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Jan.09.2013
The bunkers, many of them broken and damaged, hunkered like giant multi-colored tortoises along the rocky shore, extending up the rugged hills, partially hidden by overgrowth, boulders, and trees. More than 750,000 of them...
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Nov.29.2012
What has been going on at the United Nations? Why shouldn’t the Palestinians at least be a nonmember observer state of the United Nations? For that matter, why not full membership?
I guess I’m confused by it all. When I...
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Nov.10.2012
Today is Rememberance Day, also known as Poppy Day or Armistice Day and observed in all Commonwealth countries ever since the end of World War I. It is a day to remember all members of the armed forces who have died in the line of duty, and is annually observed on the anniversary of the end of...
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Oct.24.2012
This week I finished writing and editing a historical novel set in Europe immediately preceding the year 1000. It's in good enough shape for Lyn, my "second set of eyes." She's an excellent editor as well as a gifted writer, so it's in her hands now.
Sylvester II
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Aug.01.2012
"Of course the handlebar moustache of the day before yesterday was a far more formidable affair than the hemstitched line on the upper lip of our own motion-picture idols or the little brush copied from Charlie Chaplin by the late, unlamented Adolf Hitler." Historian John Tasker Howard.
I...
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Jun.06.2012
The Jutes were members of one of the Low German tribes of Jutland, some of them settled in Kent, England after their 5th century invasion. An adjective for Jute is “Jutish” pronounced jootish. I can hear a Danish-accented tongue saying Jute for Judah. Judah of course, meaning the tribe of Judah....
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May.10.2012
ON SHELVES IN PAPERBACK THIS WEEK
I’m excited to get acquainted with the Hannah Vogel series, not merely because of its captivating book jacket and intriguing plot – I don’t usually read mystery – but because the author appears to be one of those genuine, real however successful, people one...
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Mar.31.2012
Though you believe your ancestors were Jewish, unless they were “protected” because they were “Court Jews”, survival in Germany during the 1600s would have been difficult. Court Jews attained powerful positions of influence in European aristocracy. Whether they were bankers or money managers,...
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Mar.18.2012
My Enemy My Love – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; A Book and A Dish; Think With Your Taste Buds
“I am sorry to burden you with my troubles,” Beatrice said, catching her breath as she did so in an effort to keep calm. “Nonsense, my dear, what are friends for. You...
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Feb.04.2012
Well, I owe my life to Hitler and all but - yeh - this is kinda crass.
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Opera to mark Hitler's birthday met with chorus of disapproval
Berlin opera house forced to reschedule Wagner work that inspired Nazi leader
TONY PATERSON
Berlin's biggest...
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