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It Has Always Been So: . Good stuff is also out there! Not in the news, but there. Across all borders, dads are clowning at new borns, grandmas smile at toddlers. Someone stands on a seaside outcropping waching breakers with internal bliss, the grill is full and hotdogs and sausages are next to thick steaks, roasting corn, crab legs, and lamb chops. Out prosperity supports us, rejeuvenates us to go beavely into the boiling world ready to solve. The old think of legacy, the young of opportunity. . The great times enjoyed make the horrors huge. We blink, as writers, take a deep breath, and keep standing as witness. Nothing can dull the brightness in my grandson's eyes. Nothing! . ~A~. 

Best Wishes: For healing and comfort. Prayers offered for you. ~A~ 

Thank you so much.  I am: Thank you so much.  I am being moved to extended care tomorrow.

EJ: . So glad u r there! When I hear somene died who chose to not vax, it makes me feel shock and emotional hurt. We are we first! . ~A~. 

I've seen people who espouse: I've seen people who espouse hatred be won over when handled with honey. I've never seen it, otherwise. They tend to dig in deeper - like most of us - when put on the defensive. Once told to "shut up", defensive instincts kick in. Escalation ensues. Sometimes, even those with hatred in their hearts start to see things differently when they see that the person who is supposedly their enemy isn't trying to conquer them, but rather talk with respect. It's how a jazz musician Darryl Davis got the head of the KKK to quit, which is probably the best example I could ever think of, and definitely greater than anything I've ever accomplished.

We're better off without blocking: I have read some of your 'ranting', but wanted to pause at "You can block me but this needs to be said...."   If there's to be a healthy discussion, understanding, and progress, no one should be blocking, banning or censoring anyone else. I hope postpoems will always stay the way it has been, as it seems that most other sites, poetry or otherwise, have gone the way of people either blocking each other or there being banning "from above".   I can tell already that there are some things I agree with you on, but also things I surely don't. But even if I completely disagreed, I'd still hope no one would interfere with you saying it, and that I'd still have every right to read it. Anyone who doesn't want to read it can just skip on to the next write.   But, I also hope that you'll reconsider telling people that disagree with you to "keep their mouth shut", as that is part of the obstruction. You're closing people off from hearing your point of view, when you do that. Maybe not this writer, because I'm not so easily deterred, but many others. If I can share the following:   I used to work a lot in activism, and I was part of groups that would street flier and discuss issues of serious concern with passer-by's in downtown Manhattan, Brooklyn, and other places in the city. We ran into many people who disagreed, but it was those who didn't respond with anger and shouting others down that won over the most people. Rarely did the shouters - those among us who would tell people to "shut up" - win anyone over. Just friendly advice for you, sir.

If you'd ever watched Monty: If you'd ever watched Monty Python, you'd know better than to frolic with wild hares.   I'm amazed at the wide-ranging tastes of foxes, though. I've seen them eat wild blueberries, which I didn't realize was a fox food, but from what I've since read, is normal. Wild Cheesecake, too, apparently.