Minister s Corner: Think on these things
William Simpson
Supervisor of pastoral/spiritual care, St. Anthony Hospital Shawnee
One Monday morning a couple of weeks ago, I was surprised to learn that the annual Academy Awards show had been broadcast the night before. I don’t remember the last time I watched the event, but I’d always seemed to know it was coming up. This year, though, I didn’t know when it was, who or what was nominated, nothing.
Now don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t sorry I missed it. In fact, if anything, I was pretty pleased to have avoided all the hype. And, apparently, I’m not the only one. It seems viewership has been dropping like a rock. In fact, this year’s broadcast drew 56% fewer viewers than the previous low…which was just last year.
Zaldagar 1865
Masood Hussain
Weaving Dreams: This chromolithograph drawn by Scottish artist, war artist and war correspondent William Simpson who visited Kashmir somewhere between 1859-60.
When Srinagar’s 28
shawlbaufs, the shawl-weavers, drowned in the
Keat-e-Koul ditch near Zaldagar on April 29, 1865, it merely did not mark the first recorded labour unrest in history. It was not the first major indicator of the political awakening of Kashmir alone. The massacre marked the beginning of a crisis that, over the years, compromised Kashmir’s principle craft that had reigned European fashion streets and introduced Kashmir to the rest of the world.
The massacre bridged the two odd sides of Cashmere Shawl’s uneven history. Prior to it, the Shawl was in a huge demand and the artisans, coerced by the worst working conditions and exploitation were unwillingly putting in all efforts to keep the export going. After Zaldagar, though improvements started taking place, the Shaw
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Wild horses and water Rancher/conservationist William Simpson articulates an argument for taking wild horses out of places they are not wanted…where they end up being slaughtered, and transporting them up into mountain wilderness areas. He claims that if this is done, the horses end up grazing wildfire fuel, and in so doing reduce the massive wildfires that we have grown used to throughout our country, because of their digestive systems, they end up re-seeding natural flora and fauna. I had one major question/apprehension having had a ranch in the mountains of Arizona…is there any water for the horses? “There is ground water everywhere in the mountains.”