Ignorance

Graffiti On Water Of Leith Path

Make no mistake, we are looking forward to returning to Roanoke. We miss things there. It is our home. Being close to family and friends is important to us. Actively engaging in our volunteer jobs is important to us. However, there are things we did not miss.

We did not miss being constantly reminded of the powerful forces in the United States that continue to be successful at dividing us. We did not miss being surrounded by information that is so skewed as to not be credible. We did not miss identity politics where the absence of ideas and initiative has been replaced by allegiance to an individual or political party. We did not miss the absence of rigor on the part of so many people when considering information without considering the bias of the source.

In our case, here in Scotland, even if similar is occurring, we have been largely ignorant. Our faithful efforts to educate ourselves here in Scotland have been embryonic. Sometimes, these efforts here feel much like we are looking at indecipherable gibberish on a wall of graffiti (see photo). With our ignorance has come some bliss. After all, “getting away from it all” is one of the benefits of traveling on vacation. Enjoy your travels.