Lest We Forget

Lest We Forget

May is a month for remembering Last week Amy Williams landed in Phoenix with a tin of Chocolate Chip Shortbread biscuits  from London, with a Spitfire on the lid and the words,  To Commemorate the 80th Anniversary of VE Day, 1945 -2025. I was 13 years old, living in...
Amazing Grace In the White House?

Amazing Grace In the White House?

Another blog about seeing. I open my iPad and the headline lures me in but it disappears before I can click and is instantly replaced by other filtered stories. Curiosity peaked, I Google,  Amazing Grace in the White House,  and immediately two articles appear.  Fox...
Do You See What I See?

Do You See What I See?

Leni Riefenstahl Filming, 1936 | Source: Wikipedia Source: Jarould (Public domain) Leni Riefenstahl was Hitler’s favorite film maker. Multi talented, director, producer, writer, editor, photographer, even starring in her own drama, Tiefland, (Lowlands). Film Poster |...
A Tale of 2 Families

A Tale of 2 Families

2 Advertisements The Tellers and the Zacks were good friends, well known,  respected citizens with thriving businesses in the center of Gemünd, a small market town, in the Eifel region, Germany. The Tellers made and sold hats. To go out in public hatless was...
Through The Unknown Remembered Gate

Through The Unknown Remembered Gate

“The Parting”  | Collage created in Germany, 2012 We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. Through the unknown, remembered gate When the last of earth left to...