Thomas Merton quote – Trust in him no matter how you feel
“God does not ask you not to feel anxious but to trust in him no matter how you feel.” – Thomas Merton
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Cartoon – In The Belly of The Whale
Poem – Crusader’s Tomb (By Rony Nair)
you didn’t give a f**k for anything’ except love’ and art. it was the precipice that kept it sane’ kept it afloat even as you slid further and further away in real life and newly rediscovered sanctimony. even as we lay side by side and the workers could glimpse us as they worked the neighboring flat. It sits […]
Read morePoem – Tangled (By David Russell)
Tangled Drawing the cross slices tramline nuggets, Sizing out torture’s cavity, Wrenching the hopeful – slashes, threads all. The anchor is split, tossed on a shroud, The elements burgeoning right. The chain is rusted, marking starfish, Shakes in a ticking melody. Calipers rented, mayhem dented, Cholesterol’s bulb fouls the maggots away; All pupae are gelled, numb triplets they […]
Read moreIndefinite Detention Of American Citizens
President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 including a separate section that could allow the military to indefinitely detain American citizens on suspicions of supporting terrorism. His signature means indefinite detention without charge or trial will be extended.”
Read moreHEROIN SURGE
Some addicts hooked on opioids such as OxyContin and Percocet turn to heroin when they lose access to prescription pills. Heroin, far cheaper than pills, is available through networks that source it from Mexico and Colombia.
Read morePoem – Journey (For My Father) By Melissa R. Mendelson
Journey (For My Father) I wish I could say that we are like any other father and daughter. I wish that I could say that we are the best of friends, but it took us a long time to get here. I wish I could say that I could tell you anything, everything, but you still would not understand. […]
Read moreVirgilia Peterson Quote – Memory Must Be Selective
“I can understand that memory must be selective, else it would choke on the glut of experience. What I cannot understand is why it selects what it does.” – Virgilia Peterson
Read moreOceans Heating Up At Double Speed
Ocean temperatures first collected during one of the great 19th-century voyages of exploration confirm one of the consequences of climate change: humans have managed to warm even the deepest parts of the ocean. A new study in Nature Climate Change calculates that the amount of heat absorbed by the ocean has doubled in the last 18 years. A third of […]
Read moreAnne Sophie Swetchine Quote – For Every Illusion
“In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.” – Anne Sophie Swetchine
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