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Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Voting While I Still Can

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  I voted yesterday. I dropped off my mail-in ballot at the Lancaster City offices. Two police officers on duty at the entrance watched me d...
Tuesday, May 11, 2021

"Klara and the Sun" by Kazuo Ishiguro, a Review

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Spoiler Alert!!   I am going to talk about the end of the novel. If you haven’t read it, I don’t want to ruin the read for you.  Klara and t...
Friday, May 7, 2021

May 9: Victory Day for Russia, Crash Day for Me

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  In Russia, May 9 is Victory Day, the annual celebration of defeating the Nazis in World  War II.  I am happy to celebrate dead and defeate...
Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Talking About Veterans with Paws for Purple Hearts

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  This evening I had the chance to speak with several staff members of Paws for Purple Hearts : an organization that provides and trains ser...
Thursday, April 29, 2021

Free At Last! No Mask for the Vaccinated!

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 In Cold War West Germany in the 1970s we wore our masks at least two hours every week while working and training.   I can still remember th...
Wednesday, April 21, 2021

War Movies Across Seven Decades

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Band of Brothers--My favorite war drama I am part of a Facebook group called War Movie Zone.  I read posts looking for other people's vi...
Thursday, April 15, 2021

My Last War (Almost) Ends

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U.S. Army Stryker vehicle in Afghanistan  In 2012, I was on a roster of soldiers who were supposed to deploy to Afghanistan with a Pennsylva...