Just something quick

I just finished watching the 6th installment of the PBS show called The War. I had read about it in Newsweek when I had first gotten to California. I thought that it would be interesting to watch. I cannot remember when the first one was shown, and last week I was on the road quite a bit. But now I'm wishing that I had had Matt program them to be recorded so that I could watch them. Tonight's show was about the Battle of the Bulge, Iwo Jima, the fire bombing of many cities in Germany (which was so hard to hear as I had been to and knew where several of these cities were), and the liberation of a prison camp in Manilla as told by a 12 year old girl that was there with her family.

The only thing going through my mind as I was watching this was the pain and suffering of so many on both sides. When they talked about the bombing of Dresden, I remembered being there and seeing the postcards of the destruction that our bombs had made. And seeing a building still in ruins as a reminder. And of the story of the time and effort the city made in rebuilding all of its beautiful old buildings by painstakingly going through the rubble and using as many stones as possible to rebuild the churches, the opera house, and other buildings there. (it was worth it. I wish I could have spent more time there)

I would love to watch the whole thing, but the DVD set is $130, and that is just a little too much for some DVDs. I'll have to watch ebay in a few months to see if I can get it for cheaper. If you have the time, watch the next one. I have no idea when it is, but go to PBS for your local listings.

I think one of the first things that I'm going to do when (if ever) I go back to school is to take some world history classes, and learn a little bit more about this. Hopefully that day will come.....

sidenote: I have many pictures and things to talk about from my trip, but my husband has the computer at school with him all day during the week, and I only get it in the evenings. I don't even know what program for photos this computer has. I will work on it......I'm sure you're all dying for pictures of Andrew's birthday party, pictures of us at the LA County Fair, and other riveting subjects. Don't critique my photo taking skills. You try getting a two year old to sit still while you take a pictures....or to even look at you when there are pigs and cows to look at instead.....