What’s Coming this Week
Memorial Day
We saw you, America.
In Belleau Wood and Bastogne, at Normandy and Guadalcanal, from Chosin to Kandahar, they did what was asked of them. Wherever they fell, they did what was asked of them.
We know. We knew them.
We see you honor them.We see you, America. pic.twitter.com/K1NQdWgpqN
— Canadian Forces in 🇺🇸 (@CAFinUS) May 28, 2022
Photo Memory of the Week
Posted: 2022 May 28
Music of the Week
Posted: 2022 May 28
Words of the Week
“To do nothing is in everyone’s power.” - Samuel Johnson
Source: John Robson's Words Worth NotingPosted: 2022 May 28
Tweet of the Week
28 May 1941 | In the evening a transport of 304 Poles deported by Germans from #Warsaw arrived at #Auschwitz. Among them were 12 priests, including a Franciscan Maximilian Kolbe (no. 16670) who on 29 July 1941 offered his life to save a prisoner selected for starvation death. pic.twitter.com/1cCd9ae0kq
— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) May 28, 2022
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Tag Archives: Childhood
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Father Knows Best
A lesson from my father that has stood the test of time. Continue reading
The Dialectic of Kitchen Appliances
Just put it in the mic-oh-wave. I look at my visitor happily ensconced on the black-vinyl bench of our built-in kitchen table. Happily because it was fun to scramble up and sit like a big girl: at home she has … Continue reading
E is for Eye Doctor
The little kid within still carries a grudge against a suspicious school nurse from 40 years ago. Continue reading
Say What?
I’m getting the Look. You know the one: the face loses expression, the entire body goes still. Continue reading
