Tag: history
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The Church in the Woods
One of my granddaughters has inherited my love of discovering and exploring unusual places. Not surprising really, when I think of some of the places we visited when she was small. So when she announced that she had found something that I had to see, her excitement rapidly transferred to me. Rather than wait for…
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Roam…
Roam Ancient Rome echoes across our land Wherever you go, she is there before you Stone brick walls split the land in two Still standing proud Soldier’s voices whisper in Latin tongue Can still be heard They are here to change our ways of old Fill our minds with Gods they know…
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City Walls… #Poetry
City Walls Threads of gold with silver ink Pen in motion, tides that sink Her voice I hear with words made clear Her face now lost to memory Where cities burn beyond the gate Soldiers march to Troy’s great walls Prince Hector has fallen Achilles lost to arrows swift blow Paris…
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Honesty in WorldWar2 by Chris-Jean Clarke #ContemporaryFiction/History@ChrisJeanClarke
WW2 through the eyes of a child: It is mid-summer, 1944 and Britain is embroiled in war. A large percentage of city and town dwellers are being killed; homes bombed, and personal belongings destroyed. The people not only fear for their own safety, but they also realize, that even if they are fortunate enough…
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Book Roundup…
The last book I read… Some passwords protect more than just secrets. Danny Caruso was glad to be back in the United States, back to his regular job. Back to his comfortable routine of all work and no play. But when his friend Mac asks a favor of him, he can’t refuse. He owes the…
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The Tree of Life…
The other evening as we watched a about Budapest called Travel Man on channel four, I caught a quick glimpse of what looked like a metal weeping willow tree and knew I had to find out more about it. The tree particularly interested me, because one of my hobbies is making wire bonsai…
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Waterlooville…
Not far from where I live is a little town called Waterlooville and I had never given its name any great thought. Possibly thought it might have had something to do with the battle, but that was about it. It has been brought to my attention this week by the fact that they have just…