I published this in 2017 but except for some leadership changes it is still, unfortunately, timely. Words like mutually assured destruction are ringing in my head.
It was October 21, 1962. I’m quite sure of the date. The twelve-year-old me listened intently to the adults gathered around my mother’s formal dining room table awaiting Sunday dinner. That would-be lunch in more civilized circles. Twelve-year-old Donnie was doing as I had been told repeatedly, “children are to be seen, not heard.” Despite being a pre-teen, I was unsure of my standing and decided not to chance a thrashing with a “keen hickory” at the hands of my grandmother.
The news around the table was terrifying to the pre-teen me. Nuclear weapons right down the road in Cuba. Just ninety miles from the good old US of A. An uncle, a member of the Navy reserves, was afraid he was going to be called up to help blockade the island that had become a bristling launching pad of fire and radioactive ruin. A cousin, an army reservist and…
View original post 492 more words
Ravings of a Mad Southerner 
Nuclear weapons are held all over the world. China, Pakistan, USA, UK, North Korea, India, and more. That truth is bad, bad, bad news.
LikeLiked by 2 people
For real!
LikeLiked by 2 people
War with a nuclear-armed Russia!!! As if we haven’t enough to worry about with our ongoing climate change and environmental/ecological existential crises.
LikeLiked by 1 person
That is a fact.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you for sharing this again, Don.
I remember in 1st grade “Duck and Cover” and watching the skies for planes and dropping bombs. 😦 Scary stuff for an almost 6 year old. Scary stuff still, today. 😦
(((HUGS)))
“People say walking on water is a miracle, but to me walking peacefully on Earth is the real miracle.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
LikeLike
Great quote. Thank you!
LikeLiked by 1 person