Today's poem:

Rosemary for Remembrance
- by Wren Donovan

https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/785871907564191744/rosemary-for-remembrance?source=share

#WrenDonovan #poetry #crete #lasithi #tennessee #rosemary #remembrance

#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #uno / #unrwa / #aidworkers / #killings / #remembrance

„The United Nations paid tribute on Thursday to the 168 staff members who lost their lives in 2024. They include 126 personnel killed in Gaza, all but one of whom served with the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA.“

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/06/1164086

Community reflects on 4 years since Afzaal family killed
Dozens on Tuesday attended a walk in memory of the Afzaal family at Canterbury Park — a few steps away from the fatal crash's site near Hyde Park and South Carriage Roads, where the community renewed a vow to continue the fight against Islamophobia tog...
#community #violence #Islamophobia #remembrance #CanterburyPark #HydePark
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/community-reflects-on-4-years-since-afzaal-family-killed-1.7551658?cmp=rss

Ideally, the celebration of #Pride should also be somewhat of a hybrid, containing an aspect of solemnity at the foundation of its naturally festive, glittery, party atmosphere.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/pride-2025-where-defiance-meets-hope-and-celebration-meets-remembrance-ba8e0502291d?sk=92b2d92e0db2efcfc461fd70f883df6c

#LGBTQ #Celebration #Protest #Remembrance

Today's poem:

At the British War Cemetery, Bayeux

- by Charles Causley

https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/784713464894685185/at-the-british-war-cemetery-bayeux?source=share

#CharlesCausley #death #war #WWII #sorrow #life #debt #bayeux #cemetery #remembrance

#Honor #Sacrifice #Duty #Remembrance #MemorialDay #ThankYou

Today, I’m holding two countries in my heart — and two memorials.

In Israel, it’s Jerusalem Day, /yom ye-roo-sha-'la-yeem/.

In the U.S., it’s Memorial Day.

One marks the reunification of our eternal capital.

The other remembers those who gave their lives for freedom.

And as an Israeli living in America, I feel the weight of both — deeply.

Growing up in Israel, memorial days were never abstract.

Yom HaZikaron stops the entire country. Sirens sound. We stand in silence. We know the names. We’ve served alongside them. We’ve wept beside their families.

There’s no separation between "them" and "us."

Everyone serves.

Everyone remembers.

So when I came to the U.S. and saw Memorial Day marked with barbecues and sales, it was jarring at first.

But over time, I’ve come to understand the quiet dignity in how Americans grieve.

To the fallen, in every uniform:

We remember.

To Jerusalem — my forever center — we celebrate.

#MemorialDay #JerusalemDay #Remembrance #Holiday

From one ally and neighbour to another: thinking of my American friends this Memorial Day.
May the memory of those lost in service live on in honour and peace.
#MemorialDay #Remembrance #Allies

"Spider-Web"
from my cycle "The Seven Little Lanes"
recorded at the premiere in 2021 at the Holocaust Exposition in Vilnius, Lithuania

with Agnė Dukštaitė on accordion and yours truly on fadolín

For Sarah and Yaron.
May their memories be for a blessing... Baruch Dayan Emet.

https://vimeo.com/1087169231

#music #holocaust #remembrance #memory #vilnius #vilna #wilno
#LT

"Aloha Jerry"

#aloha #peace #peaceandlove #peaceout #sad #sadness #traffic #road #burren #ballyvaughan #countyclare #remembrance #bytheroadside #monument #ireland

A quotation from J. M. Barrie

WENDY: Oh! Peter, when Captain Hook carried us away —
PETER: Who’s Captain Hook? Is it a story? Tell it me.
WENDY: (aghast) Do you mean to say you’ve even forgotten Captain Hook, and how you killed him and saved all our lives?
PETER: (fidgeting) I forget them after I kill them.

J. M. Barrie (1860-1937) Scottish novelist and dramatist [James Matthew Barrie]
When Wendy Grew Up — An Afterthought (1908, publ. 1957)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/barrie-james/76677/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #peterpan #jmbarrie #disregard #forgetfulness #memory #remembrance #selectivememory

It was 9 years ago today that I became a widow, when my wife passed away.

Her memory is a blessing to all who knew her.

#remembrance
#grief
#imissallofthem

https://timgatewood.wordpress.com/2016/05/21/remembering-barbara-gatewood/

There are always moments when you take a deep breath and just think about the things mankind does simply wrong. Time for #remembrance, time to pursue a change before it‘s too late... 😪

#sea #water #plastic #plastics #pollution #rubbish #ocean #toerismebredene #gemeentebredene #bredenefestivalt #plasticnightmare #apple #takenoniphone #bestbelgiumphotos #belgiumofficial #takenwithiphonex #iphonex #westflandern #westflanders #bredene #bredenebeach #belgien #belgium 🇧🇪 #pixelfedbelgium

#Remembrance #OvalOffice #Trump #Vance #Selenskyj #USA #Ukraine #German #Humor "If you have enough money, no one will ask you if you have a suit. Or ... shoes."

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