I’ve been remiss in not saying hello to my German readers as the German language edition of Darkness just came out there. I’ve visited Germany a few times, mostly as a historian on battlefield tours and once to visit a girlfriend…let’s just say the battlefield tours had less, um, battle in them. Most of my travels in Germany followed the western Allies push into the western part so unfortunately I’ve yet to visit Berlin. It’s one of the major cities of the world and steeped in history which, naturally, makes it incredibly interesting to me.

Still deep in the long weekend here in the US. The birds are chirping in the trees out front of my building which is much nicer than car alarms and fire trucks.