One of the drawbacks of 24-hour news channels like CNN is the relentless coverage of sad events affecting innocents or bad behaviour by the guilty. Our hearts go out to the people of Christchurch New Zealand, one of our favourite places in the world. We walked the pretty streets that are now in rubble, and we picnicked in the shade of the majestic cathedral now in ruin. The Asian college students who have perished were like those who challenged and delighted us in our teaching days. At the other extreme, my spirit and support is once again in the streets of a country under seige as Libyans die to free their land from a megalomaniac.
Hard to reconcile those realities to the privileged life here. Our streets are peaceful, sometimes the only hazard being a group of cyclists whizzing by. The PetSmart is the size of a football field, with more food for cats on the shelves than Libyans eke out in a month. A nearby McDonalds has it's own marina so you can boat-through as well as drive-through.
But across the street from our place (see red car in background) the renewal and expansion of Don's Dock speeds on. Destruction in NZ and Libya, construction here. Conclusion?
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