"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost
[CATEGORIES: Photography, Travel Photography, Aircraft.] [Click on single photos to enlarge. Click on enlargement to get realllllly big. For group photos click on any photo to enlarge and view group in a slide show. Photo info is in lower right corner, as is 'View full size'. View full and zoom again for extra detail. Click … Continue reading Two Days in Tucson, Part I
[CATEGORIES: Book Review, WWII, veterans.] Subtitled: "The first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII", by Chester Nez with Judith Schiess Avila. Code talkers were Navajo Indians who developed an unbreakable English-Navajo-English code used while fighting the Japanese in WWII Pacific. This book is great storytelling. I had the … Continue reading Code Talker by Chester Nez and Judith Scheiss Avila
[CATEGORIES: Travel, WWII, Veterans.] Sunday morning is the traditional memorial service for the WWII veterans of the 104th Infantry Division. Sunday evening we have the formal banquet dinner and dance. We have 'official' speeches' by VA chaplain Ronald, Timberwolf vet Bob, and Pup Jerry. Additional remarks are made by visiting Dutchwoman Esther, Belgian Vincent, and Maj. … Continue reading Timberwolves Reunion Albuquerque – Sunday
[CATEGORIES: Travel, WWII, Veterans.] [This post may load slowly as there are a lot of pictures in a single gallery.] Bus tours are finished for the weekend. Today it is Pups General Meeting, Ladies Luncheon, Men's Canteen, Midday Entertainment, Reunion General Meeting, and evening Beer Bust with raffle. (Select photos to enlarge. Click X in … Continue reading Timberwolves Reunion Albuquerque – Saturday
[CATEGORIES: Travel, WWII, Veterans.] I'm not posting everyday on this trip. Trust me. I know this. Really. These pix are mainly for the benefit of those that hang out at the Timberwolves Facebook site and couldn't attend the reunion. I am excited to hear that the attendee count is not the previously reported 132 but … Continue reading Timberwolves Reunion Albuquerque – Friday
[CATEGORIES: Travel, WWII, Veterans.] For the uninitiated the Timberwolves here are WWII veterans of the 104th Infantry Division's campaign from Normandy to Torgau, Germany near Berlin ending 68 years ago (1944-1945). Though I don't have a count we have a decent number of the vets present with friends and family totaling 132 people in Albuquerque, … Continue reading Timberwolves in Albuquerque, Thursday sampler
[CATEGORIES: Literature, Reading, Book Review] Check your pulse if you haven't heard of Anne Frank the young Jewish girl who kept a diary of her family's hiding in Amsterdam for 2 years (1942-1944) during WWII, only to be found and arrested less than a year before the end of the war, with most of them … Continue reading Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl [Updated]
[Categories: TRAVEL, PHOTOGRAPHY, EUROPE, WWII] (See previous posts for what this tour is about.) (As always, click on photos to enlarge or play movie.) The last day. We've had a great trip but we'll be glad to get home. We love Prague. Depends on what you like. Outdoors architecture and history abound. Students of Charles … Continue reading Timberwolves Europe 2013. Extra Days, Prague. 17 May.
[Categories: TRAVEL, PHOTOGRAPHY, EUROPE, WWII] (See previous posts for what this tour is about.) (As always, click on photos to enlarge or play movie.) I'm a bloggin' maniac now. I need the laptop for a download of all videos taken, but first I do a laptop-easy upload of 30 photos of the BER-PRG train ride … Continue reading Timberwolves Europe 2013. Extra days. Berlin-Prague Travel Day & Walkabout. 15 May.
[Categories: TRAVEL, PHOTOGRAPHY, EUROPE, WWII] (See previous posts for what this tour is about.) (As always, click on photos to enlarge or play movie.) Halfway through our extra day in Berlin, post guided-tour, we leave the Pergamon Museum (previous post) and stop for lunch. . Next we march down the Unter den Linden (remember those … Continue reading Timberwolves Europe 2013. Extra day Berlin Part II. 14 May.
[Categories: TRAVEL, PHOTOGRAPHY, EUROPE, WWII] (See previous posts for what this tour is about.) (As always, click on photos to enlarge or play movie.) If you have spent the considerable time and money to get to Europe for a guided tour you might think about an extra day or two at the beginning or end … Continue reading Timberwolves Europe 2013. Extra days Berlin and Prague. 14 May.
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay My rating: 5 of 5 stars Superb. I inhaled this book in about 36 hours. A proverbial tour de force. Very well written. 10 star rating. I highly recommend it. Excellent contrapuntal plot device throughout the first half of the book, expertly woven together in the second half. Whenever … Continue reading Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay
Men and women. That's the price of freedom. Living and dead. Yes, yes, "...in the long run we all are dead" (Keynes). The price of freedom is that a lot of people don't get a chance at the long run. They die too soon, too young, on a distant, unfamiliar battlefield somewhere. I was visiting … Continue reading The Price of Freedom
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