Hi Bloggers! Do you have to share a story or a short reflection tagged with the letter “j”? For example I’ve written about Jerusalem (watch below) or Japan, about jugglers and jukeboxes, joy and jazz, jumping and joining, about the Jordan river and birds’ journeys, jaguars and war jets, Jesus and jump stones etc. – I’m sure you’ll find an own story or a short reflection tagged with “j”! Feel free to add in the comments the link to your personal interpretation of the letter “j”!!!
Jerusalem
Jerusalem is occupied by the power play of differnt religions. Moslems, jews and christian believers would like to have this city for their own. I hope that the clash of religions will not lead into violence one day. I hope, that they will manage to live in peaceful coexistance. They all need bread and a baker for example. My father was a baker.
QUESTION:
- Are you bored by the worldwide clash of religions? Are certain religions too much aggressive?
- Do you like to remember special stories of your father’s life? Which?
title=”wrestling against gravity” – photo by David Mor – click on the picture to enter his flickr galleries!
related:
The “j” Archive + The “j” Challenge + “j” Galleries + ABC visualized: j! + JERUSALEM
P.S.:
music tagged with “j”?
me on guitar with the JET BLUES
websites: 1 - my daily wordpress blog "flickrcomments" , 2 - photo pool at frizztext, 3 - flickr group BLOG IT!, 4 - photography news, 5 - twitter etc.
Love your explanation of Jerusalem and religions!
hi Ineke,
thank you for your JUMBO!
http://scrapydo.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/story-challenge-letter-j/
in my hometown Wuppertal an elephant fell out off a hanging tram:
http://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2012/06/24/a-hanging-tram-schwebebahn-in-wuppertal/
his name wasn’t JUMBO but TUFFI – he died in Paris too, eating handbags with parfume bottles …
As Patrick Ness says in his book, war makes ‘monsters of men.’ Thank you for your thoughtful insights, Frizz, and your questions.
Here’s my contribution for this week’s photo challenge: J for Journeys.
http://gatheringbooks.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/photo-journal-a-z-photo-challenge-j-is-for-journey/
hi Myra,
it seems airports are like a home for you,
like a nest-rest during an ongoing journey …
I was ready and prepared this week, Frizz. http://abcnellibell49.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/j-is-for-jamming-jazz-jewfish-jasmine-and-jacaranda/
Now you have me thinking about your two questions. My father was in Jerusalem as a soldier in WWII.. I will see what I can find.
I’m not bored, but horrified by, what seems like, the perpetual clash of religions. It’s very sad, considering they have all been living side by side for so long. Surely by now they have learned to set their religion aside for the sake of peace?
Surely by now they have learned
to set their religion aside
for the sake of peace!
Those bagels are a sight for sore eyes! I lived in Jerusalem for 10 years, and those bagelas are one of the holy city’s finest attributes – spiritual or otherwise. I joke, but the bagels are wonderful. Great photo.
I know, you’ve studied in Jerusalem, Stephen; I ate my first Bagels in Manhattan …
P.S.: once I’ve written a lot about Elazar Benyoetz, an author who lived in Jerusalem, writing aphorisms …
In Israel they use the word bagel for pretzel. When I was there they didn’t have bagels (the rolls). They imported the bagels from US and now they have them. But the pretetzel bagels, especialy the Arab bagels, are a treat.
Here is my entry: http://ohmsweetohmdotme.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/story-challenge-letter-j/
Thanks for the challenge.
hi Allan,
thank you for the jellyfish for my j-story-challenge!
http://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/story-challenge-letter-j/
That photo is amazing! I’m glad I don’t have to push anything uphill.
Thanks for the opportunity to share ‘J stories’ – here’s J is for Jazz: http://juliedawnfox.com/2012/05/21/j-is-for-jazz-in-portugal/
hi Julie,
thank you for JAZZ in Portugal!
title=”Mystery Gang – Singing
in Shadow” – photo by tothmate
/ MaAtE, on Flickr
About Jerusalem – just think about Martin Luther King’s word “I had a dream” – it could be great if they all in Jerusalem have a common dream…
some Martin Luther Kings were needed in Jerusalem or Damascus or … – but too often they are killed by idiots …
the task of Sisyphus comes to mind here, literally and metaphorically. Might just join in for the future – looks like a fun theme
hi Laura,
of course this photo (and the discussion of the bad sides of religions) are related to poor Sisyphus …
I like to remember fishing with my father. We lived on the Chesapeake Bay when I was a kid and we went fishing nearly every weekend in the summer when he wasn’t at sea (he was a pilot in the Navy). We followed the bluefish runs. It was my favorite time when we were together out in the ocean fishing.
Thanks for the memories. And great picture for the challenges Jerusalem faces.
thank you for sharing your father memories!
I don’t fish anymore but I’d sure go fishing with him again.
Great picture above. It’s Tuesday and I wanted to be transported away to Venice and Carnivale with courtly jesters and music. My submission with links to music: http://canoecommunications.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/j-is-for-jester/
Jet Blues. Nice
.
Hello all! I’m a little late to the challenge today, but here’s my Letter J entry: http://stephenkellycreative.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/a-z-challenge-the-letter-j-jammin/
hi Stephen,
I’m amused by your term “one-man jam session”
- so am I:
http://soundcloud.com/frizztext/sets/best-of
Great photo, Frizz! It says about the struggles of the life journey…
Wow, what a great photo!
thanks again for the inspiration
j is for journey: http://tostir.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/artifact/
thank you for “…sometimes the body goes on an internal journey, the workings confused, even deranged, trying to find its way to the crown of the head…” – and I like your paper notebook art!
J is for jaw
http://truthaboveallreligions.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/story-challenge-letter-j/
thank you for sending your JAWS (do you mean mouths or moral sermone?) to my j-story challenge!
My J for Joy is posted. http://thebestyearsare.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/story-challenge-letter-j-joy/
thanks for this little joy story and the fragment:
“He kisses us on his iPad when he Skypes with us…”
Our little grandsons are in a 600 miles distance
(Berlin, Munich) so we always SKYPE on Sundays too …
Your choosing “Jerusalem” for the “j” challenge puts all other “j” words right out of my mind!
maybe not Jachweh – Jewish for God …
Amazing photo Frizz!
Have no doubt the common man, regardless of religion, wants nothing else but peaceful co=existence. It is vested interests that keep the fires of hatred burning.
Here is my enty Frizz: http://theurgetowander.com/2012/09/12/the-city-of-victory/
hi Madhu,
my daughter (an architect) has been in Jaipur
- thank you for your great article about Jaipur!
Here is my entry. Jerome, Arizona. American’s largest ghost town.
http://wp.me/p23TG1-1g2
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
thank you Francine: for your JEROME article!
I’m pretty sure I would have dropped one.
Or two.
That is quite a load of bread! Great shot!
Perhaps we all have youthful innocence in us somewhere. Perhaps it would be better to have more. To quote you, “maybe they can see clearer – because they have a free spirit”…or a free mind!
http://creativityaroused.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/j-challenge-juvenile/
thank you for “J = Juvenile”!
A late entry- http://perceptionsofareluctanthomemaker.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/janmashtami-the-story-of-lord-krishna/
thank you for J = Janmashtami
Love the shot you’ve chosen to illustrate this one Frizz
Running very late and recovering from a weekend away with the Cubs, here’s my offering http://2e0mca.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/a-z-story-challenge-j-is-for-juxtaposition/
thank you for inspiring with J = Juxtaposition!
Slightly late with my post for J and K ….. Jumbo Splendour. At http://travtrails.wordpress.com