Jan 9, 2020

Mississippi burning WOW

Last nite got my tea 
sat and watched Mississippi burning
WOW
Took me back educated me, and ensured remain committed to checking out my own prejudices.


The tension is sustained throughout, and the anger on both sides is incandescent, though there is no attempt made, as there was in so many Hollywood movies, to minimise the pain and indignity inflicted on African Americans, or to excuse the cruelty of a segregated society. It is all a long time ago now, but the period remains alive on the screen in Parker’s film and is sadly still echoed in this second decade of the 21st century. 

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Flying through Gods Cathedral.

 Alongside the car as we drove over the Moors. It appeared so witchy, so off another world. Together in silence Matty and his Dad...We obser...

MAYBE WE WON`T MEET AGAIN

. . . she got a postcard in the mail
That just said Heaven,with a picture of the ocean and the beach
The simple words he wrote her
Said he loved her
How he'd hold her if his arms would reach
Wish you were here, wish you could see this place
Wish you were near,Wish I could touch your face
The weather's nice, it's paradise
It's summertime all year and there's some folks we know
They say, "Hello, "
I miss you so, wish you were here"