Notes on a Wednesday morning

-The news and blogs are full of torture stories. And the horror of it all is beginning to sink in. Good. Truth will out. Actions have consequences. Send them all to jail for thirty or forty or fifty years. And, yes, I mean Bush and his whole cabal.

-saw the Pete Seeger show again last night on pbs - a fund raising event. Super. I missed him back in the '50's and '60's - doing other stuff - but sure appreciate him now. Pete Seeger: strong advocate for freedom of speech and the power of song.

-just watched Swimming in Auschwitz on PBS World. Another reminder of the horrors that were inflicted on millions of people in the '40's. The stories of six Jewish women who survived the Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust.

-most of the way through Tennozan: The Battle of Okinawa and the Atomic Bomb by George Feifer. More horror stories, this time from over in the Pacific theatre of WWII. I keep wondering why this island, like so many, was not hopscotched. Turned out to be a most horrendous battle. Also regret not having done my homework before serving over in Japan for three years back in the '60's. Would have appreciated my time there so much more. Note to the young: do your homework - life will be much more memorable and full.

-it's well after 11 and time for something to eat. Oatmeal, raisins, craisins, blueberries, banana, milk and some ersatz sugar.