We live in relative safety and peace.

The majority  of people reading this blog have the security of a roof over their head, electricity, a degree of basic comfort and the freedom to move out of your immediate environment.  Many of you travel, maybe not quite as much as I do, but even if its in your own environment its rare that we encounter a confronting issue.

Right now the world is in a state of turmoil as families, women, men and small children  are  literally walking from one country to another in the grip of the early onset of winter to escape persecution or even death.  Its unprecedented in my limited knowledge of the world. We all need to be aware. We all need to open our wallets and help any way we can.

However, before I add the images I took a few days ago I  wanted to share a little about the situation that the…