Today, on the first day of spring, Stargazer is returned to her element.
A shorebound winter is behind us. A summer of carefree seaborne wandering beckons.
The joyous taste of freedom is on my lips. As it must have been, for the citizens of Eastern Europe, as the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet empire crumbled, more than three decades ago.
Now Putin's (I will not say Russia's) winter-dark army marches through Ukraine. Laying waste. Seeking to, once more, lower an Iron Curtain across the continent. To shut off the nurturing light of spring. To stifle the fragile blossom of freedom.
Depaul is an established charity, working within Ukraine, to support those made homeless. Please click here to find out more, or to make a donation.
Picture Credits
1. Stargazer, Porth Cressa, Scilly, 2021 Me
2. Ploumanac'h, 2020 Me
3. Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989 John Tlumack, Boston Globe
4. Kyviv drone shot, 2021 Oleg Petrasiuk
5. Ukranian homeless Depaul International
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