The fog of apathy

[twinclash]

Bastogne is a tiny little crossroads in the Ardennes, a forrest, hill country in eastern France. During WWII, Bastogne was the site of the Battle of The Bulge, a miserably cold and hellish gulag where very few fought and held many to a standstill. When people talk about Bastogne, they speak of fortitude in the hour of chaos and uncertainty. I

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[badb_catha]

this is so well said, and heartbreaking. more so because i know and love these people too. (and more so because of the parallels to my own upbringing.) i too find myself dancing around the edges of their territory, irrationally afraid of contracting their misery like some contagion.