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April 22, 2006
And Speaking of Crying...
... I did quite a bit of that yesterday as I hiked through the Capitol. Mostly a tragic and ladylike weeping, tears coursing silently down my cheeks triggered either by a surprising patriotic pride (I didn't expect it to run quite as deeply as it appears to) or grief at the thought of the number of lives wasted in war.
The one that really got me was, unsurprisingly, the Vietnam Memorial. I refused to take pictures of it. I don't think I could come anywhere close to expressing the emotions that black granite scar evokes. The deeper in you get, the more palpable the grief.
I did, however, take pictures of other things, many of which I will post later. For now, one of my favorite photos so far. I apologize for it's being so big. I don't have the editing software on this laptop to shrink the file down to a web-manageable size.
Never mind. I can't get the damn thing to load and I have stuff to do. You'll just have to imagine the Washington Monument beyond the Tidal Basin as seen through cherry tree branches. I'll figure it out tonight, I promise
Posted by sally at April 22, 2006 06:27 AM
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