Dona Nobis Pacem

Two little boys, Archie & Max, entered my life this year. How wonderful it would be if I could be sure that they would grow up in a world filled with peace.

Dona Nobis Pacem

I know that today most of my fellow Blogblasters will be posting about the end of war and peace between countries across the globe.
I intend to leave that to them; I want to post about peace slightly nearer to home. Over the last few months I've seen so many of my friends arguing with their loved ones; husbands, children and friends.

Monday would have been Mick's and my Wedding Anniversary. We were one of those couples who seldom argued; maybe a small disagreement now and then; but we were both of the same mind....that in the great scheme of life...petty trifles were negligible.

I see my friends arguing over such silly things....I want to bash their heads together and remind them how lucky they are to be together...I want to tell them the sadness they would feel if they lost the person they were arguing with.

All over the world people are fighting and dying for peace for far nobler causes than...coming in half an hour late for dinner...having the one drink too many and falling asleep.....forgetting to buy the milk on the way home from work..etc etc etc!!!

My one small voice may not be able to stop the wars around the world...but if it will make you stop and think and prevent one petty squabble...who knows...maybe like a pebble dropped into a lake...the ripples of peace will spread.

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SNOWED UNDER!

Don't panic!!!.....no we've not had snow yet here in Great Cornard.......though we did have our first FROST last night. I admit at the moment I've relented and put the gas fire on for a while.....

Actually I'm snowed under with reading and writing up notes. I can't believe how much paperwork I've got in my folders and we've only just finished the second week! Admittedly despite the reading lists being VERY LONG we are not expected to read everything; though all class handouts are a must.....but it's all so interesting that I'm trying to lay my hands on anything I can. It's much too expensive to buy all the books suggested (even on ebay or Amazon etc) but quite a few I've managed to get from the Uni library or my local library in Sudbury. I'm make great use of e-resources too. I've discovered Google Books and some of the books I need to read have limited previews on there and my Google Library is slowly growing.

I may well have mentioned on a previous post that the three modules for this semester (up until Christmas) are

'An Introduction to Drama' (Sophocles' Antigone, The Glass Menagerie, Macbeth and The Dolls House)

'From Cradle to Grave'.......England 1560-1720...seeking to understand the "otherness" of the past

'An Introduction to Political Ideas'....Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Wollstonecraft, Utilitarianism, Marx, Lenin, Nietzsche, deBeauvoir and Fascism

ARE YOU STILL AWAKE!....HOPE I'M NOT BORING YOU ALL TOO MUCH!

I've my first essay to write too.....'Death in Antigone'

Nikiphoros Lytras, Antigone in front of dead Polynikes (1865)

Oil on canvas, 100 x 157 cm. National Gallery of Athens

Still not quite sure how I'm going to afford being at Uni for the next 3 years...no lodger or job yet!....but one bit of good news is I've managed to get a lift to and fro with another girl who lives in Sudbury. It does mean a bit of a walk to get to her house but paying my share of the petrol is about £8 cheaper a week than going by bus. Even better still it means I get home about an hour earlier than I would if I went by public transport.

Gosh...all this chat about Uni...I'm going to have to change the title of my blog to Me, My Life, University and My Garden (when I get the time to garden)! Actually the garden is still doing quite well despite a little neglect over the last couple of weeks. When I have set a day to one side to do gardening it's peed down with rain.....maybe the powers that be are giving me a sign that I should get back to those books!

Speaking of money....I found some fabulous bargains at our local Tescos...it seems they had over ordered their fruit and vegetables and were selling bags of carrots, potatoes, oranges...you name it they had it on offer.....all for between 5p and 10p a bag! I do hope that who ever did the ordering didn't get into too much trouble as they have certainly done me a favour...I'll definitely be having my '5 a day' for the next week or so.

Before I do return to my essay and books.....just time for a quick plug for this years Blogblast for peace..........................


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DONA NOBIS PACEM

How wonderful that the letter for ABC Wednesday should be P as today is Blogblast for PEACE Day. .....

There's a name for war and killing there's a name for giving in when you know another answer, for me, the name is sin but there's still time to turn around and make all hatred cease and give another name to living and we could call it peace. And peace would be the road we walk each step along the way and peace would be the way we work and peace the way we play. And in all we see that's different and in all the things we know peace would be the way we look and peace the way we grow. There's a name for separation there's a name for first and last when it's all for us or nothing for me the name is past but there's still time to turn around and make all hatred cease and give a name to all the future and we could call it peace. And if peace is what we pray for and peace is what we give then peace will be the way we are and peace the way we live. Yes there still is the time to turn around and make all hatred cease and give another name to living and we can call it peace.

~Words by John Denver~

THE ONLY ANSWER TO WAR IS PEACE

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the World"
~Anne Frank~

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COLOUR ME AUTUMN?

What a fabulous start to Autumn..........the garden is a mix of Summer flowers still in bloom and fabulous Autumnal colours................. the best of both seasons.................
even the sunsets are full of colour.............................

John G put a fabulous photo of his garden on his blog yesterday..the Robinia Freesia in its Autumn colour is amazing! His garden looks a really peaceful place to sit...............

talking of peace

Last year I took part in the BlogBlast for Peace; once again this year on November 7th thousands of Bloggers from around the world will unite and Blog For Peace.

If you would like to join us click on my Peace Globe above for more information.
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I must dash now...Sociology and Study Skills today...and boy do I need those Study Skills!!!!

DONA NOBIS PACEM

I know you popped over here for a cuppa and a look around the garden, but something much more important is happening today......today I'm blogging for PEACE. Man's inhumanity to man has ruled this world for too long....today Blogworld is united in a common cause...a cause that every man, woman and child should be a part of.
Adlai E. Stevenson wrote

“The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step.

So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach,

however small.”

Today is that single step....so get yourself a globe, publish your post and turn that single step into a mighty long stride.

Have you blogged for Peace...click on the globe above and add your link

Just so you don't complete gardening withdrawal symptons -

a photo of the rose PEACE