No laughing please
We've had a few friends roll into town lately. They've come with exciting bits of tid-bit information from their little corners of the world. They all ask the same question. They all get the same answer.
'So what have we missed?'...genuinely enthusiastic to hear what's been going on here. I ponder. Really pushing hard to remember something of any significance or interest.
"You...well...missed the floods. Yeah, had lots of those this winter. Strange thing that global climate change, huh? Oh, yeah, and we've had no snow on Bjelasnica and Igman (as if something NOT happening what an event itself)." And I ponder again....
"Well, there were unpleasantries exchanged between the RS and Federation. Dodik said something obnoxious and provocative again. Silajdzic repeated the word genocide for the 8 millionth time in his career. Oh wait...Mesic threatened to send the Croatian army into Posavina if the RS voted to secede from the holy union!" Exciting huh?
Croatia has a new president. But i guess that's not 'our' news necessarily. Berlusconi got clubbed in the head with a miniature cathedral in Milano. I guess that's not ours either, huh?
So besides the weather, politics and war...not much has gone on this winter. At least the Russians didn't cut off our gas (knock on wood). That would give us trash talk material for at least a few months. Oh the conspiracy conversations that take place after the Russians did that ;)
So winter is a time of rest. Things slow to crawl here. Nothing really happens at all. Perhaps its better that way. No news IS sometimes better than the alternative.
I love the spring. It's my favourite season. But what I dread is that, at least in many of our hearts and minds, we are still in war mode. And offensives start in the spring.
Wouldn't it be great if instead of a political or military offensive we drummed up some positive energy to lead a love offensive....a change offensive.....a 'be honest' offensive.....listen to the other offensive....compromise offensive.....environmental offensive....
Stop laughing at me now. Let a man dream will ya!
