Ash and Oak and Thorn

On this day, 23 April 1971, nearly 1,000 Vietnam War veterans returned their combat medals to the government. The Vietnam Vets had planned to return the medals in body bags but authorities erected a fence around the Capitol building so the veterans threw their medals over it. Some of the Vets, before tossing their medals, dedicated them to comrades - both American and Vietnamese - who had died in battle. More info about this in our podcast about GI resistance to the Vietnam war: http://bit.ly/2DJm9h4 http://bit.ly/2Go4hIE

the body sobbed.’]

“but this body  is home, my childhood  is buried here, my sleep  rises and sets inside,  desire crested and wore itself thin  between these bones - I live here.”]

STAR CHILD: ARE YOU LISTENING? (1984)

King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)

Berkeley Barb 1970

Winston Duke for Esquire USA (2019)

A Highland Coo and her calf wandering down an empty road, Argyll and the Isles, Scotland. Credit: Andy Maclachlan.