Today marks World Curlew Day, I had the opportunity to speak with David Gray and fellow advocates about how we can better support the conservation of curlews in the UK, which is home to around 30% of the global population.
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This song needs to feature in an all S Club 7 musical interpretation of Voltaire's "Candide".. and yes, this song during the final scene in the garden would be perfect!
Thanks for playing it DJ Peyts!!
Me too! It's just been too cold for them to make an appearance here! I hope that changes soon.
To learn more about the blue flowers of Epping Forest:
www.eppingforestguardian.co.uk/news/2510531...
It's a completely different climate here, very unpleasant in winter, but all the more beautiful in spring."
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-Letter from London to his grandmother, Julie Bonhoeffer,
22 May 1934.
Furthermore, I was greatly surprised to find wild rhododendrons in the woods, a whole lot of them, hundreds of bushes growing close together. They were just coming into bloom, and probably in two weeks they will be a fabulous sight.
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The forest floor of Epping Forest in England. Brown bare trunks are surrounded by little blue flowers and their thin green foliage. Picture from The Epping Forest Guardian. An article about the Forest in the fourth post of this thread.
Sunday Bonhoeffer:
"We had a church excursion yesterday and were outdoors all day, in an area that is famous because at this time of year the whole forest floor is absolutely covered in blue, for hundreds of meters by a kind of bellflower.
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If I'm going to exert peer pressure.. peer pressure for art is a good use, I think! 😀
I can't wait to see your interpretation of this one on canvas if you decide to get creative with this one!
Or you know... you could ask a historian..
Pope Leo at the Stations of the Cross: "Every person in authority will have to answer to God for the way they exercise their power." Jesus says. "Whatever you do to another human being, especially to the small and vulnerable, you do unto me. And it is to me that you will one day give an account."
Repost if your account is a safe place for the trans community! 🏳️⚧️
Have you heard about the Janowska camp before? It was an incredibly important place and one which exemplifies almost all elements of the Holocaust in one way or another.
Check out the latest episode starring...your host and Holocaust scholar Doris Bergen.
thhp.buzzsprout.com/2291653/epis...
Yes... I would love to see how future historians process these first decades of the century! They are going to need lots of coffee and Advil!
That is why dogs are so special.. they love you to the moon and back!
I'm just going to file this in the "I just can't find the words" file. By the way... that file is getting super full.
A black and white photo of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and fellow attendees to the World Council of Churches conference in Fano. Bonhoeffer is one of three males in the picture. All are white males in suites. Bonhoeffer is in the middle of the three. There are also two women in dresses sitting with them. All five are sitting on the beach.
Sunday Bonhoeffer:
"Once again, how will peace come?Who will call us to peace so that the world will hear, will have to hear? so that all people's may rejoice?"
-"The Church and the Peoples of the World"
Address to Ecumenical Council of Churches, Fano, 1934
Well, now that you're an adult, you don't have to pretend. You are fierce, clever, and I know where your skateboard is in the house whenever you need it!
1. Find a subject you care about.
2. Do not ramble, though.
3. Keep it simple.
4. Have the guts to cut.
5. Sound like yourself.
6. Say what you mean to say.
7. Pity the readers.
Kurt Vonnegut
This is the perfect post!!
Hi Wesley!! Nice to see you post! I hope you are well.
In an age where incompetence seems pervasive.. the entire Artemis II mission was refreshing. Science, expertise, wonder and teamwork... we humans are capable of great things when we use our skills and work together.
You are very welcome. Feel free to ask questions!
Thank you so much! I hope you enjoyed the read!
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Thanks, little one!! You really are the best research assistant!
Thank you so much! A friend coined the term "accessible scholarship," which is my aim. I want to produce something that everyone can understand and enjoy while learning.
