Quote: Elie Wiesel

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Elie Wiesel:  “The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference.” 
[copied from display at the Tacoma Glass Museum, August 2008]
 [Elie Wiesel at Buchenwald -- photo from Flickr, courtesy 'moosoid9']
http://www.pbs.org/eliewiesel/
http://www.eliewieselfoundation.org/
I love this quote!  I so admire Elie Wiesel.
The quote reminds me of my early-teaching days mantra (especially while teaching middle school):  “Abolish apathy.”
Admiring Elie Wiesel humbles [...]

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a place I must visit one spring day… Menton, France

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

 (photo thanks to Flickr’s Pi productions)
If you are reading this blog and you’ve ever attended the Menton Lemon Festival in Menton, France, please reply and tell us a detail or two! (en francais ou en anglais).  I hope to see it someday.  The photo above shows a sculpture created from CITRUS fruit!!  I love it! 
http://www.feteducitron.com/menton-french-riviera-lemon-festival-uk.html
http://www.menton.com/uk/lemons/index.htm
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