Rowan Tree and Red Thread

"There is something deeply comforting in realizing that one lives in a country whose soldiers can't properly march in lockstep. Where funerals are rare enough that the protocol is a bit uncertain."

An interesting and moving post from annafdd on the State funeral of Nicola Calipari.

(brought to my attention at Patrick Nielsen Hayden's Electrolite.

(edit: Patrick not Teresa.)