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Posted: 2022 Jul 01
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“The older I get, the surer I am that I’m not running the show.” - Leonard Cohen
Source: American Songwriter (Who's going to tell them?)
Posted: 2022 Jul 01
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1 July 1895 | A Czech Jew, Karel Platovský, was born in Písek.
He was deported to #Auschwitz on 28 September 1944 from #Theresienstadt ghetto. He did not survive.Happy #CanadaDay. ‘Canada’ is derived from the word ‘kanata’ from the Iroquoian linguistic family, meaning ‘village’. As a First Nation member, I’m proud to share that connection with my @CanadianForces family.
1 July 1936 | A Belgian Jewish boy, Andre Hartstein, was born in Antwerp. He emigrated with his family to France.
In December 1943 he was deported from Drancy to #Auschwitz. After the selection we was murdered in a gas chamber. He was 7.
Category Archives: Quotations
The Philosophers’ Stone
Better the penny drops late than not at all. Continue reading
Let Me
One of them thar Texan poets. Continue reading
Two Stubborn Pieces of Iron
Chesterton on the relations between the sexes. Continue reading
The Same River
Yes, the universe is unfolding as it should. Continue reading
Some Power
Was Robert Burns a Flat-Earther, do you suppose? Continue reading
Time-Travelling Space Aliens
Half-remembered quotation causing trouble again. Continue reading
Life Is
Life is a bucket brigade: Don’t slop the bucket when it’s your turn. What’s that you say? You’ve never heard that metaphor for life before? You wonder if I made it up? Well, OK. I understand your skepticism. What else? … Continue reading
You’re Too Kind
Starting with the expression that “it takes all kinds,” I explore just how many kinds there are. It takes all kinds, or so I hear. Although it’s not when someone is being a fun, thoughtful, or salt-of-the-earth kind. No, … Continue reading
By Bread Alone
A chance encounter with buckwheat tea leads to deep thoughts about bread, bread-like substances, and proverbs. It started innocently enough. Doesn’t it always? It ended with yet another overwhelming spell on Dr. Google’s couch. But I get ahead of myself. … Continue reading