Mar 20, 2003
For posterity
This is what the first day at war looks like:
A beautiful spring Thursday, with a clear blue sky. Blossom tumbles from the trees and eddies on the pavement.
A busy Thursday of meetings and deadlines, without time to think.
A man in the passenger seat of a red Golf, clasping a blue china mug as the vehicle speeds along the road.
A long queue at the post office, and a clerk that smells like stale beer.
Suffice to say, there’s a lot going on at the moment.
Walking home this evening, in a perfect spring sunset, I caught myself thinking about waiting. I’ve never been good at waiting. I can’t begin to imagine what it feels like to wait for an attack to come.
In lieu of patience, we turn to information – and opinion. The web is a blessing and a curse. So much information. But on the other hand, so much information.
For highlights, I recommend Channel 4 news (including Lindsey Hilsum’s evocative eyewitness reports), and especially, the always-excellent, insightful Snowmail. If you don’t already get it, do.
