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1. Nonostante si "mettano le maiuscole a #parole vuote di significato" - come scriveva #SimoneWeil, nata oggi nel 1909 - le ulteriori forniture di #armi all'#Ucraina, come le precedenti, non sono un aiuto alla #Vittoria della #guerra e tanto meno alla costruzione della #Pace. > 
2. Sono invece un nuovo aiuto ai profitti dell'#industriabellica e soprattutto un ulteriore balzo in avanti nell'#escalation verso la tragica #sconfitta di tutti i #popoli: #ucraini, #russi, #europei. Un #pianoinclinato nel quale stiamo scivolando irrimediabilmente nel #baratro
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Sad to miss Rev Dr David Scott’s funeral today in his beloved Lake District. A train load going from Winchester I could not join with. So I sat & re-read his wonderful contribution to our #AugustineBaker conference in 2000 in #Abergavenny. His waspish…1/
…sinuous, intrigued & intriguing lilt on every page. I miss the twinkle in his eye, & that timbre in his voice that made him one of the best of readers. It’s not fully present on these SoundClouds (he needed the audience?) but his poems are brilliant…2/ bit.ly/3XnyJJI
A Long Way From Bread & Skelling Michael are 2 of my favourites…#RowanWilliams’ quote gets him well in this obituary. 3/
Today I had a long awaited opportunity to visit the grave of #SimoneWeil. Finding her writings, and her life, both extra-extraordinary, lit up my late teens. Her response to #GeorgeHerbert’s Love, & her living Easter at Solesmes struck loud chords…1/
I knew what I was looking for from photos @RedRector but I hoped 4 a few clues at the Cemetery. An Office? No. Plot number map? No. Chapel? No. Time was short, & I actually had no idea where the ‘Catholic bit’ was: & how big was it? There were tall angels evrywhre so no help. 2/
Some sixth sense or a guiding angel took me to the right area…then a look at the plot number on GMaps confirmed how close I was. The flat memorial is inconspicuous, but the colour of the lovingly kept primulas stood out. 3/
