Begin/Stop

When Christmas was in sight, I was already run down and dragging my sorry carcass (since early November, really) to the holiday and some much needed time off. And once I’d gotten through all the events in the calendar leading up to and including Christmas Day, plus another one that had to be rescheduled forContinue reading “Begin/Stop”

All Good Betide

How much can a single postcard tell you? Quite a lot, actually. All it takes is some effort, a bit of luck, and most importantly, just enough details to launch a viable search. And always, “hope’s beacon” pointing the way. This particular story begins with a postcard sending good wishes for the New Year, 1912.Continue reading “All Good Betide”

Redux

As 2020 draws to a close, I have been thinking about the parallels between current times and the “Roaring Twenties” following WWI and the 1918 influenza pandemic. Just like then, we are living through a historical event that will be studied and written about one hundred years from now. Once all of us have receivedContinue reading “Redux”