Sunday, November 10, 2019
BERLIN WALL AND CHECK POINT CHARLIE
A study group of US academics was in Berlin to experience the division happening in Europe at the time. As a part of the team I was being shepherded about by guards. One stopping point was Check Point Charlie.
The experience involved viewing barbed wire, guard dogs,
binoculars, machine guns, GDR soldiers, gates and a profoundly
ominous sensation that we could be dead if any of us tried to breach the border. This was part of the Berlin Wall, marking a physical and ideological barrier first built in 1961 and taken down in 1989. The thirtieth anniversary of the end of The Wall was on November 9, 2019, last week.
I am reminded that tensions in the world are easily spoken of these days.
The experience involved viewing barbed wire, guard dogs,
binoculars, machine guns, GDR soldiers, gates and a profoundly
ominous sensation that we could be dead if any of us tried to breach the border. This was part of the Berlin Wall, marking a physical and ideological barrier first built in 1961 and taken down in 1989. The thirtieth anniversary of the end of The Wall was on November 9, 2019, last week.
I am reminded that tensions in the world are easily spoken of these days.
A BOY SLIPPED AND FELL UP
A boy on a winters night
Knew the ground underfoot
From countless trips to the
Outbuildings such as the barn.
This one time he looked up for a moment.
A sensation came of falling up into the dark
Except the dark was a not a night dark.
It was an interstellar deep dark.
The depth of moving panels of color
Captured some department of this brain.
Made for each other they triggered
Recognition that created a living memory.
Up into the mystery of interstellar deep dark
Fell the boy now grown to age ninety years.
Still living with the Aurora Borealis
As companion on the mortal journey.
Delton Krueger 11-10-2019
Knew the ground underfoot
From countless trips to the
Outbuildings such as the barn.
This one time he looked up for a moment.
A sensation came of falling up into the dark
Except the dark was a not a night dark.
It was an interstellar deep dark.
The depth of moving panels of color
Captured some department of this brain.
Made for each other they triggered
Recognition that created a living memory.
Up into the mystery of interstellar deep dark
Fell the boy now grown to age ninety years.
Still living with the Aurora Borealis
As companion on the mortal journey.
Delton Krueger 11-10-2019
Saturday, November 2, 2019
REST AND BE THANKFUL
Above Glen Croe the A83 in the Scottish Highlands runs west until it climbs to the Rest and be Thankful Rest Stop. This is a steep climb and people are ready to rest a bit Just down there one notices a forest of deep green. With some luck Red Deer are to be seen
Doing some exploring with family who live at Tayport on the Sea just where the Tay River flows into
the North Sea. We have gone up into the Highlands several times
Dunvegan Castle and Mt. Ben Nevis are nearby. People are cautioned about hiking off into the forest because the weather can change quickly. More than a few have experienced a cold rain and a breeze. For some hypothermia follows. From Tayport we have seen helicopters head up into the hills to rescue careless folk.
The welcome and generosity of Scottish people is soon experienced by visitors. To be herded about by Sheep Dogs is quite a challenge for persons wishing to stand alone in a public gathering.
by Delton Krueger 11-2-19
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