An Unsafe Life Anticipating rain, I wear my enormous rain boots out onto the Gettysburg battlefields. I won’t dread the rain or flooding today! But it doesn’t rain; Read More » September 24, 2011
In Great Deeds Something Abides I’m walking on the battlefields today. I’m deeply moved by Chamberlain’s words spoken at the dedication of the Monument to the 20th Maine on October Read More » September 23, 2011
The Irony I stand in a museum in Gettysburg. As I enter the room called, “The Gettysburg Address,” I feel more solemn than I expect. A simple Read More » September 25, 2010