I will not lie, planting a garden and watching it grow is very rewarding. Now more than ever during the Covid-19 pandemic we need to see that life goes on and is beautiful. Also, we are stuck at home and that yard or patio should serve a purpose, and what if the food chain supply […]
When you think of a war hero, you usually think of humans. I worry that children and teens are not being taught about all the veterans of past wars. They more than likely learned about World War II in history class-they better have! And I hope about the Vietnam War, but I bet the Korean […]
Beautiful as Aphrodite, Wise as Athena, Strong as Hercules, and Swifter than Mercury… This June a major motion picture staring the character Wonder Woman will be released into theaters. I can’t help but wonder…which Wonder Woman will she be? Will she be the Amazon Princess Diana from Paradise Island I knew from my youth, or […]
When you pluck ten to twelve young men from the heartland, the cities, and the tiny towns, and put them in a large barebones metal airplane, and tell them to go fly it for hours on end into enemy territory, something happens: a team and a bond is formed. Not just to each other, but […]
Introduction There have been many movies and a few television series informing the public of the great achievements and sacrifices made by the Army Air Corps and their B-29s and B-24s of WWII. Less has been told about the OTHER bomber squadrons, the Navy’s B-24s Liberators and Privateers. In a local newspaper dated June 3, […]
Right up to the 1940s, becoming a Nurse was not the vocation that parents wanted their daughters to take up. Nursing now ranks in the top five of most respected professions. Wow, that’s a big jump in seventy-five years. That change in attitude happened with the coming of World War II, some well written marketing […]
The Greatest Generation had patient love. They had to! To let a loved one know how you feel on Valentine’s Day, you could pick up your cell phone with its unlimited minutes and call him or her. At the same time you could send a text message with a picture […]