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Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule. (Buddha)

Spent time in Ghent at the end of last month with Zach and Jonathan. So much fun. So much fun. These guys are two of my favorites and it was lovely to see how well they got along. (We’ll get another trip in August when I go home for my brother’s wedding–all three of us will go up to the North Shore of Lake Superior.) The bright green maple is outside a gallery; the beds are in one of the city museums, this one in an old convent. The exhibit was about the summer camps that socialist parties set up for children, where they would learn things like hygiene (brushing teeth), manners, letter-writing, how to play games, etc.

It was the city-wide Gentse Feesten (Ghent Festival) while we were there–lots of music, salsa dancing, busking (saw a couple of kids playing the Amélie soundtrack on a clarinet and an accordion), walking around, people, food food food, beer, fireworks. And it was sunny and hot the whole time. Great.