Celtic Cross in Powys, Wales--the front and the back carved centuries apart. Kaung 12-25-2024
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Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Christmas in the Trenches--for Myanmar--
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Christmas in the Trenches--by JohnMcCutcheon.
I bid you Peace, this X'mas
For Burmese, life is grim.
Today's Irrawaddy posts include--
Cholera outbreak, Thailand sends 3000 vaccine doses--for a country of millions--guess who will get first dibs
Coup leader urges unity--all the new DSA grads wearing white tuxes, the Mrs in another shade of olive green--
Garment industry hit by exodus of workers due to conscript law--and electricity cuts.
For me personally, 2024 not so bad.
I am still alive and my brain in still ticking
Missed one writing contest deadline, working on others incld a painting contest deadline.
Hope for better news out of Burma in 2025.
Dave Hickey--Art and Democracy--writings--
https://www.amazon.com/Air-Guitar-Essays-Art-Democracy/dp/0963726455
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