Yes! Outside the main bedroom there’s a stand of milkweed stalks. They seem to be flourishing this spring, a currently have clusters of tiny tight blossoms. I glanced out the window late Monday morning, May 20, and there it was: a monarch, perched on one of the blossom clusters, wings folded, probably slurping milkweed nectar.
‘We all share the same pain’: can the Israeli-Arab peace movement rebuild after 7 October? As the conflict in Gaza continues, reconciliation may seem a distant dream, but on both sides there are those working for peace Caitlin Kelly — Tue 21 May 2024 Supported by theguardian.org On the morning of 7 October, as news … Continue reading “You May Say, They Are Dreamers – But They’re Not the Only Ones” — Israeli-Palestinian Peace Movement Reviving, Expects a Long Haul
Writer Salman Rushdie: “Free Palestine would be a Taliban state” [NOTE: This text was published by Die Bild, a German newspaper, and machine-translated from German into English. ] May 19, 2024 Martyrs of freedom: Writer Salman Rushdie has been threatened with death by Islamists for decades. In 2022, a man attacked him life-threatening with … Continue reading Rushdie on “Free Palestine,” Speaking in Germany
The Economist — Time’s up— Volodymyr Zelensky’s five-year term ends on May 20th But he has no plans to step down or call an election during wartime Five years ago, on May 20th, 2019, a fresh-faced Volodymyr Zelensky began his presidency with the offer of a contract to his people. “Each of us is the … Continue reading Ukraine Update: Zelensky’s Term Ends on May 20. What Then??
Grandson says Carter is ‘coming to the end’ in brief update about former president’s health Michelle Shen, CNN — May 14, 2024 Jimmy Carter’s grandson said Tuesday that the former president is “coming to the end” in a brief update about the 39th president’s health. “(My grandfather) is doing OK,” Jason Carter said at a … Continue reading Jimmy Carter: “Coming to the End”