Reading Circle Books

Lifelong learning together

  • The Reading Life
  • Visions & Ventures
  • Hearts & Minds
  • Community & Time
  • The Book of Nature
  • Reading the Word
  • Reading the Land
  • Reading the Table
Home >> Archives for Vietnam

Watching the Cubs from Bahgdad

May 25, 2009

Here is what Memorial Day means to me today: it means remembering the connections we have to those who are elsewhere, remembering that the small things we enjoy here at home exist in a larger system of past and present service, sacrifice and justice.

Shelved with: Civic Life|| Community & Time|| Connected Worlds|| Hearts & Minds|| History|| Local Life|| Mind & Society
Tagged With: Afghanistan, Army, Baghdad, Chicago Cubs, Germany, Holidays, Iraq, Martin Luther King Jr., Memorial Day, Pittsburgh Pirates, Sixties, Soldiers, Twitter, Vietnam, War & Peace
By circlereader 4 Comments

Favorite Posts

  • Gutenberg’s PC: The Espresso Book Machine
  • Teach Them to Read and Let Them Go!
  • The Heart of Father’s Day
  • Locals in a New Place – Reading Aldo Leopold
  • Storytelling and Fear
  • Homeschool Moments: Dishing Out BOF, Dealing with Prejudice
  • Of Lists and Learning
  • A Good Day for the Beginnings of Journeys
  • On Manifestoes

Themes

Aldo Leopold Barack Obama Bible Blogging Book Clubs Books Bookstores Christmas Cities Civility Civil Rights Classics Community Community of Practice Democracy Digital Literacy Economics Education Environment Food Gender Having Faith Heroes History Holidays Home School Homeschool John McCain Lifelong Learning Michael Pollan Music NPR Parenting Politics Psychology Race Religion Richard Harwood Sandra Steingraber Social Justice Stories Thanksgiving War & Peace Wisconsin WordPress

About RCB