Lest we forget

But how can we remember? My great-grandfather died in that war; he never met his son, my grandfather, who fought in the next one and died a few months ago. My links to him are tenuous, at best: A few photographs (quite literally “faded to yellow / in a brown leather frame”), some old documents, [...]

Sad songs

There’s an old Scots song, “The Fairy Lullaby”, which I can’t find a good mp3 of. If anyone has one they can share, I would be grateful. In addition to being a lullaby, though, it’s a very sad piece of social commentary, if you think about what’s being said. First, the lyrics:
I left my [...]