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We Were There
25 Jul 2022

We Were There

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Travel | 0

My friends and I smuggled Norwegian gold through Nazi occupied territory during WWII.

Click on any one of us for details…

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Snow Treasure, Marie McSwigan, Norway, WWII
Let’s Go This Way
23 Jul 2022

Let’s Go This Way

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Travel | 0

But, it is probably that way….

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Horsens, Jens Bekker
Not His Battle To Fight
23 Jul 2022

Not His Battle To Fight

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Travel | 0

Had he been found out, Andreas Bekker would have been court-martialed, and likely executed.
(Andreas bottom row, far left)
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WW1, Andreas Bekker
Weltblutpumpe
23 Jul 2022

Weltblutpumpe

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Travel | 0

Humanity is mad. It must be mad to do what it is doing.

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Andreas Bekker, WW1, Helleved
Blood and Water
22 Jul 2022

Blood and Water

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, Grains of Truth, History, Travel | 0

You never know how these things might turn out. One of us might be a nut, or a grouch.

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Andreas Bekker, Helle, Cousins
Sjaper Hunden
22 Jul 2022

Sjaper Hunden

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Travel | 0

The big store in Hellevad.

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Denmark, Andreas Bekker, Store, Hellivad
Our Old Home
22 Jul 2022

Our Old Home

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Travel | 0

I felt my ancestors presence here.

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Denmark, Fole, Bekker
Born, or Hatched?
21 Jul 2022

Born, or Hatched?

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, Grains of Truth | 0

“And I was living high until that fatal day
A lawyer proved I wasn’t born, I was only hatched”
– Hank Williams

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Hatched, DNA, Born
Gunslinger
19 Jul 2022

Gunslinger

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Science and Reason, Travel | 0

Next time you are in a gunfight, wait for the other guy to pull his gun first.

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Gunslinger, Niels Henrik David Bohr
Hörlurar
19 Jul 2022

Hörlurar

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Grains of Truth | 0

Tina Dico, wearing Hörlurar.

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  2. Russ Paton on The Manifestation of My Shortcomings26 December 2025

    Thank you, come back in the warmer weather and sit a spell…

  3. Blain MacLeod Daves Dad on The Manifestation of My Shortcomings26 December 2025

    Thank you for the opportunity to visit this masterpiece, it is absolutely breathtaking.

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    Absolutely amazing all around, Russ. Goodonya.

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    WOW, goodonya, Russ. Well done.

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