Vigilance: n. 1.The process of paying close and continuous attention-synonyms: alertness, wakefulness, watchfulness
Today is Memorial Day. Years ago I wrote a piece called Gardens of Stone. I warned the Gardens of Stone would grow from the souls planted there during the soon to be entered War on Terrorism. I was all too right in my assessment of how things would go. “Gardens” wasn’t an anti-war piece. It was a warning of our fate to come. Today only one thing has changed.