As I write this, it is still Hunter’s birthday, October 7. We have a few hours left. I have resisted returning to the family eulogy
Hope will spring this April
I don’t think that death springs this April, despite the new Covid wave in Europe and Brazil and despite the impacts of new variants. We do have hope.
“We Don’t Surrender Much”
A number of Michigan infantry regiments participated in the battle of Stones River, but this post is about the First Regiment of Michigan Engineers and Mechanics who happened to take an active role in combat on January 01, 1863, at Lavergne, Tennessee.
Going somewhere and becoming something
We can’t grow younger, but we can always be unfinished.
No platform is righteous, no, not one
There is no immaculate platform. All have been designed by someone or some team and restrict a user’s freedom in one way or another.
Some sligh history
It is sobering to consider that a Scottish immigrant family paid such a high cost for the Union.
An extraordinary Mother’s Day
I am thinking about my mother this morning. This is her first Mother’s Day with a child in heaven. There won’t be a traditional family gathering today. Her mother is in a rest home that is prudently not allowing visitors. The 2020 versions of these special days are not flattering.
