Fighting the Current

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"Dear Mr. Hussein STOP We are writing to inform you that we shall call Wednesday night 8PM to finalize plans STOP Expect us sometime during the day Thursday STOP Leave keys under mat STOP"

So, very shortly, we will be at war. The war itself may be quick, but the ramifications will last for decades, if not longer.

I really do have such strange dreams. I was just remembering a couple of them from Sunday morning... There was one centering around a theme of light and shadow. I can hardly remember the plotline. There is one thing I can almost always be certain of in my dreams: beautiful scenery.

If only the dulcimer were easier to tune and keep in tune... I want to make my own, but it's a lot of work. You have to bend the wood perfectly, and the sound won't resonate as nicely if I built one smaller than the one I have. The head and neck also wouldn't be as nice because I would want mechanical knobs (whatever they're called). They would make it so much easier to tune a dulcimer and all. I'd convert the one I have to mechanical, but it's too pretty an instrument... Besides the fact that it's not quite mine.

My class goes on a retreat tomorrow. A friend asked me if it was led by the French.

I'm not entirely sure where I stand on the war. I am not for it, but at the same time I feel there is no other way. Bush started picking a fight and now we have to see it through. Otherwise we would be wide open to ridicule and attack. But this war will cause even more dissent among extremists and other groups.

We'll see, we'll see...

"If only, If only..."