Hi Bloggers! Do you have to share a story or a short reflection tagged with the letter “A”? For example I’ve written about Africa, architecture, Amish People, atheism or ancestors – others wrote about America, Antarctic, A-bomb. Also about anxiety, anger, aggression; automobiles, armchairs, adoptions; adventures, acrobatics. They wrote about affliction or adoration, antenna or atomium! In our last photo challenge with the topic letter “A” some had the focus on animals or angels, attention or accomodation, on airplanes or archways, on Alleyway, Azalea or “Ainhoa”…
AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS
title=”Cayuco con inmigrantes (Boat with subsaharian inmigrants). by Miguelángel
– click on the image to enter the photographer’s collection …
my “A” story / reflection / short comment:
AFRICA is in my reflections, because it is (for me) a reminder to basic feelings: to love colors, dancing, strong emotions. It’s sad, that Europe is blocking boat people, who had the personal courage to escape from bad African conditions, trying to immigrate to Europe. What a loss of chances, to change European lifestyle by learning to express more emotional responses.
feedback by Elizabeth Obih-Frank:
eof737 says: May 22, 2012 at 3:09 am “Perhaps, if the corrupt governments of the countries these poor boat people are trying to escape would do the right thing, rebuild their infrastructure, and manage their IMF loans better, we won’t have situations like this. Of course, we must also address the ways some of those European nations collude with despots on the continent… Ah, a topic for another day! My dear Frizz, this is far more complex than welcoming or not welcoming people on a boat. Yes, it is tragic and yes, for the sake of compassion, accommodations ought to be made but, the problem is deeper, systemic, and complicated by greedy global players in the mix. Until those conditions are addressed this will continue to happen. My post on A Helping Hand is a reminder that helping our fellow man is important, however, it also points out that greed is a deterrent to that premise… and sadly, there’s plenty of greed to go around in our world. So, so Sad…”
related:
open-feedback-letter-a + a-words-challenge + the-a-archive + weekly-photo-challenge-a-archive + Spiegel: Sahara Refugees
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It is a complex issue indeed because lots of things to be considered.
Great challenge, Frizz! I’ll post mine later. 🙂
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THE NEW ROUND of the ALPHABET. FROM FRIZZTEXT.
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Very complex, tragic and sad. All I can say – the world is a crazy place at times!
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hi Anita,
maybe a bicycle race through Africa would help!
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hi Fats Suela,
http://gatheringbooks.wordpress.com/2012/07/03/photo-journalphoto-challenge-a-is-for-aerial-awash-ablaze/
thanks for your AERIAL “And as we fly, we still may not know where we are going to. But the miracle is in the unfolding of the wings. You may not know where you’re going, but you know that so long as you spread your wings, the winds will carry you.”
– C. JoyBell C.
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I’ve decided to pass on the story challenge for lack of stories on my blog. I mostly have photos and short descriptions for photo challenges. Instead, I am going to complete the previous a-z photo challenge by posting the letters I am missing. I only have eight letters (a,b,i,j,k,l,m,n) left. I’ll continue to come by your great blog. Here’s my entry for my A-Z Archive Photo Challenge (Catch Up Challenge) letter A: http://motherwifestudentworker.wordpress.com/2012/07/02/a-z-archive-a-challenge-autograph/
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hi Claudia,
A – the new challenge: it must not be a long story – only a short reflection like an aphorism would be O.K. too!
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I may end up playing catch up with your new story challenge. 🙂
Thanks for encouraging me to stay on.
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Running away will not change anything for those who are left behind. And any country is entitled to its own culture not change being forced on them.
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Thanks for highlighting my comment on your previous post on the immigrant boat fiasco. Many talk a good game about humane treatment, but their actions show something far more sinister. I encourage your readers to read this NYTimes article on that horrific incident: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/opinion/sunday/libyas-forgotten-refugees.html?pagewanted=all
May God help us all!
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hi Eliz,
thanks for your link to the New York Times “After Liberation, Nowhere to Run…”
the German news magazine DER SPEGEL had an article
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-sahara-desert-s-forgotten-refugees-a-841538.html
The Sahara Desert’s Forgotten Refugees
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Thanks! I’ll check it out later. 🙂
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do you know:
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a story about super light AIRPLANES at
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Many thanks Frizztext for liking my post enough to request a link. Here it is:
http://thewriterinthewoods.wordpress.com/ It’s a fun sport – kind of like 3-D motorcycling if you fly a flex-wing!
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Hey Jude (thank you BEATLES),
I like your article about the light airplanes very much
I noticed Yann Arthus-Bertrand using this airplanes while traveling with some cranes, storks or geese around the world …
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you post has a Very nice idea ..
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I posted a blog only yesterday about my Ancestors for Jakesprinter’s Sunday Post.
very much in keep with your writing challenge
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hi Rosa,
ANCESTORS – thank you for your roots-story: “…One of the few references I could get of my ancestors with my maiden name was the following: ‘They departed from Gent as “domestiques” in the party of an affluent gentleman named Jacques de Savoye on the 29th of January 1688 on the ship Oosterlandt and reached their destination on the 25th of April 1688.’ That morning when I wandered through the historic part of Gent and realised that their feet might have fell on same places as mine, it became a very precious moment to me…”
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I am no writer of any sort so I would like to enter pictures with other peoples words if that is okay.
