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So Brigid flew out yesterday. She will see her wonderful sister Libby who lives in an outer (50 miles) suburb of London – Milton Keynes – for four or five days. Then Brigid is going up to the capital of Scotland – Edinburgh. Brigid has some diaries of her Dad, going back almost 95 years.…

The “Ruth” in “Ruth Sent Us” refers to the late SC Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Well, RBG would not approve. ACB has 7 children. The group tweeted an infographic with the name of Barrett’s church. It also identified the school that Barrett’s children attend, and encouraged protesters to “voice your anger” by demonstrating there. Ruth…

I had posted this last year; it's so good I felt it would be appropriate to re-post. A great piece of writing from their November, 1960 issue. Absorbing reading; terrifying and heroic… An account of the “epic human tragedy” that unfolded when Allied troops landed on the shores of Normandy on D-Day Unlike what happens…

Lost track of the # of years I've posted this. It never gets old! Now 42 43 44 45 46 years ago… The sad part – Michael, Bill & Kevin are no longer with us… Original posting text below with no changes. Ahhh, 40 years ago – June fifth, 1976. In Downing Stadium, a Rugby…

Bummer. Two articles below. Done in by I.P.A. Beer production has been a part of the European Trappist tradition since the 17th century, but it is not the only way these monasteries have supported themselves. Trappist monasteries make many other products, ranging from coffins to cheese. Spencer Brewery, launched in 2014, is (or was) just…

On a sudden whim we decided yesterday to walk across the Bear Mountain Bridge (which is part of the Appalachian Trail) and then a bit into the park, to the bear den. Total round trip distance was 2.68 miles and we took a leisurely hour and fourteen minutes. Here are some pictures, more tomorrow. We…

This beautiful little place is less than ten minutes from our house – we did a 2 and a quarter mile walk/hike there this morning. Here’s a link to the site and you can print a really good map. NOTE: The paths are fairly wide but in places the tree roots criss-crossing the path are…

Chariots of Fire, one of my all time favorite movies. He won the Academy Award for the music. Born Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou in 1943, Vangelis won an Oscar for his 1981 Chariots of Fire soundtrack. Its uplifting piano motif became world-renowned, and reached No 1 in the US charts, as did the accompanying soundtrack album.…

Yup. Beelzebub.  

Hong Kong police arrested on Tuesday night a retired Catholic bishop and four other individuals who allegedly funneled financial aid to pro-democracy protestors on charges of “collusion with foreign forces.” A legal source confirmed to Reuters that Cardinal Joseph Zen, 90, had been detained under this pretense. He is in custody at the Chai Wan…