So Cal Day

We started the day with coffee at Starbucks. Then to Malibu for a 2pm rendezvous at The Getty Villa.

Arriving over an hour early, Steve and I drove further up the coast. Steve was first to spot the thousands of flags planted at the base of Pepperdine University. It was a memorial to the victims of 9/11. While most of the flags were American, there were flags of other nations to represent the citizenship of all the victims.


I don't doubt that there are still memorial services held in Hawaii's Pearl Harbor on December 7th. On the mainland, however, the day passes without much thought. Perhaps an article buried in the middle of the newspaper at the bottom of the page. Or, more likely, a photograph and caption showing flowers placed at Veteran's Hospital in recognition of the "Day that will live in infamy".

Ten years from now, will there still be a collective memory of 9/11? Either way, there will likely still be a war on terror.

A WAR on terror.

Is that like hating intolerance or killing murderers?