RSS- Tit for tat until it all goes boom
- Deadly H5N1 avian influenza strain detected on mainland Antarctica
- “BYD is launching its next-gen Blade EV battery soon with more range and even lower cost”
- Iran launches air attacks on Israel
- ISW on the developing Ukrainian defense industrial base and Russias strikes on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure
- Britain? Kaput! By Walrus.
- Declaration “Dignitas Infinita” on Human Dignity
- The situation and some possible courses of action … A Pat Lang post reposted from 26 February 2022
- HARPER: COL. W. PATRICK LANG R.I.P.
- A Note On Our Folly By Walrus
Category Archives: Prose
Idle Hour
By W. Patrick Lang Comment: I thought of this story yesterday while I was waiting for my lobster role order. Whenever the Cousins Maine Lobster food truck comes to our area I pick up a couple for SWMBO and myself. … Continue reading
Posted in Messing about in boats, Prose
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The Great Charge – 3 July 1863 (from “The Butcher’s Cleaver”)
“… A mile away, across the grassy valley from the cemetery ridge, Pickett’s Division lay waiting in the woods. They had come up to this position in the early morning hours. The officers occupied themselves with the usual business of … Continue reading
Posted in Prose, Ukraine Crisis, WBS
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The Solitude of Combat Veterans – Alan Farrell
Ladies and Gentlemens: Kurt Vonnegut — Corporal Vonnegut — famously told an assembly like this one that his wife had begged him to “bring light into their tunnels” that night. “Can’t do that,” said Vonnegut, since, according to him, the … Continue reading
Posted in Farrell, Prose
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A short biography of Saint Pierre Favre S.J.
This was written by one of our fellow correspondents from France going by the pen name of D74. His intent was to gift this to Colonel Lang. He finished the piece with difficulty after learning of the Colonel’s passing. Rest … Continue reading
Posted in France, Prose, Religion
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“Winter Quarters” 1863-1864 Pat Lang (from Death Piled Hard) reposted 2022
Winter Quarters (Orange, Virginia) “The seemingly endless time of cold darkness crept past in a succession of grey days and long nights. In its camps, the Army of Northern Virginia once again experienced the religious fervor that came … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Prose
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Thanksgiving in the Field – 1863 from “Death Piled Hard” reposted 2022
One of my pre-occupations is the cycle of novels that I wrote concerned with what I think I learned in life. It is set in the American Civil War and called “Strike the Tent.” Why? If I knew why perhaps I could … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Prose
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The “Daughter of Time” redux
Researchers claim to have found evidence that the older boy Edward may not have been murdered, but instead secretly allowed to live on his half-brother’s land under a false name. They have followed a trail of medieval documents to a … Continue reading
Posted in History, Prose
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Yo’ Jus’n Cain’ Get No Good Conch Frittahs Nor’ a Marathon
Stars were beginning to fade in the Western sky as the first gleams of the new day began to beat back the darkness. A fin broke the surface off the port bow up near the shallows on the edge of … Continue reading
Review of “Tattoo” by Publisher’s Week
https://booklife.com/project/tattoo-54552
Posted in Books, Prose, The Military Art
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“The Procurator of Judea” Anatole France
“Long did I seek her in disreputable alleys and taverns. It was more difficult to learn to do without her than to lose the taste for Greek wine. Some months after I lost sight of her, I learned by chance … Continue reading
Posted in Prose, Religion
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