A bed of roses

9/11 is one of those dates, right? Ask anyone over about 30, and they'll know where they were and what they were doing when the Twin Towers went down. I was in work and one of my colleagues said a plane had crashed into a building in New York. At first we all thought it was some sort of hoax, so we all went online to check it out - and the internet broke! Quite literally. I guess everyone in the university was trying to get online at the same time. Luckily, there was a small radio in the office, so we gathered around that and listened to the news reports coming in. Felt so retro!

Then there was the television news in the evening and the whole thing just seemed more and more surreal. Even now, it's hard to process it.

I read an article earlier about how the US Government helped Pinochet to power on 11 September 1973. Of course it's America's fault! The UK has never been involved in interfering with other countries' governments... Or had imperialist ambitions...

I also read something about sanctions being applied to Iran for supplying weapons to Russia. It made me wonder if there are countries applying sanctions to the UK for supplying Ukraine? It's not something that's ever popped up on the news... but would it? I do want to be clear - in that particular conflict, I think Ukraine are the victim. I also understand why Western governments are accused of hypocrisy when they support Ukraine but ignore Palestine. Which triggers a memory that a member of Biden's government was trying to broker peace...? I mean, it's not as simple as the US waving a political magic wand and the Israeli government backing down. 

The world is a mess and it's easy to feel overwhelmed. Richard Rohr says the world is broken but whole - we are held in the loving embrace of God. I'm also reminded of the words I wrote on Sunday about not expecting to finish the work but being obligated to continue it in our own small, seemingly insignificant ways.

To quote Five - no-one is insignificant.

Bit of a rambling post but that's my thought process for you!

 First of all, a moment to remember that it is 9/11.  There is a talk at my church tonight about the life of Father Mychal Judge who was chaplain to the New York Fire Department and was killed at the Twin Towers.  It's one of those moments where everyone knows where they were when it happened.  I was at work and we ended up gathered around someone's transistor radio because the computer network had crashed due to the best part of 20,000 staff and students all trying to access it at the same time.

And now, to more trivial matters!

KH and I have clicked.  I can't pinpoint the moment when it happened but I can pinpoint the moment when I realised it had happened.  I was walking through the Dalmatian House looking at the cute cartoon puppies in the cute cartoon house and realised that I wanted to play more of this game, if only to rescue more cute cartoon puppies.  I am currently in the Dark Cavern outside Agrabad(sp?) trying to find Jafar and Jasmine.  Having to go around the city twenty times because everything was blocked off was annoying but I am getting better at jumping on things rather than off them.  A little...

I've also met Merlin and I gritted my teeth and agreed to help Pooh.  I have an abiding hatred of Disney's Winnie-the-Pooh, because I have such a deep-seated love for the original.  But it's still Pooh and he still needs my help.

Progress is also being made on the husband's poncho.  The back is done and half of the front.  I'm hoping to finish it in the next couple of days and then I can get going on my fancy scarf.

And my new morning routine has yielded words - not only here but also for the Write Practice.  Go me!