Writing
July 2, 2011
This Day: July 2 The Sun Also Sets
Articles“In the late summer of that year we lived in a house in a village that looked across the...
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This Day — July 1: The Watershed of Our history
ArticlesFour score and seven years after the Declaration of Independence, all that already had happened in United States history...
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Seventy years ago
ArticlesWhat is happening today? There is war, or at least revolution, across North Africa and the Middle East, and...
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On my Nightstand
ArticlesFor the second time in a month, I found myself in London. Unfortunately, this was a working trip, with...
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Old Filth, (2004), and The Man in the Wooden Hat, (2009), by Jane Gardem
On the NightstandIf I am limited to recommend only one book, I urge you to read these two books. Jane Gardem...
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THIS POPPY IS FOR…..
ArticlesMemorial Day was begun to honor the Americans who served us when we were drawn into war. It began...
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Letters Home from War – Part One: Anesthesia for the pain of time and distance
ArticlesIn this anniversary month of the commencement of the Civil War, of the battles to capture Italy and the...
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