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LoisB

(11,193 posts)
1. This is so true. Wouldn't humanity be so much more humane if we all did this or even tried?
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 12:29 PM
18 hrs ago

nuxvomica

(13,496 posts)
2. That's sort of the message of McCarthy's novel, "The Road"
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 03:58 PM
14 hrs ago

Despite the utter hopelessness of the post-Apocalyptic setting, the unnamed man and boy continue to struggle for survival. What drives the man is protecting the boy and keeping him from seeing the horrors the man encounters, because the boy is "the keeper of the light," innocent and caring, the last glowing ember of human charity, and that must be preserved.

George McGovern

(8,370 posts)
5. On your say-so I just ordered a copy from amazon. Most interested to read it. Thanks nuxvomica!!
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 11:07 PM
7 hrs ago

"McCarthy transforms what could have been a ludicrous story into a tense psychological drama about a man living on the edge of sanity. It is remarkable for its acuity, empathy, and insight."
Sebastian Shakespeare

applegrove

(127,110 posts)
3. Bruce Cockburn gave a lecture on his trip to Mozambique
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 04:45 PM
13 hrs ago

back in the 80s. Fighting for peace there. He is a very caring person.

George McGovern

(8,370 posts)
6. apple grove -- how could you have known Bruce is one of my very top favorite artists since and for ever! Thanks!!!
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 11:12 PM
7 hrs ago

Do you have any of his tunes? Here's a good one:
"Last Night of The World" from the 1999 album "Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu"

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applegrove

(127,110 posts)
7. I forget what he played at the lecture. We had a pianist play one of Bruce's songs
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 12:59 AM
5 hrs ago

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at my older brothers funeral "Wondering Where The Lions Are". It is a song about eternity. It was fitting and lovely melody. I never follow the words anyhow.

One of my favorite paintings is Horse and Train by Alex Colville which was on the cover of one of Bruce's albums. That painting was based on a poem about fighting Nazis someone told me.

Don't know more than a few of his most popular songs. He's from Ottawa as am I.

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