http://meloukhia.net/2007/10/wandering.html from beneath you, it devours Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:56:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://meloukhia.net/2007/10/wandering.html/comment-page-1#comment-141 ideasinca Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-141 One of my favorite novels ever -- "The Travelling Horn Player" by Barbara Trapido. It's out of print, but around, so you should be able to order it from the library. I can't believe you were hassled by the police in front of Headlands in broad daylight. Or rather, I all too sadly can believe, but really, really don't want to. What has happened to the world? What planet have common sense, common humanity, and the world's sense of humor fled to? Every day there's something new, whether close to home or far away, to be horrifically astounded about. I and so many I know are suffering from outrage fatigue. And the only remedy is to love those right here, around us (including, I'm afraid, the Fort Bragg cop), fill our little world with healing and beauty, and make it the best we can. Pathetically homiletic, I'm afraid, but (and I'm old enough to have learned the hard way) true. One of my favorite novels ever — “The Travelling Horn Player” by Barbara Trapido. It’s out of print, but around, so you should be able to order it from the library. I can’t believe you were hassled by the police in front of Headlands in broad daylight. Or rather, I all too sadly can believe, but really, really don’t want to. What has happened to the world? What planet have common sense, common humanity, and the world’s sense of humor fled to? Every day there’s something new, whether close to home or far away, to be horrifically astounded about. I and so many I know are suffering from outrage fatigue. And the only remedy is to love those right here, around us (including, I’m afraid, the Fort Bragg cop), fill our little world with healing and beauty, and make it the best we can. Pathetically homiletic, I’m afraid, but (and I’m old enough to have learned the hard way) true.

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