisonniers, c’était la fête ?”

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Taking next week off, and The Right to Die?

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

       I am exhausted, missing comments, and making mistakes, so I need to take a rest, despite still needing more Beta Readers for the 5th draft of Do Better

     While  I  had hoped to write a quick post asking why I do not see any articles connecting the need to first have universal health care to the Right to Die movement, today is not the day.  NPR has articles on both issues, but none making the obvious connection: California, as usual, has it backward, while New York state is still pushing for the coverage that will prevent insurance companies (interestingly, my phone crashed when I tried to Tweet on an article about this, despite it being from one of my less preferred sources) from offering hemlock while denying “expensive lifesaving treatments” -must refind that article.  Too tired right now.

  Each and every human being having…

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Let’s save the wildlife – The lion (Panthera leo) — Myrela

Lav je veliki sisar iz porodice mačaka i jedna od “velikih mačaka” iz roda pantera. U divljini, lavovi žive oko 10-18 godina, dok u zatočeništvu žive oko 20 godina. Nekada su živjeli širom Afrike, Azije i Evrope, dok se danas, u divljini, mogu naći samo u Africi i Indiji. Žive u savanama i love u […]

Let’s save the wildlife – The lion (Panthera leo) — Myrela

Morning sickness – Jutarnja mučnina — Myrela

Šolja čaja od đumbira pobjeđuje jutarnju mučninu. Ova ljekovita biljka jakog ukusa koristi se i protiv mučnine nastale usljed kretanja. Biljni čajevi napravljeni sa kamilicom, limun travom i nanom, takođe su poznati po tome što smanjuju mučninu. Čaj od lista maline koristi da pomogne kod jutarnje mučnine, a mnoge žene piju ga u dozama koje […]

Morning sickness – Jutarnja mučnina — Myrela

The Face Of Our Future??? — Filosofa’s Word

Yesterday, a reader posted the following video in a comment to my post, and as I watched the video I wondered … is Florida an outlier or is this the face of the future for voting rights in this nation?  Sadly, I think the latter may well be the case unless … UNLESS we all […]

The Face Of Our Future??? — Filosofa’s Word

Da Snark Just Keeps On Comin’ … — Filosofa’s Word

Once again, the snarky just eats away at my psyche … until I share it!  So, hold onto your hats, for here are more … {🥁drumroll🥁} … SNARKY SNIPPETS! What a guy, eh? The infamous Charles Koch, head of Koch Industries, is still doing business in Russia today.  No matter how many lives Russian dictator […]

Da Snark Just Keeps On Comin’ … — Filosofa’s Word