Writing

December 22, 2010

Fortress Rabaul, (2008)

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Fortress Rabaul, (2008) by Bruce Gamble,  is a riveting history of two years of unrelenting conflict in the South...

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December 9, 2010

One degree of separation

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It’s hard to imagine,  but I knew someone who knew someone who lived through the colonization of Texas, during...

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November 30, 2010

A Friend of the family…..

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Several years ago we were away, in our adoptive home-away-from-home, when Alice conked out one afternoon.  The details are fuzzy...

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October 27, 2010

The American Future: A History, (2008)

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The American Future:  A History, (2008) by Simon Schama, is not so much a history as a magnifying glass...

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October 14, 2010

General Paul Myers

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Have you ever stumbled into something that is too good to be true, but turns out to be true?...

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September 17, 2010

FRENCH LETTERS: THE STORY CONTINUES

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French Letters:  Engaged in War, is on the shelves and on the e-books — it’s launched? It is the parallel-quel to...

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