Thursday; solidarity;

"It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners." -  Albert Camus

"A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty." -  Albert Einstein

We are forbidden to say this

Gaza is a Concentration Camp

By Arthur Silber

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33077.htm

When Everything You Know Is Not True

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Wednesday;Thinkers;

"The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, and intolerable..."  - H.L. Mencken

Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, critic of American life and culture, and a scholar of American English.

"I'll tell you what they don't want-they don't want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don't want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They're not interested in that. That doesn't help them. That's against their interest."  -The late George Carlin who called a spade a spade.

George Denis Patrick Carlin was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, actor and writer/author, who won five Grammy Awards for his comedy albums. 

Born: May 12, 1937, Manhattan  Died: June 22, 2008,

In memoriam;

Tuesday; advice;

Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful life imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you’re better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads.

Or better yet, date a girl who writes.

Advice to my darling grandsons; now 19 and 23;


Links   Poetic Takeaway's; a trivial world of words;

http://titania-threemonkeys.blogspot.com.au/

http://titania-lavenderandvanilla.blogspot.com.au/

http://t-picturesque.blogspot.com.au/

Monday; after the rain;

Yesterday

a drenched world, 

laden under  rain punctured clouds;

 Today

Shimmering intensity of light

 in crystal drops;

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Links

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Poetic Takeaway's; book of hours;

Lavender and vanilla

Sepia Saturday 152;

Libraries;

Books my children used to read  in English and German;

My granddaughter reading, using the ipad.

Micah uses braille to read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.

In earlier times blind children did not have the chance to read.

http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=1987

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Thursday; this morning;

Sunrise;  

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Poetic Takeaway's

Lavender and Vanilla;

Wednesday; solar eclipse;

Tourist towns in far north Queensland are witnessing a total solar eclipse, the first in Australia for a decade.

It is the first full solar eclipse to occur in Australia since the same eerie darkness fell on Ceduna in South Australia ten years ago.

It takes the moon about an hour to pass from first contact, when it begins to cross the sun's path, to totality, when the sun is completely obscured.

During those few minutes of totality, it will seem like a moonlit night.

 A black hole in the sky will be seen, with a pearly white filamentary corona around it for several degrees.'

Up to 60,000 people are re expected to visit Cairns for the eclipse, while a further 15,000 are set to pack Port Douglas.


The next total  solar eclipse in Australia will be seen in Sydney in 2028.

Courtesy    Australian News Channel Pty Ltd