Eliot on saddle noteshttps://saddledove.github.io/saddle-notes/tags/eliot/Recent content in Eliot on saddle notesHugoen-usThu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000Reading The Waste Land During a Deployhttps://saddledove.github.io/saddle-notes/posts/20260806/Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://saddledove.github.io/saddle-notes/posts/20260806/<p>There is a line in <em>The Waste Land</em> that I have been carrying around for years, the way other people carry a phone charger: <em>&ldquo;These fragments I have shored against my ruins.&rdquo;</em></p> <p>I used to think it was about grief. Now I think it&rsquo;s about version control.</p>