Day 1,846: shrapnel, restive

Families sheltering from shrapnel cannot venture out to plant or harvest, and some governments intentionally starve restive regions into submission.

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Artwork of the day 
The Scream of Shrapnel at San Juan Hill
Frederic Remington
Date: 1898
Style: Impressionism
Genre: battle painting

Word of the day 
shrapnel: small pieces of metal blown through the airwhen a bomb or other device explodes:
restive: unwilling to be controlled or be patient:

Quote of the day
“This was how a kind heart broke, after all: inward, making no shrapnel. Dear”

― Chris Cleave, Everyone Brave is Forgiven