Memorial Day
This weekend I intended to write up an essay covering the infrastructure needs of the city that were presented at a hearing regarding a state capitol bill that was held on May 3rd. However. Something else has been occupying my mind these past few weeks. Perhaps it is that this month marks the fourth anniversary of my mother’s passing that has me in an introspective mood, or something else. My wife and I are veterans, Army proud, both of us were Intelligence Analysts who bore witness to the final stages of the Cold War. Whatever you do, don’t dismiss or underestimate that long twilight struggle that lasted almost 50 years. The danger was real, and lives were lost, often in places and circumstances where they couldn’t be acknowledged until many years had passed. I’ve written before about one of those stories in a blog I wrote a few years ago; Memorial Day Remembrance: The Last Casualty of the Cold War . Previous to those events my wife did a tour of duty at the Berlin Field Station