IMPRESSIONS

Something big this way cometh….

So goes the quote by some person a while ago….
We are told a great snow storm is bearing down…will arrive sometime this evening…

It is at times like this that the city/suburban dweller feels something of the challenge felt by the farmer day in and day out.

It is at times like this that non-farm folk are exposed, vulnerable to the forces of nature.

The sailor feels the presence of nature….as do those who fly the planes and work on the edge of things.

‘Tis a sobering moment of truth, a sobering interval of time for those of us so insulated from the forces of nature.

Sort of reminds one of just how great those forces of nature are….of how we are a part of something very great indeed – that maybe, just maybe, the world does not revolve around us and our desires as much as we like to think it does.

Egypt….

The events in this ancient land remind us of the importance of the Middle East…a crossroads…a reservoir of precious natural resources…a region which inevitably draws the great powers of the world into competition and conflict, a process which seems destined to go on forever.

Decades, centuries, millennia…

Remember this when you are tempted to think that our ancestors should have known better than to have involved themselves in this fulcrum of world affairs….

Some geopolitical challenges simply cannot be ignored or resolved.
Some things simply have to be dealt with, over and over and over.

Movies:

Dear Wife and I have seen several movies recently, contrary to our normal custom.

We have mentioned this before: the most recent C.S. Lewis film ; The King’s Speech; and True Grit.

I saw the last two, Dear Wife all three.

In all cases, the main feature was preceded by an endless stream of previews… nearly all of which were nothing less than litanies of incredible violence and mayhem and destruction.
They weren’t even very sexy.

They simply destroyed, attacked, and blasted.

I am sure a great deal has been and will be said about this phenomenon of the lust for violence…
We can think of lots more attractive movie topics.