Tuesday's postcard, and the red, white, and blues about the Fourth of July

July 4, 2023

The Big Eddy, in west Spokane

The Stars and Gripes

It is a few minutes before 5 a.m. as I write. If he were still alive, it would be in this mist of first light that my father would be putting his flag out to mark Independence Day. It was more than a habit. It was a line of memory, a connection to his uncles who served in Europe during the Second World Wa…