It's been quite a day, news-wise.
Watching CNN, you get a sense of.....turmoil.....doomsday......confusion....and a whole lot more!
First there were reports describing how various jet fighters are still flying over Tripoli, taking out Gadhafi strongholds.
Then it was unrest in Syria.
This was followed by a bomb blast in Israel with many wounded and one dead.
Next a report on Egypt's government offices burning as staff members protest for higher wages....amongst everyone else in the country protesting too.
Not to be outdone, Bahrainians were out to make their causes known to their unpopular leaders leading to more protests and a woman being shot in the head by the military as she looked for a gas station.
As I said, it's a boiling, roiling cauldron of hate, mistrust, injustice and greed....with a desire for something better.
And in the middle of it all was a news report that legendary film star, actress Elizabeth Taylor, died in a California hospital today at 79 years of age. She was a movie star I grew up watching and hearing about. Remember "Lassie Come Home" and "Little Women", "Cleopatra", "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "Butterfield 8", "Suddenly Last Summer"....etc. etc.? Many have said she was truly loyal to her friends, was extravagant in her charitable causes and a beauty beyond comparison.
I must say though, that the entire life of Ms. Taylor appeared to be just as turbulent as present day Middle East!
May she rest in peace.
3 comments:
Did you take the pic? Looks like she's on the beach as Waskesiu! Dave L
Ya, I was a very young photographer! Maybe this was taken when I was in Italy...or was that the south of France...oh wait, I think I took it when I was in Rio....:)
ha ha
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