Writing

June 6, 2012

Writers on Deck: Sicily — The First Leg

Articles

“We sailed away from there with heavy hearts and reached the country of the Cyclopes…” From the Odyssey. As...

CONTINUE READING →
May 16, 2012

My Goodness: Number One! Thank you very, very much.

Articles

Over the five day period surrounding Mothers’ Day 2012 my first novel, French Letters: Virginia’s War, rose to Number...

CONTINUE READING →
May 2, 2012

May, Mothers, and Memorials: A Month of Unexpected Connections

Articles

On the second Sunday of this month we honor our mothers. On the last Monday we honor our fellow...

CONTINUE READING →
March 3, 2012

March Forth: Hug a Soldier

Articles

Better still, ‘Hold a Soldier.’ I was one of the very lucky ones. When I was in the Army...

CONTINUE READING →
November 10, 2011

Remembering Eleven Eleven

Articles

Once, in the days before corporate sponsor naming rights, we named our sports fields ‘Memorial Stadium.’ When the national...

CONTINUE READING →
November 9, 2011

Winners of the ‘Patriotism is More than a Bumper Sticker’ Contest

Articles

In anticipation of Veterans Day, or Armistice Day as we once named it and Remembrance Day as it still...

CONTINUE READING →
October 4, 2011

Author of the Year for French Letters: Engaged in War

Articles

I did not see this coming, but I am so happy that it did. I am honored to be...

CONTINUE READING →
September 20, 2011

Today is September 20. Welcome to Arnhem.

Articles

Operation Market Garden, in 1944, was the largest airborne invasion in history, and it failed. General Montgomery brushed aside...

CONTINUE READING →
July 15, 2011

This day: July 15, in Paris — Quid plura?

Articles

History and literature — for the past couple of weeks I have written (almost) daily notes on what happened...

CONTINUE READING →