1 stork (leylek) now

4 storks were flying here this morning

Naivety meets battle hardened history

Difficulty of access gives more time to study history of bulwarking.

There are currently no boats to Israel

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Turkish çay (tea)

The enormity of my journey becomes clearer every day. It is not just the kilometers and the mountains. It is also the complexity of Jorusalom, understanding Hebrew and Israel and how to face the fights peacefully. Can the weight of history be lighted up?

The shadow of war

https://mobile.twitter.com/BarakRavid/status/1502645313567444994

= https://mobile.twitter.com/BarakRavid/status/1502645154246762502

In this place we find vestiges of both Maria and Artemis, mother of god and personification of nature. The older Artemis bringing into view all the fertility. The younger bearer of christ one particular fertile occurrence. The wonder of life’s perpetual emergence

Sad-ist putin

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/10/opinion/putin-russia-ukraine.html

Ephesus is old civilization. The rubble has been built up again and it is a real city to walk through. Set in stone.

With also beautiful mosaics

From Efes

Turkey and Israel https://mobile.twitter.com/ALagaaij/status/1501498013335924737

Russian invasion of Ukraine https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/07/the-world-leaders-pushing-for-peace-in-ukraine-and-their-motives

Heraclitus said things come from fire. “If we regard the world as an “ever-living fire” (fragment 20), we can understand how it is always becoming all things, while all things are always returning to it.” From Burnet

Meanwhile, slowly approaching Israel:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=Af3hcaui6TA&feature=emb_logo

From https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/06/feud-over-antisemitic-wailing-wall-painting-closes-israel-museum-david-reeb