“But they are storytellers and artists and this too is needed to rebuild a better world.”

Your entire comment brought tears to my eyes, D. Because re Putin, who knows where this goes. And his willingness to kill innocent people…And how to stop him…
So I think about the story you referenced and then I think of the part in my excerpt. You are right and another reason to keep the creativity flowing.
Yet what a price to pay to get there. And for what.

I just came from a long overdue appointment, double masked and all the usual. The service provider’s Mother lives in Romania. I asked how she and her Mom were feeling about all the mess. A shrug of her shoulders and a comment that her mother felt the same way. A big “Meh”.
The more widespread this attitude, the bigger the hole we are digging…

Thanks for your reads and comments, my friend. And yes, somehow, some way we will get through this. Putin and wherever covid goes from here, and discriminations and racisms and and

I am seriously working at finding my path to do what I wrote in my essay. Aren’t we all.