i watched the documentary the seeds of vandana shiva this evening. it was very good and has a very important message about the need to take care of the health of our soil on this planet, the planet itself and of ourselves, each one of us . . especially small farmers. you can access it at this link, and you can see a longer two minute trailer here.
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from dear world, a syrian girl's story of war and plea for peace (bana alabed), her mother writes:
"also, because we had some savings, we were lucky enough to be able to cope with the hardships of war in a way some other families could not. we were able to buy a generator and solar panels, and to stockpile food. with these things, we felt like we could hunker down and weather the storm until things got better.
but always, always the bombs would come again, and they would be even worse than before. the fear and despair would come crashing back even worse than before too, because we dared allow ourselves to believe it would be better this time, that the war would eventually end. it reminded us that our hope was a fragile as the first blooms of jasmine in our garden, and as easily crushed." (from page 57)
"we will always miss syria.every day you still ask when we can go home. i hope that day will come, that we will see a country that is rebuilt and a people reborn. that may be a long time from now, though. maybe you will have given me grandchildren by then. i will tell them stories about the war and how brave their mother was, how you never gave up and how you made it your mission to help people. how you spread a message of hope and peace." (page 199)
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and at the playground today . .
it was such a beautiful day with a cool breeze and low humidity . .
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