The Last Exile

Did I mention that Steven Pressfield, author of Gates of Fire, Last of the Amazons and Killing Rommel fame (among others) has a blog? I have been reading him for the last couple of months in my reader. It’s just as informative and provocative as the tales his books tell. Go read ‘Returning Home’. It starts like this -

In the ancient Spartan tradition, there were only two cases when burial markers were permitted: for warriors killed in battle and for women who died in childbirth. The memorials were simple stones, often without inscriptions.

Finish it, pause and offer a prayer for those who passed before us, click here, and then hunker down to read the rest and his blog from the beginning. I seriously doubt you will be disappointed.