I am a Bostonian. I don't mean that just in a general "today we're all Bostonians" way - not "Ich bin ein Bostonian" - but in a born there, in my blood, key to who I am way.
No matter how long I live elsewhere, no matter how Californian I may also be, no matter if I never step foot on Massachusetts soil again, I will always be a Bostonian.
Growing up, going to watch the Boston marathon was an annual tradition. We had our usual spot, along "heartbreak hill," where the marathon wound its way up Commonwealth Ave through Newton.
Those memories come flooding back today with news of a probable terrorist attack killing at least two and injuring dozens more at the marathon's finish line.
There is now only speculation as to who and why this happened. I have my own theories, based on my own ideas of what the greatest threats are to America today. But I'll keep them to myself until actual facts are available.
Right now, all I have to say is, "I am a Bostonian." Hopefully we all are.
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ReplyDeleteWe can't help all being Bostonians. I have been there twice and always been aware of the position it holds in history. From the 1600's when when the Massachusetts Bay Colony removed native Americans and only tolerated those natives that became "praying Indians", Boston, and almost every other place on this planet, has been ill-served by religions or individuals that demand power.
ReplyDeletePerhaps science can turn its sites onto developing a genome that allows us to live in harmony.