The Grace We Seek but Have Forgotten
25 October 2026 at 05:00
We hurt one another, we fail one another, but we still have to figure out how to live with one another.

In the middle of a parking lot in front of a supermarket in Schloßberg, in the district of Leibnitz in the Austrian state of Styria, stands a giant wooden structure that looks like a windmill. Known as a klopotec, this 19-meter tall structure with its imposing blades is a bird scarer, and is a cultural symbol of the wine growing regions of Slovenia and Styria.
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The klopotec in Schloßberg. Credit: Wikimedia Commons