Threading a Needle with a Hammer

A couple of weeks ago, in response to a question from a member who asked why I’d posted about Ukraine but not, so far, about the Middle East, I replied that – well, that she had a point.  But it had seemed to me that there hadn’t been much divergence about Ukraine, but that the situation in the Middle East was evolving and divisive, and I didn’t want to risk sending Story Club into the downward spiral of “political” talk.  I felt that all of us were finding our news and expressing our opinions and having our debates elsewhere; essentially, Story Club wasn’t the best place for it, and I didn’t want to risk what we’d all built together.

But now I find myself somewhat hoisted on my own petard – I’ve been struggling to write these last few posts (and to write in general, actually), because my mind is on Gaza.  And I am not liking this feeling of avoiding the topic.  I’m not on social media and haven’t been giving any interviews lately, to protect my work time, and so this is the one place …