It’s time I got around to participating in this week’s Share Your World! (And thank you, Melanie, for providing us with these weekly questions!)
QUESTIONS
What very common thing have you never done?
I have never watched Seinfeld, Game of Thrones, Friends, or most other mainstream TV shows. (I’m a news and PBS junkie!)
Are we morally obligated to be charitable, if we have the means to?
Obligated? No. But the “morally” descriptor makes me think yes, sort of. I think wealthy people who spend everything on themselves are selfish and, in a sense, immoral.
What is the most amazing fact you know?
Amazing? I learn new “amazing” facts almost daily! I think it’s amazing that the Ukrainian people are fighting back against Russia so fiercely and completely in the face of such utter destruction of their homes, livelihoods, and risking their own lives. People who never would have thought of themselves as heroes a month ago are now doing heroic acts, such as staying in Ukraine in order to get needed food and medical supplies to people who have lost everything instead of fleeing themselves. It’s amazing that Zelenskyy is still alive and not in hiding. It’s amazing that Poland has rallied to take 2 million Ukrainian refugees and is already teaching the young people Polish. It’s amazing that people will fight so strongly to retain sovereignty and democracy. I don’t think all Americans appreciate the freedoms we have, that they are willing to advocate censorship (banning books and disseminating lies) and rally behind a man who clearly admires Putin because he himself would love to be a dictator. On the other hand, there are Americans who, like their predecessors in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War, are going to Ukraine to volunteer to fight alongside Ukrainian soldiers. That’s amazing and heartening too!
What’s your favorite sandwich and why?
I rarely eat sandwiches these days. I like Reuben sandwiches, but I also really love cheeseburgers. I now indulge in an occasional veggie cheeseburger, or other non-beef iterations.
Please feel free to share something you find inspires you.
I just finished reading a book that really inspired me, Braiding Sweetgrass. Native American culture is truly so wise. I highly recommend this book!
Wanderlust & Wonderment 
Not “Friends” either? Wow.
Thank you Katy for Sharing Your World. That book looks very interesting, I’ll have to hunt it up! Thanks for the recommend! A lot of people are going ‘meatless’ I think or carb-less (no bread) so the sandwich can contain some differences from when we took PB & J to school in a lunch bag. I rarely eat the bread with a sandwich and don’t find your meatless choices odd at all. The Ukrainian people are indeed heroes and something positive to see, which the world has been sorely in lack of. It’s a horrible time for them, but they’re showing their best in fighting tyranny. Have a fantastic weekend! 😀