Tim, the son, tried to spend the day being with me. Martha Hawksworth is coming home to be married at her parents' home on Stove Point this weekend. Guests will be visiting Deltaville from all over the United States and local bed and breakfast homes will be full. Foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. Sometimes I think we are living in increasingly intolerant times.
People seem to have lost interest in being exposed to diverse opinion.
We seem to want to hear, see or read only what supports our own view. We are like ostriches with heads buried deep in the sand. We don't want to be bothered with what others think if it is different from what we think. I often think of a real hero in our times, Salman Rushdie, who wrote the infamous book, The Satanic Verses. For years the poor writer was kept under armed guard in England in order to protect his life.