I started reading All Quiet on the Western Front last night and am about 1/3 through it. I have wanted to read it for a couple of years. B and I talked at breakfast about the various movie versions - I may have seen one of them in the WWI class a couple of summers ago, but all the war movies sort of blend together in my mind.
The narrator outlines an idea I've always favored - that wars should be fought by heads of state and their ministers, in a ring, with the peoples of the countries as spectators. Wouldn't THAT appeal to Dubya, with his tough-guy swagger doubtless masking perpetual insecurities?
Anyway Remarque is a warm-up to get back into the spirit of the war - next will be Keegan with a focus on the Eastern front this time. Remarque's characters are all disparaging about the Prussians and I need to learn how that really works geopolitically.
So that's the reading list for the short-term.
I wonder if the Nature and Society thing has already peaked in geography, or if my landscape architecture background makes me a good candidate to get into it a little bit? The NYT magazine has a great theme issue today on landscapes.
Speaking of which - our second floor apartment feels like a treehouse (yeah, I know: how does a treehouse feel?) now that all the urban forest six inches from the house has leafed out. Birds and squirrels galore - some of the birds live in at least two separate nests in the roof structure of the white house next door. I'd be surprised if squirrels haven't gnawed residence into these houses too. Will have to observe....
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