Random Thoughts Part Duex

So I learned an interesting fact that I thought I would love to share. Kabul, Afghanistan has the highest aerosolized fecal content of the world. An astonishing 20% of the air is feces. Initially I thought it was just a bunch of dust and dirt leaving a fine layer everywhere. Now I picture tiny particles of poop everywhere. Today we tried to think of all that have contributed to this condition: humans, multiple 4-legged mammals, birds. Just one big YUCK!



Along the same line – I had a realization today. Throughout Kabul there are these huge rose bushes. They are absolutely gorgeous, yet so out of place for this dirty place. There is garbage every where, animals roam down the middle of the street and just an overall dingy hue to the city. Intermittently dispersed amidst this mess are these bright, flowering bushes with roses as large as a softball. Not just in private gardens, but on public streets they bloom. Orange, red, peach and white with pink tips: a medley of colors. It just doesn’t make sense how something so richly pretty can flourish here. Then it hits me, they are generously fertilized with the aerosolized feculent air that Kabul is famous for.

I was thinking about a collection I have. From all my travels I like to find a representation from the country I visited to keep and display once a year. I have Israel, Kenya, Mexico, Peru and Costa Rica represented. Maybe I could find one to represent Afghanistan to add to my collection? Hmmm… probably not, when it is a nativity scene of the birth of Christ I am searching for! Does anyone see the irony of my plight?