To Remember
“The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think, what you do—is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny … it is the light that guides your way.” Heraclitus
Roam or stay home. Go away then come back. Some cannot return.
Beside Bedford Boy Bedford Hoback. @WWIIMemorial pic.twitter.com/pAj0jq2By7
— alex kershaw (@kershaw_alex) May 27, 2023
Remember. Read. Respect.
Memorial Day is to remember those who fought and gave their lives.
Q: Was there ever a point when you thought you couldn’t finish the book?
A: No, there wasn’t. In the beginning, I was enough of a blockheaded Bostonian of Scots-Irish descent to go home that weekend and think, “I can do this.” About three years into it, I realized, “I have to do… https://t.co/Pavcsltdnk
— Moo Dog Press (@MooDogPress) May 27, 2023
Right now on Dog Green, Omaha, where the Bedford Boys died. @WWIIMemorial pic.twitter.com/zxaSM5tC61
— alex kershaw (@kershaw_alex) May 27, 2023
Please join us #MemorialDay to pay tribute to the brave people who died for our country. Rangers and volunteers will be at all of the veterans memorials to share information and honor those who gave "the last full measure of devotion."
List of events: https://t.co/aQAfaHBZCe pic.twitter.com/R21xN4pfq7
— National Mall NPS (@NationalMallNPS) May 24, 2023
Excited to visit Missoula, Montana on 6/8 to premiere our upcoming film The American Buffalo at The Wilma theater with @MontanaPBS. For tickets and information, visit https://t.co/PZlIEJ8kVe
— Ken Burns (@KenBurns) May 25, 2023
Evolution of The 🌹 Winner. pic.twitter.com/vyHuaP0yCG
— MAGE (@MageHorse) May 26, 2023
Gardens extended and enriched, yard mowed, already helped get the first cutting of hay in the barn. So thankful.
Good to see Amanda and Mike and this feathered guy at Uncle Bob’s, Route 66, Middlefield, CT. pic.twitter.com/4Bc0ZDs5Ed
— Moo Dog Press (@MooDogPress) May 26, 2023
🔊 This hour, hear about the docu-series "Reciprocity Project" with @NiaTero, @Akomawt's @Noodlz2020 and composer Jennifer Kreisberg. Plus, a conversation on the Native food movement with Navajo journalist and podcaster @andimurphy. Listen live on @WNPR https://t.co/9i8b57jheE
— Where We Live (@wherewelive) May 25, 2023
The Scientist and the Bats
Funders thought watching bats wasn’t important. Then Peggy Eby helped solve the mystery of a deadly virus.
https://t.co/WsOJ7AHQ6N via @propublica— Raju Narisetti (@raju) May 23, 2023
A picture of Sallie, who is one of only two dogs depicted at Gettysburg & the only one that saw combat. She was named after Sallie Ann, a local woman & Colonel Phaon Jarrett, the commanding officer of the 11th. pic.twitter.com/S2uLKujvLJ
— Greg West (@GregWest_HALOJM) May 30, 2022
That's all for now. Stories percolating. Ivory trade. Rivers. Belted Galloways. Indigenous names and histories. People. Business. Horses and dogs. Books; so many good books to read and think, learn.