More Travel

Arrived at the Hood Canal today after a brief stop in Poulsbo. Cute town! Friendly people.

128 stairs total to get to the tidal flats & boat house; another 128 to return. Wow! Quite a workout!

Then there was a quiet sunset. All in all, a grand day!

Remembering Nagasaki

9 August 1945

May we never have another day like that!

As I think about this day and what it meant in the history of the world, I find myself reflecting on the war we are now involved in ~ Afghanistan ~ and about the people suffering in Syria, the stolen tank in the Sinai, those imprisoned for their outspoken beliefs anywhere in the world. I am also reminded of this quote from a 1985 speech given by Father George Zabelka, who was the Catholic chaplain to the flyboys of the 'Enola Gay' (bombed Hiroshima) and the 'Bockscar' (bombed Nagasaki):

"We must all do something for peace. We must stop this insanity of worshiping the gods of metal. We must take a stand against evil and idolatry. This is our destiny at the most critical time of human history. But it's also the greatest opportunity ever offered to any group of people in the history of our world~to save our world from complete annihilation."

Hopefully, we will all care enough to do something, however small and insignificant we think it is, in the pursuit of peace.