Its become so rare for me to take time just for writing.  But I'm found with some now, after dinner at my parents' house.

I'm here to spend some time with my mother, as we are celebrating Mother's Day.  It's a week late, yes.  So how did we celebrate?  Clint and I made waffles and bacon for lunch.  Then Clint left, Dad left, and Mom left (in separate ways) leaving me at home without much to do.  I cleaned my car.  Mom came home and worked in the garden by herself.  I helped Dad try unsuccessfully to make a facebook page.

We reheated some Chinese food for dinner.  Mom and Dad turned on the History Channel's "America: The Story of Us" to learn about the Civil War.  More, I suppose, about the Civil War than we already know.  It sort of irks me that we're watching this because while it doesn't glorify the war, my parents end up doing so by watching the parts about the efficiency of the north, the effects of industrialization of war, and the nobility of freeing the slaves while fast-forwarding through anything gruesome like "what a musket bullet does to one", "first aid and medical practices", and "new techniques of embalming".  It's annoying and depressing to see such attention to old wars and old problems while modern technology, warfare, and crimes on humanity continue unaddressed all over the world.