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More curious now than ever. Life, Love, the whole damned thing.

Ribbon: for Peace and Compassion.

*We are where we are because of where we have been. Each choice, each decision rolls us forward. But each moment has its own Choice.*
What would Aesop say, I wonder? Or Hans Christian Andersen?

O, the lessons we learn.

And, Dr Seuss!

@davidallengreen.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This may be the truest thing #47 has ever said.

It’s a lonesome place when Father Time has the dice and and you can’t call how they’ll roll.

#biggerfishtofry
June 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Drama in the skies of Perthshire, Scotland.
May 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The late Pope seems to have left “unfinished business” but he has given a courageous message to renew the spark and amplify voices, conscience and commitment to Care for our Communities and for the World.
April 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Via Bishops and Dioceses, ALL the faithful are invited to this process of listening, hearing and attending to the “cries” of the vulnerable … of people and of Earth.

Advancing discernment and change. That’s our global challenge now.

And it’s a message for People of Good Will everywhere.
April 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
April 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
It is time the World Bank takes responsibility for rectifying a creation, a “major resolution… pressed forward with so much opposition."

It cannot be just or morally justifiable to go against the will or survival of a nation, a people, a society in face of economic malpractice and future viability.
March 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Wake up. Life is More than Consumerism.
February 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
“…willing to share (its) breakthroughs rather than protect them for commercial gains” has inherent strength. Watching this progress.
January 27, 2025 at 10:09 AM
ONE set of Values.

Truth.
Justice.
Humility.
The Common Good.

I choose.

Life, not Death.
Good, not Evil.
Mutuality.
Reason.
January 21, 2025 at 8:52 AM
There to remind you!
January 8, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The Love that respects individual autonomy but challenges us to Choose our Better Selves.
December 24, 2024 at 11:25 PM
Dreich, not dreich.

Rainbow against a #bluesky winter’s day in Scotland today. ♥️ #wintersolsticeweek
December 16, 2024 at 6:34 PM
All about perspective.

Truth. Reality.

Hope. Dream.
November 7, 2024 at 10:40 AM
In the existential dreamloop, it’s easier to let others be our purpose than to own the effort to be that purpose.

“And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made…”

Trust. Or Dream.
November 7, 2024 at 10:33 AM
I’ll say it again.

There is a paradox that poor wretches who barely *manage*, latch onto the scraps of Hope thrown from the table of the powerholders, when forced to choose between the commonSense of Dream and the Falsity of dreams.

We all dream of Hopes; choosing which is the challenge.
November 7, 2024 at 10:07 AM
@margaretatwood.bsky.social needs to get here properly!
November 2, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Newest scam? 📣📣
October 28, 2024 at 9:28 AM
❤️. The genko is a close second, especially when it lays a brilliant golden carpet!
October 11, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Oh what a night! Skies over Perthshire, Scotland. The aurora speaks!
October 11, 2024 at 8:15 AM
October 6, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Thoughtful piece @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy. Maria Popova writes on Winnicott’s Home is Where We Start From, a psychological deep dive into what democracy entails … and the unconscious fear of WOMAN.
2/3
October 6, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Now there’s a thought: “What proportion of antisocial individuals can a society contain without submergence of innate democratic tendency?” 1/3
October 6, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Late summer in the Cairngorms. Ancient glacial Glen Shee, lumpy bumps and all! No skiing today but glorious weather. 💖 Scotland.
September 17, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Layering required: hottest summer globally, except Scotland.
September 6, 2024 at 8:25 AM