This reminds me of when I’d fly into crisis zones as a BBC producer. Jerusalem, Belgrade, name an American town after a shooting….people are still going to the laundromat, petting stray cats, picking up groceries. Resilience in the every day.
Your evocative detail of petting the stray cats reminds me of how during the June war when so many people were leaving Tehran to find safety from the bombs, there was a whole conversation in Tehran of the fate of the stray cats and various people who in the middle of war were feeding them since the evacuation meant there was less food waste for them. These details are everything.
This reminds me of when I’d fly into crisis zones as a BBC producer. Jerusalem, Belgrade, name an American town after a shooting….people are still going to the laundromat, petting stray cats, picking up groceries. Resilience in the every day.
Your evocative detail of petting the stray cats reminds me of how during the June war when so many people were leaving Tehran to find safety from the bombs, there was a whole conversation in Tehran of the fate of the stray cats and various people who in the middle of war were feeding them since the evacuation meant there was less food waste for them. These details are everything.
Absolutely!