They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

--Lawrence Binyon, the Ode of Remembrance from "For the Fallen."

In Flanders fields the poppies blow ( Read more... )

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

--Lawrence Binyon, the Ode of Remembrance from "For the Fallen."

In Flanders fields the poppies blow ( Read more... )

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

--Lawrence Binyon, the Ode of Remembrance from "For the Fallen."Today is Veterans Day here in the US, Remembrance Day in much of the rest of the world ( Read more... )

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

--Lawrence Binyon, the Ode of Remembrance from "For the Fallen."

In Flanders fields the poppies blow ( Read more... )

Today is Veterans Day here in the US, Remembrance Day in much of the rest of the world.

Please take a moment to remember and honor all those who have served and who still do, both the living and the dead.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old ( Read more... )

Today is Veterans Day here in the US, Remembrance Day in much of the rest of the world.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

--Lawrence Binyon, from 'For the Fallen.'What candles may be held to speed them all ( Read more... )

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

--Lawrence Binyon, from "For the Fallen."

We are the ones you sent to fight a war ( Read more... )

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

--Lawrence Binyon, from "For the Fallen."
It's Veterans Day here in the US, Remembrance Day in much of the rest of the world.

* * * * *I have a longer commentary on ( Read more... )

(First, a note to follow up on yesterday's post -- the car's evidently fine, as examination shows no exhaust leaks. No, I don't know either. I have a carbon monoxide monitor on the floorboard now, and a very wry outlook on the whole experience. I guess we'll see what happens next ( Read more... )

Number one on that list right now is international correspondent for CNN. "Shock and Awe" is playing projected on a 10-ft high wall screen by my office, and no way would I want to be the person running the live feed from Baghdad ( Read more... )