Notre-Dame de Paris
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris I was on an airliner flying from Minneapolis to Nashville when the reports of the fire at Notre Dame reached me. We were boarding. When we landed two hours later in Nashville, the blaze was still going. Notre-Dame de Paris, "Our Lady of Paris," is an 850 year-old cathedral in Paris. Priceless art treasures are housed there. The building itself is a priceless art treasure. They even manage to have church services at Notre Dame. Wonderful, since a cathedral is a church building. The news reports and the postings on social media intrigued me. If the news reports are accurate, firefighters were hampered in the initial response because of the spectators crying. Perhaps they were crying for the artwork. The social media response by U.S. Americans was interesting. In may instances the response has been...emotional. Perhaps they grieve for Paris that a great tourist attraction has been damaged and the restoration will take years, pe