It’s the 91st anniversary of the birth of my dad. He liked to say, “Keep smiling.”

…As I write this you are about to give your speech at Pointe du Hoc. I told my students about that spot yesterday. It’s similar to Pointe Reyes with its bluffs & steep cliffs….

Are you exhausted? The D-Day commemoration is heart-wrenching for me this year. I may be troubled because as the men who fought there pass on, the harsh realities of the Nazi regime become less tangible….

…To add texture to his D-Day book, he repeatedly visited Normandy so he could have a visceral feel for the place as he imagined what it would have been like to navigate the waves, hit the beach & traverse the sand while carrying 60-100 pounds of equipment. He swam in the ocean, slogged through bogs, & broke through hedgerows….

…As we reflect on people fleeing their homes, let’s hold the young men of Burma in the Light as they sneak into Thailand to avoid military conscription….

…I have spent my contemplative morning moments putting together slides for my acknowledgement of the Tianamen Square Massacre, 六四事件 in 1989….

…Are you familiar with the 62 paintings of the Peaceable Kingdom by Friend Edward Hicks (EH)? They are depictions of Isaiah 11:6–9 where the wolf dwells with the lamb….

… 372 years ago, Margaret Fell (MF) had a revelation when she heard George Fox asking, “what canst thou say (WCTS)?” She heard it as a call to take responsibility for her own spirituality & not depend on a minister or a book to guide her…

…Given that observation, I encourage you to do what you can to get Aung Sun Suu Kyi (ASSK) out of jail. She may have screwed up regarding the Rohingya, but she’s better than MAH….

… Please thank Kamala & everyone else involved in planning yesterday’s event at Girard College in Philly yesterday. Your refrain, “a promise made and a promise kept,” seemed to resonate with the folks in the audience….

… Will you quote Wm Lloyd Garrison who in 1854 burned a copy of the Constitution calling it "a covenant with death and an agreement with Hell"?  Is there a way to make peace with this history?…

I read the entirety of “Civil Disobedience” with its explanation for why HDT chose to spend a night in jail rather than pay his taxes. The line that stood out to me was, “I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn.”

… The people of Washougal & Camas, WA, were having a lot of dog fights, until they arrived at the idea of joining forces to pick up trash as a way of developing trust….

…Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury speculates in the EurAsian Times that “US Desperate for Military Base in Bangladesh; Conspires to Carve New State from B’Desh & Myanmar.” He suggests that we have joined with other Western nations in a plan to create a Christian state on Saint Martin Island….

…My house is extremely noisy this AM. Two Rotty/German Shepherd foster puppies & 1 terrier all barking at once about nothing. Well, it seems that way to me….