Well, the obvious story here in the City is the Giants. So, not writing about that--although it is charming and happy and we're all stoked!
Ah, November, one of my favorite months. Warm & cool, gold & green. Holidays about food and history. Speaking of history, see the Flanders poppy? That's what November is about--the Great War--the real beginning of the 20th century. Mighty real, alas.
So on Thursday 11 November take a minute (at 11 a.m.) to think of the first cataclysm of modern times (pretty fair to say that). I'm often asked why I study military history, strategy, tactics, spies, nurses, Resistance fighters, and franc-tireurs. Because far more innocents die in these conflicts (including many in uniform), and they deserve to be remembered.
Pax vobiscum.
