Far Too Many — © Copy­right 2012 by William Beem

Far Too Many

If you should ever visit Arling­ton National Ceme­tery (and you should) or any other the nation’s other U.S. National Ceme­ter­ies, you may end up hav­ing the same thought that I had here. There are just far too many lives rep­re­sented here that were cut short. It’s both hum­bling and reas­sur­ing to visit such places.

Today is Memo­r­ial Day here in the USA. Most offices are closed, but places of recre­ation are open. For me, it’s a time to hide from the peo­ple who visit the Orlando attrac­tions. It’s just as well, since Trop­i­cal Storm (or pos­si­bly hur­ri­cane) Beryl is clos­ing in for a wet week. Good thing I mowed the lawn yes­ter­day morn­ing before the rain started. That’s not a com­plaint, though. Some­times I actu­ally like a good week of rain.

For those of you on hol­i­day, enjoy it.