tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post1222444382264935002..comments2023-09-24T03:18:15.557-04:00Comments on Guanaguanare: the laughing gull: A Country To Die For?Guanaguanarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633889363662650322noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post-73232745320718355382012-11-26T19:21:53.162-05:002012-11-26T19:21:53.162-05:00Liane,
I have been thinking about you so I am ver...Liane, <br />I have been thinking about you so I am very happy to see that you visited and left a comment. I've also been reading the comments on the articles about this issue and like them or not, I have come to accept that they are part of my continuing schooling...though definitely not recess, more like the sessions involving vicious swipes across my palms with the dreaded long, wooden ruler.<br /><br />About our mothers and their maxims, I think that they put up with a lot, even sacrificing something of themselves to maintain peace and harmony. But Liane, I suspect that those undercover tigresses were only an alarm away from springing into action with all claws bared, fangs displayed and more than a few choice words being roared if anything had seriously threatened our well being on their watch. <br /><br />Thanks so much for sharing what you know about Dr. Kublalsingh and thanks even more for going to visit him tomorrow. I don't understand why many, many more citizens are not going there. He represents much more than just the Highway Re-Route Movement. <br /><br />I would also like to meet him so thank you also for your graciousness in thinking of sharing your visit with me. Yes, please, please tell him that a seagull is flying close in the spirit and that he is in my heart and prayers.<br /><br />BlessingsGuanaguanarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16633889363662650322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post-74884073789677062372012-11-25T19:51:23.617-05:002012-11-25T19:51:23.617-05:00I just finished reading through the comments on se...I just finished reading through the comments on several articles about Dr. Kublalsingh and felt the urge to come here and dip my feet into the healing waters of this space.<br /><br />I've met him (as a student in one of his courses) and I admire him greatly. I told him this the last time we met several months ago. He twice said to me that we're kindred spirits, and that's a huge compliment, even if said in jest, that I am not worthy of; I do not have his courage, and I do not have his conviction that we are worth fighting and dying for. Our persistent ugliness depresses me profoundly. We have the makings of a paradise here and we don't know it, don't value it, don't want it.<br /><br />Our mothers were probably right; I'm still trying to put aside my childish rebellion and recognize the wisdom in many of her maxims. In the meantime, I hold my peace. One day at a time.<br /><br />I'll visit Dr. Kublalsingh tomorrow and shake his hand, in the faith that I'll have the opportunity to do so again and again in the future. We don't deserve him, but we need him. If I can, I'll tell him a seagull sends his blessings also. *smile*Liane Spicerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035607144500219524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post-18048065290110830432012-11-20T18:51:15.075-05:002012-11-20T18:51:15.075-05:00Greetings, Kitabwalli,
I thank you for visiting an...Greetings, Kitabwalli,<br />I thank you for visiting and also for expressing your opinion about speaking out. I agree with you so you can imagine that the truce with my disappointment continues to be a fragile and uneasy one. <br /><br />I have on many occasions in the past ignored my mother's advice on this blog but filial imprinting is a powerful thing. Her gentle "<i>All for the sake of peace</i>" approach urges that I count to two hundred, that I try to focus on the good instead, that I walk away and actually do something positive where I am. I am not convinced that she was wrong. Even the most articulate and dedicated and justified of critics can become ignored, ineffectual background noise if for whatever reasons in a particular time and place that form of protest falls on deaf ears, is not fruitful or not the best use of constructive energies. What to do? <br /><br />But Leonard Cohen is just beautiful! I love his music, his lyrics and his voice. I will close with this link to his <a href="http://youtu.be/wHMxKgNbATo" rel="nofollow">"The Land of Plenty".</a><br /><br />Come back soon!<br />BlessingsGuanaguanarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16633889363662650322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post-34800188060007569722012-11-20T11:41:18.277-05:002012-11-20T11:41:18.277-05:00Brother, I've got to disagree with your esteem...Brother, I've got to disagree with your esteemed Mom about not speaking ill. So long as there's wrong not only out there, but rising, we not only can criticize it - we have the moral obligation to do so. <br /><br />Greetings from the home of Leonard Cohen!Kitabwallihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13997394121610953371noreply@blogger.com