Peaceful people being slaughtered in diverse places of worship, the dismantling of long-held beliefs, tenets, and humane policies, the 鈥榬aping鈥 of a society by warped plutocrats... not a very comforting atmosphere in which to endure. Aside from trying to effect change through the ballot box, we have little else with which to fight back, so, since neither of us can play the fiddle, we鈥檝e resorted to retreating into areas of beauty that distract us from the daily horrors that continually impinge on our sang froid.
