rantings & ramblings of a book-loving, coffee-drinking, marathon-running social studies teacher
Seventy-eight years ago, the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was attacked by the empire of Japan. And although I wasn’t there – I wasn’t even born! – I’m still remembering it. Continue reading “Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day”
One wonders how our cultural conscience would be different had we called her “Mother of Exiles” instead of “Lady Liberty”.
June 9, 1944 Continue reading “D-Day +3”
Read more of Tom Poole’s story here
What are readers saying?
I decided tonight before bed to read a few pages of your book in honor of DDay and Mr Tom. That was 2 hours ago and I just finished. Well done, sir. A real gem of a man captured in a treasure of a book. Thanks for sharing his story. Now to bed for real!
Like a ceiling fan gently spinning, the Wheel of Time has turned ’round to Teaser Tuesday. Continue reading “Teaser Tuesday (Thursday)”
On this day 75 years ago, my friend Mr Tom assisted the D-Day invasions on the Meredith, a ship so new the paint was still wet. Before their mission ended, the Meredith was torn in two and scuttled in the English Channel.
Read more about Mr Tom’s D-Day experience and eventful life in my short story, “Stories in the End”, available on Amazon.
