Tuesday

We had a great Memorial Day weekend, and I hope you did too. I'll post pictures later, since they're on my computer at home, but get ready for a big picture post.

On the six hour drive home from Olympic National Park, we listened to this show about the costs of war and it brought me to tears. Then, we switched to the country station (our favorite sing-a-long road trip music) and the DJ's patter of honoring our fallen troops - with the idea that all wars being equally patriotic and necessary and all deaths being equally valued and, well, necessary - was jarring after the other show's sensitive portrayal.

My friend Zach - fellow Gilder Lehrman history nerd and now a PhD student at Brandeis - posted a note about Memorial day on his Facebook profile. I don't know if non-friends can read it. I thought it was interesting, especially as he studies political history and well, I hate political history so I would never read the stuff he does and have such an informed opinion.

Anyhow, time to work. Pictures perhaps tonight.