... as the wicked witch of the west would say. Honestly, that's no comment on the wwotw, so much as that phrase just went through my head this morning.
I'm no expert or can speak with any intelligence on geopolitical activities. What I can say, however, is that my heart goes out to all those suffering and currently living in terror in the Ukraine (and yes, other places in the world suffering as well). My maternal grandparents were from a village in what was then Poland, but is now Ukraine. I have ancestral ties to the region. I'm aesthetically and emotionally connected to the culture. But even if that weren't the case, the situation would still be upsetting.
I grew up during the cold war. While I didn't necessarily know exactly what was going on, I did pick up on the threat "out there" which heavily tied into my father's religious fervor. It wasn't something that was helpful to my already anxious wired brain. Who needs this shit?
But I'm lucky. I live in relative safety and comfort. We're all citizens of this earth, though, so what affects some affects us all.
I'm rambling...
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