now is a day of remembrance, of honoring those who went into battle and were injured or died. yesterday i drove along the Civil War/ Trail of Tears Highway in Arkansas and did some remembering.The victims of warring are not just soldiers, sometimes they are civilians, sometimes they are just children in a house that suddenly explodes. I want to also honor those who stand against war, whose hope is that there will be an evolution of personhood that will make war and warring a thing of our past. So mote it be 

now is the anniversary of my dad's birth. 97 years. he's been gone for about ten years, but i look in the mirrour and see him in me. thanks for the training, dad, you taught me that a man can be different from johnwayne and them and still be okay.