And the music?

Definitely makes me rethink complaining about the weather regardless of it being too hot or too cold etc. Reality check for sure.

Phyllis Newbert

This is everything a blog should be. Thanks Ben for the imagery.

Faith!

I was just there in April. A chilling place.

I recently read a book about the plight of WWII soliders who were forced to endure the Battan death march. The lucky ones died along the way while many others had to endure years in an absolute hellish prison camp being starved to death. Another group who survived that exprience were burned alive when the Japanese realized the Americans were going to retake the territory and tried to hide the evidence of their atrocities. Finally a small number were rescued in the first real use of modern day "commandos" to rescue troops behind enemy lines before their camp could also be burned to the ground with the pow's in it.

The evil that the world had to endure during those years is hard to fathom. I guess one thing you could say on the positive side is all of the pain and suffering made us reluctant to try it all again as we have not seen a WWIII as of yet. I hope the world never forgets how bad things can be.

Ben, this gives me chills - there is nothing else to say