Tecumseh On May 9, 1813 Fort Meigs was beseiged by Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa, the Shawnee Prophet. Tecumseh was a Shawnee and a resister. His goal was the unity of all the tribes in the midwest against the American incursion on their lands. He held sellouts in great disdain, angry at the “chiefs” who had sold land to Americans. He fought on the British side in the War of 1812, but was killed in 1813 when the British withdrew their forces during the Battle of the Thames and left him to face the Americans alone in hand to hand …
XXIX Your notebook was washed ashore, But it was hardly The last change In the first realm of paradise Where Love Dreams of the way Beauty in all her languages says The work of the world is peace. — Jim Cohn, from “Treasures for Heaven” More ruminations drawing together blogging for beauty and blogging for peace.
Where is Raed ? has an update from Salam Pax. Lots of first hand reporting about life during the bombardment of Baghdad and in “post-war” Iraq. In honour of the updates, I point you to Walt Whitman’s “Respondez” which starts: RESPONDEZ! Respondez! (The war is completed�the price is paid�the title is settled beyond recall;) Let every one answer! let those who sleep be waked! let none evade! Must we still go on with our affectations and sneaking? And continues, rather scornfully: Let nothing but copies at second hand be permitted to exist upon the earth! Let the earth desert God, …
I was peeking through my usage stats, noticing when people visit this site, and I had this line pop into my head: “In time zone after time zone, all around the world, evening is dawning.”
From the journals of Rob Horne, an irrigation contractor living near San Diego. He calls his journal “Backward Rain” because once described his work in irrigation that way. May 6, 1966 – Friday This trip to Japan must really have shaken me up inside even more than I realize. I�m not really afraid any longer because I�ve gotten used to the idea of moving but something deep down inside seems to be bothering me. For instance the first night after I found out I was going I had a terrible dream. At first I was asleep and the next moment …