Category: Religious Intolerance

• Budapest to amsterdam II: a legend of richard the lionheart

  [King Richard I, the Lionheart. Source: Google search.] Even the bravest of us loath war, and those who long for it are the most dangerous. ~~Richard I. If Richard I really did say this, he likely didn’t see himself as particularly dangerous. But the infidels (Muslims led by Sultan Saladin) that he was fighting during…

  patrickjegan

  June 7, 2026

  #Crusades, Castles, Danube Legends, England, History, Religion, Religious Intolerance, Richard the Lionheart, Travel Writing, Travels

  #blondeltheminstrel, #Danubelegends, #Leopoldvofaustria, #RichardIofengland, #Thirdcrusade, castle, europe, History, photography, Travel

• Budapest to amsterdam I: 67 locks 5 countries and beyond

  [GEFJON. The Norse goddess of the plow, holds the power to move the earth and foretell people’s destinies. It is also the name of the Viking cruise boat that will take us to Amsterdam. Source: Wall mural on the Viking Gefjon. Photo is mine.] This is where I came in. Budapest: Where East meets West.…

  patrickjegan

  June 4, 2026

  architecture, Budapest, death, History, Holocaust, Melancholy Thoughts, Objects of Beauty, Religious Intolerance, Travel Writing, Travels

  #budaandpest, #budapesttours, #cruiseofthedanube, #handofasaintrelic, #hungariangoulash, #my79thbirthday, #ststephensbasilica, #vikingdanubecruise, Budapest, europe, hungary, Travel

• Is Our Destiny Foretold?

  [Is this the world we want? Image source: Google search.] We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change. ~~Sheryl Sandberg A year has passed and here I am once again laying in bed with my heavily bandaged right foot propped on a dark red…

  patrickjegan

  February 23, 2025

  Childhood, In Search of Lost Time, LGBT, Melancholy Thoughts, Real Personal History, Religious Intolerance, Silent Political Protest, winter

  #february28economicblackout, #footsurgery, #postopmusingswhilelyinginbed, blogging, books, life, politics, writing

• A Death in Northumberland & Beyond

  “…our tree.” ~~ Anon. [Photo: Google search] I’ve never seen the tree. Several years ago, on a trip to Scotland and England, we drove along the eastern coast toward London. We passed Hadrian’s Wall. As usual, we were rushing to a hotel to make the check-in time. I didn’t realize then how close we were.…

  patrickjegan

  November 5, 2023

  Bigotry, brotherly love,, England, environmental degradation, Genetics, Grandson, Holding onto the Past, Melancholy Thoughts, Nature, Objects of Beauty, Religion, Religious Intolerance

  Middle East Conflict, Northern England, Sycamore Gap Tree, Vandalism

• Truth And Lies-Love And Hate

  You are right from your side, I am right from mine. –Bob Dylan “One Too Many Mornings” I don’t find very many quotes from Dylan that aren’t spot on. 99.999% of his poetry is impossibly true and astoundingly real. They don’t give the Nobel Prize in Literature to just any drifter from Minnesota. But, the…

  patrickjegan

  September 22, 2023

  Bigotry, Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan Lyrics, Gender Studies, History, LGBT, Religion, Religious Intolerance

  #Debates, #Sexism, #TruthandLies