A photo of an undisciplined dog--that's why I took the picture. But when I looked at it, I had some second thoughts. Second thoughts about the book in the picture.
I started re-reading Michener's The Source--for the who-knows how many-eth time--and a third of the way through, I began to find it unusually heavy going.
It's Michener's take on the land that would become Israel, and the many peoples that have lived and fought and died there.
But . . . but, it's difficult for me to read of the heroic and troubled past when the terrible present is in the news daily.
The attack by Hamas was horrendous; the response by Israel is looking more and more like genocide.
May this god-troubled land find peace somehow.
Meanwhile, I'm going to have to find something else to read.
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The news is hard to watch or read these days. And I'm tired of being called an antisemite because I want the killing in Gaza to stop.
I just heard from her father, that my college student granddaughter in DC took part in a pro-Palestinian demonstration this weekend. I never thought we'd have to decide here in America which to support, Israel or Palestine. Gaza is such a sad awful place/event that has pulled us into yearning for the war to end. I've contributed to efforts to help Gaza families escape, or at least get fed. It's the least I can do.
It was probably best to move on from that book.
Two troubled peoples, unable to move forward and let go of the past. When will it end?
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