I'm feeling squashy today, trying to seek comfort in the Internet even though I know I should go to bed, or go outside, or go somewhere else. There is a lot of low-some news lately, isn't there? And Uncle Roy reminded me that today marks 100 years since Britain declared war on Germany. Longtime readers of this blog may recall my Armistice Day ( Read more... )

DreamersBY SIEGFRIED SASSOON ( Read more... )

Borrowing from my friend Peter --

‎"Swear to yourself this day at 11 o'clock that never again shall the peace and happiness of the world fall into the murderous hands of a few cynical old men." - Daily Herald, 11th November 1919 ( Read more... )

Bent double, like old beggars under sacks ( Read more... )

Here in southwestern Missouri, today meant that the Post Office was closed, so we couldn't get postage for a piece of mail that needed to be sent ( Read more... )

Making Light doesn't seem to be doing their what-I-thought-was-annual WWI post this year, which is odd, I think, but here's last November's, which contains dozens of links, including those to previous year's posts.

So here is a link or two of my own findings:

Comic artist Kate Beaton on 11/11

Oxford's digital archive of WWI poetry, including ( Read more... )

Every year, on 11/11, the venerable moderators at Making Light dedicate an entry to the War to End All Wars. And every year I find myself so thankful for this, because it seems - in this country, anyway - to remember the first World War is a job for aging veterans and a small collection of historians. Commemoration of this day at all seems ( Read more... )