Day 1,394: grit

It has overcome wars, droughts and poverty with few natural endowments other than human grit.

As Israel turns 75, its biggest threats now come from within

Artwork of the day 
Grito
Jose Guadalupe Posada
Style: Modernismo
Genre: caricature

Word of the day 
grit: very small pieces of stone or sand

Quote of the day
“I like grit, I like love and death, I'm tired of irony. ... A lot of good fiction is sentimental. ... The novelist who refuses sentiment refuses the full spectrum of human behavior, and then he just dries up. ... I would rather give full vent to all human loves and disappointments, and take a chance on being corny, than die a smartass.”
― Jim Harrison