[Continuing my sharing with you of some of the raw research for the book I am writing of the 176 Amsterdam area men who died in World War II. Anyone having newspaper clippings, telegrams, letters, anecdotes and/or good quality photos of these men, kindly comment here or email me at the address in the left column] Recorder, August 30, 1944 Former Resident, Serving in Marines, Killed...
[Continuing my sharing with you of some of the raw research for the book I am writing of the 176 Amsterdam area men who died in World War II. Anyone having newspaper clippings, telegrams, letters, anecdotes and/or good qualityphotos of these men, kindly comment here or email me at the address in the left column] Recorder February 7, 1946 Another Amsterdamian Who Was Reported ...
The secret to any good meal is to substitute Jim Beam Kentucky Bourbon whenever the recipe calls for milk. Turkey Watch Buy my murder mystery The Evil Has Landed and don't forget The Judge Report (THE BOOK) is now available, too!
So what do you do if you are thinking about running for public office and suddenly discover that your potential opponent who is also president of the school board supplements her ordinary income by doing psychic readings on the internet? And how do you approach the fact that she claims to hear voices that she refers to as her spirit guides? And what about when you later learn that her guides have...
Mayor Ann Thane in Sunday's Recorder: “I don’t know that the [East] end was ever truly prosperous,” she said. “When I look at the archived photos of the city, I think it was always a working class area.” See, now this is the problem when you elect somebody to an important office who has to rely on archival photos to form her opinions. While I'm not ridiculously older than the mayor, I do have ...
I had been in a hard-fought re-election campaign in 1989 and had told Mary that no matter what the outcome, when it was over I would be packing my back-pack and going into the woods for a couple of days, something I had not done in the previous fifteen years or so. But when the night before the day came, I suddenly received a phone call from my old friend, principal and hiking partner Father ...
Having a wonderful time, thank you very much. More pics here . Check back periodically, as we should have others, including wedding pics up, as the days drift placidly by. Many thanks to old chum Bruce Conover for a delightful lunch and harbor walk yesterday, and to Tim and Rose for a marvelousrehearsal dinner. More to come, but right now it's time to head out to Point Loma for a ...
I've always been a bad Republican, I guess. I was sort ofbrought up that way. Dad was a rebel when he ran against an incumbent Republican alderman back in 1963 (and lost by only seven votes). I've mentioned before how there was a whispering campaign going on against him. "Did you know that Frank Going is a . . . conservative?! " Then in 1964 we heartily supported Goldwater for president, ...
