Not a wordless Wednesday, again..... Flowers and some political stuff if - you can call Warmongering political.

I'll hit you with the Ugly later.  I would like to apologize for not reading all your blogs. Since I've been handicapped by an inability to read them on the netbook, my blog reading has fallen into the scupper.  Though there is a new log-in system in place, it only works for one computer.  So, I've had to figure a work-around to use the systemon the netbook. There is also a very naggy Google Connect that I'm not sure I want to let through the door quite yet. It seems like something very cool to use but then it just might be a little like opening the door to Godzilla.

First things first: here is a  "May You Walk With Beauty All Around You" part:

I found a tiny flower from the garden, the sweetness of which I wanted to share with all who read here. 

The flower is no more than 3/8th of an inch wide.
You can make it bigger to see details.
It is a work of Tiny Perfection.

Also, I would like to report that the blue eyed grass is making a lot more headway along the verges of the lawn at the rec center.  I'm just so happy to see it there!  I have no idea, besides from the friendly help of the birds, how it got there.  I'm collecting seeds again this year in order to scatter them ever farther.  They are the cutest little devils.  So tiny!  Smaller than those above.


Now cometh the "Big Ugly" Part:  Ahem!

As you know, I've been reading the new book, and it has made me wish I'd started reading the more "political" books earlier in life and had never stopped!

However, there were twins, which I never regretted but can you see me balancing a baby on each knee while reading heavy, wrist breaking, head splitting Tomes filled with footnotes?

The Big Sisters were readers, and, of course, they read to their Little Sisters.  I might have had more time to read if I'd thought to stay locked into the bathroom with my books, yes?  No, it wouldn't have worked.  There was Life to Live and a sweet family to raise and to Love!  They were the happiest of times.

Now, as an old Crone, (read Harpy?) I can read the "Big Ugly" stuff again (and swirl my brew with a cackle!?).

About the book, The Armies of Ignorance : It's heartbreaking to read because it answers some questions (in my mind) that needed to be answered.  The first being, why did we drop two different bombs on the Japanese, when they hesitated to surrender, when they were still negotiating to surrender?  And, why did we choose to terrify the population in Germany and Japan with an "unconditional surrender" policy when none of the Allies were informed about it, nor had yet agreed to it, when it was presented by FDR at the Casablanca Meeting as a done deal?  General Eisenhower - who knew better than anyone in Washington, DC what really worked -  had tried ( unsuccessfully) to have such a policy stopped or at least modified.  He knew it would cost a lot more lives. As everything unfolded, it is clear to me what the objective really was.

The book was written in 1977, by a man who was both a Military man, and a Scholar. 

Reading is the only way for me to stay informed and mentally alive.  I'm so glad we have the first amendment, and that it is almost still fully operational.   I feel it is one of the greatest blessings IN the Bill of Rights.  Thank you  James Madison!  (Yes, that link is a Wiki.. sorry..)

I get to stay home and rest today.  I think I'll keep my jammies on all day and KNIT!  I need to knit!