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beste Tina Snijder,
dank je wel for your ACTION post!
groetjes van frizztext / fritstekst
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Not so much a “story” as it is a straight-up mini travelogue about downtown Cleveland, but hey… good times. 🙂 http://beyondpaisley.net/2012/07/03/a-challenge-architecture/
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a tall four floor arcade = architecture is celebrating the own capabilities!
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I’ve been working on my own Personal A to Z of Portugal. Here’s what I wrote for A: A is for Alva, the river Alva: http://juliedawnfox.com/2012/01/10/a-is-for-alva-the-river-alva/
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hi Julie,
I like your dog Daisy swimming through the river ALVA …
(my cat would avoid to do so …)
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On the Ball this time Frizztext cos I’d been thinking about this for a while 🙂
Hope that’s ok 🙂
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hi Martin,
thanks for:
“Lets talk about Albums…”
my first album:
“American Folk Blues Festival” with Sony Terry and Brownie McGhee.
Then Elvis, THE BEATLES, Chris Barber, Django Reinhardt –
music became the substitute for going into the church in the sixties …
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actually I’m trying to learn on my guitar
the “Jet Black Blues” from an ALBUM
of Lonnie Johnson (he plays in Eb major):
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Yes, very sad indeed that people seeking a better life and sacrificing so much in that seeking are turned away! As you requested, dear Frizz, here is my link to “A Sermon” from my website: http://granbee.wordpress.com, a post entitled “….and who is that telling us we cannot give up?”
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“……Oh, who is that telling us we cannot give up?” – a good title, Rose, related to the theme PERSEVERANCE – maybe you know, once I’ve written a book about
“The Perseverance Of The Philosophers” …
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Opps, my comment just disappeared. So I will try again: Very sad indeed that those folks seeking a better life and sacrificing so much in that seeking are turned away from other lands. And as you requested, here is my link to “A Sermon” from my blog: http://granbee.wordpress.com, a post entitled “…..and who is that telling us we cannot give up?”
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hi Rose, I went to my spam folder, clicked on NO SPAM, then went to my PENDING folder clicked on APPROVE – and now you are with us, Rose – thanks for criticizing my silly automatic spam decider …
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Here is my “A” entry
http://nprimopiano.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/cemetery-angel/
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I hope, angels will help us if needed …
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I’m not a storyteller, but I did my best. Here is artwork as a form of meditation. Very important for me:
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“artwork has become
an important healing activity for me… ”
(for me too);
greetings to your neighbour’s cat!
cats know how to meditate very well!
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A is for Aqua http://abcnellibell49.wordpress.com/2012/07/03/aa-is-for-aqua/
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you’ve composed a great tribute for the AQUA of your Bellinger river!
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Hello fellow A-Zers. And so we begin again … here’s my take on the letter A:
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THE BEATLES’ YELLOW SUBMARINE in Tokyo!!!
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Hi Frizz! I love your story about African immigrants! Here is my story about Andong, South Korea.
http://catbirdinkorea.wordpress.com/category/korean-adventures/andong/
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I’m sorry, I messed up on the link! Here is the proper link for this: http://catbirdinkorea.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/andong-and-the-hotel-california/
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I like your ironical describing of your not air conditioned hotel in Andong;
solution: a good idea to open the windows and pajamas …
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Thank you Frizz! Glad you enjoyed….. 🙂
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Tragic state of affairs Frizz. Have never understood why progress = indifference and apathy!
Let me see what I can come up with for your new series.
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Hello Madhu,
your blog always inspires me to spread my wings …
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Here is a slightly belated entry Frizz 🙂
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hello Madhu,
I often sang with children the song of the Bridge of Avignon
” Sur le pont d’Avignon, L’on y danse, l’on y danse…….”
– but never saw photos before!
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Thank you for the new challenge! I look forward to participating and reading the many wonderful stories that I know will come from you and your contributors.
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The Fourth of July is a day to celebrate America.
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here is mine for this week
http://pollysspace.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/story-challenge-letter-a/
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you made a great tribute to Abby – imagine her, finding this in ten or twenty years!
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Here is my story for A, Anahata Chakra.
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I’m searching for the center of consciousness daily …
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a brave story frizz, well done! i might be out for a while, life is taking over but luckily health has returned … just a few crazy things happening, death and travel, blessings to you 🙂
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Here is my entry: ACROBATS http://wp.me/p23TG1-X2
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
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Hi Francine,
thank you for featuring your slide show as youtube video!
Must have been funny to watch the acrobatic team on the river!
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hi Francine,
now, that I discovered your youtube channel:
I’ve featured your bicycle heaven video in my related blog at wordpress:
maybe it’s a B-story for next week?
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I find this quite a honor coming from someone whose photographs and talents I admire. Thank you for thinking of my blog and featuring it in this manner.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
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Here’s mine:
Learning to grow my own Avocado!
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hi Inge,
thank you for your AVOCADO gardening tips!
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Interesting challenge
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Here’s what I posted, hope it fits the new idea of the challenge 🙂 http://jullianeford.wordpress.com/2012/07/13/story-challenge-letter-a/
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congrats for walking this difficult way successfully!
P.S.:
I’ve been adopted …
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My letter “A”… ‘smile’
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hi black drake,
i like your photo from the early 1950s,
pretending your mothers fathers father running
perhaps hunting for youth or fleeing from old AGE …
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http://derstandard.at/1345164676101/Somalische-Fahnentraegerin-bei-Ueberfahrt-gestorben
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made a blog post:
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