"In the course of a bad year, it seemed like a good idea. There had already been one cranial surgery. There was a second procedure, a brain surgery, on the way. There was the political landscape, of course: the soggy white human loaf named Trump sitt­ing in the Oval Office. It was easy enough to count up the litany of other places that were suffering - Ukraine, Sudan, Myanmar, and there was nothing quite as awful as what was still unfurling in Gaza, and in the West Bank, despite the supp­osed ceasefire."
"In the North, I had seen the future henchmen of social engineering put an effigy of a refugee boat on top of their bonfire, the mannequins within."
I faced a difficult year marked by serious medical procedures and bleak politics. I had one cranial surgery already and faced a second brain operation. The political scene featured Donald Trump occupying the Oval Office. I tallied global suffering in Ukraine, Sudan, Myanmar, Gaza, and the West Bank despite a supposed ceasefire. In Northern areas I witnessed dehumanizing displays, including an effigy of a refugee boat placed atop a bonfire with mannequins inside. An October festival in Mayo provided a crucial respite, offering emotional relief, human connection, and a sense of repair amid personal and global distress.
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