24 May, 2008
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My pal, Soupy Meg has tagged ME, yours truly, for a meme.
What the heckily is that? Well, as she so eloquently puts it, a meme is kinda the interweb version of a chain letter. okie, she didn’t say “interweb” but still. Others say it’s like tag – zap! you’re it. But it’s not evil, or banned by schools, so okay, a meme is like a chain letter (with no death threats to loved ones) or tag (without the fear and anxiety of gym class… here goes..
1. Write the title to your memoir using 6 words:
Words, wondering, writing, wandering, words again
2. Link to the person that tagged you:
Soup is not a finger food
3. Tag five more blogs:
Bianca
Gilahi
Lacochran
Herb
On the red line
15 May, 2008
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It’s National Police Week, which means Judiciary Square, and its Fallen Officer Memorial are glorious. 
I don’t have a particular connection to police officers but I do have a connection to this place and the painful beauty it reverberates in memory, in mourning but in celebration for lives lost too soon. These were the true good guys – you can see all over the faces of those they left behind, who come to remember.
Judiciary Square, this memorial in particular, are always gorgeous: the squared off green of the lush, full trees; the majestic cool of the stone lions, the waves of names that roll on and on with stories and Read the rest of this entry »
