I think no one will argue that this year just past has been a hard, sad, one. So many idols and heroes gone, such a contentious electio...

US Army Corps of Engineers/  CC 2.0 40 years ago today a ship sank in a storm on the Great Lakes. Not that unusual an occurrence of co...

photo  by domenico   cc 2.0 When I was a kid, in love with movies, there were two genres i watched more than any other: musicals and...

Yesterday was Memorial Day, and today would be my dad's 83rd birthday.  My dad  was a serviceman, but he was in Germany in the 50's ...

Weeping sad and lonely Hopes and fears, how vain. When this cruel war is over, Pray that we meet again.              Charles Carroll ...