Kat, as you say ... "for others too". Yesterday's broadcast service from the Cenitaph in London gave me pause for thought. Apparently, for the first time, the British Legion had added new groups to their list of those invited to participate. For the first time (according to the commentator), groups such as the Women's Land Army (Farmerettes in Canada, possibly something similar in the US?) and the Bevan Boys (I thought they were there last year but ...) were represented. And, perhaps more interesting, the Shot at Dawn Society, representing those who had been shot for treason or cowardice, sometimes for less than humane or substantial reasons.

Some years ago, in Britain, you used to be able to buy white poppies, for peace, in some places; I used to wear both a red and a white together. I haven't seen them recently, and I know that some people objected, but I believe that you can remember the dead while fervently hoping that we can find a better way.

sian