Neighbourhood book swap

This is the book swap box on the street where I've photographed a tawny owl recently. I think that the box has been built by the same man who put up the owl nest box, to judge by the materials.  He is a firefighter, and clearly has no problems scaling heights (the nest box is placed very high in a mature tree, no doubt one reason why the owl feels safe there).  I was back there today, to see whether I could improve on recent shots. The jury's out on that one.
Otherwise, a day of domestic catching-up: hanging washing out to dry in the still-warm wind, doing some Greek homework for tomorrow's night's class.
And scanning through the continuing terrible news from Gaza and Israel, I found this insightful piece from an Israeli journalist:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/09/israel-war-hamas-benjamin-netanyahu-government

She says:

"It is important not to minimise or condone the heinous crimes committed by Hamas. But it is also important to remind ourselves that everything it is inflicting on us now, we have been inflicting on the Palestinians for years. Indiscriminate firing, including at children and older people; intrusion into their homes; burning down their houses; taking hostages – not just fighters but civilians, children and older people. I keep reminding myself that ignoring this context is giving up a piece of my own humanity. Because violence devoid of any context leads to only one possible response: revenge. And I don’t want revenge from anyone. Because revenge is the opposite of security, it is the opposite of peace, it is also the opposite of justice. It is nothing but more violence."
(emphasis added by me).