The Holidays with Eugène Delacroix November 9, 2018 My eight loyal readers know that in the Holiday season of the late fall I put jigsaw puzzles together. When I go on trips… Continue Reading
Another Echo from World War I October 10, 2018 Park College in Parkville, MO which has named created a center for World War I after their distinguished alumni, and my Grandfather, George S…. Continue Reading
The long game of Harry Welty – Watch out Federalist Society October 6, 2018 I know such a peculiar picture may seem an odd way of following such a heady blog headline but sometimes life is absurd. The… Continue Reading
Trente – Day thirty October 4, 2018 I write this from Charlotte, North Carolina. The reservoir and river below us looked swollen with the non existant consequences of Global warming’s over… Continue Reading
Vingt-neuf, Day twenty-nine October 4, 2018 From Facebook: Today was our last day and night in Paris and in France. We are packed with a cab ordered to pick us… Continue Reading
Vingt-huit, Day 28 October 2, 2018 From Facebook: We are just about sight-seed-out. After getting in line for a trip to the Eiffel Tower’s 2’nd etage we learned that the… Continue Reading
Vingt-sept, Day twenty-seven October 1, 2018 The pity of American politics has dogged us through the cathedrals, walled cities, vineyards and battlegrounds of France. A good look at France has… Continue Reading
Vingt-six, Day twenty-six September 29, 2018 From Facebook: Today started with a centennial. My grandfather’s triple wounding. He fought on so tomorrow will be the anniversary of his being sent… Continue Reading
Vingt-Cinq – Day 25 Correction September 29, 2018 One hundred years ago today my Grandfather CORRECTION…WAS SHOT TO HELL THREE TIMES. TOMORROW WILL BE THE HUNDREDETH ANNIVERSARY of his being sent to… Continue Reading
Vingt-Quatre September 29, 2018 From Facebook: Near the end of a full day driving the Meuse Argonne battlefield I walked among some of the 14,000 graves in the… Continue Reading
Vingt-trois – Day 23 September 28, 2018 From Facebook: The 26 pics I’ve included may bore the pants off of my readers. They show the quiet countryside of a sleepy part… Continue Reading
Vingt-deux, Day Twenty-two September 27, 2018 From Facebook: We drove for 3 hours to Verdun, the epicenter of death for French soldiers in 1915. The city was rebuilt following the… Continue Reading
Vingt-un – Day twenty-one September 27, 2018 From Facebook: Yesterday I would have made my father proud. I drove a few miles away to cross the Rhine to be in another… Continue Reading
The America that Bret Kavanaugh helped make.. September 26, 2018 …elected Donald Trump.……… At the moment it is 4:30 am in France. I am only miles away from where another man – who was… Continue Reading
Vingt – Day Twenty September 25, 2018 From Facebook: We drove into Alsace today home to sauerkraut, reisling wine, some of my German fighting Grandfarher’s ancestors. It was a centuries long… Continue Reading
Dix-Neuf -Nineteen September 25, 2018 From Facebook: Guided tours of the vineyards begin in Darcy Park near our Dijon hotel. For some reason ye olde English telephone booth is… Continue Reading
Dix-huit – Day Eighteen September 23, 2018 From Facebook: This was a happy day and I took lots of pics. Saturday not only saw calliopes and organ grinders but market day… Continue Reading
Dix-sept – day seventeen September 22, 2018 We have left 3 days of CNN in English back at Bourges. We haven’t checked to see if we can get it at this… Continue Reading
Seize – Day 16 September 21, 2018 From my Facebook Page: Today’s first attraction was half a block away. It was the almost palatial castle of France’s first mega-rich businessman Jacques… Continue Reading
Quinze – Day 15 September 19, 2018 From Facebook: Thirty days gives us the luxury of not rushing. We have spent the last 3 hours in our hotel room watching French… Continue Reading
