Immortality
There are numerous myths involving virgin births, but not many where the father is doing the birthing.
Click on Athena emerging from the forehead of Zeus, for details….
Grecian Formula
I didn’t have time for a haircut before we left home, so I am going to get one while we are in Greece.
Let me know which Grecian style you think I should go with. Click on your preference…
Between Skyla and a Hard Place
On the way to Greece, our flight was rerouted between Scylla and Charybdis.
Click on Skyla for details….
The Civilian War
One day you are dodging machine-gun fire, and the next you are selling Allis-Chalmers tractor parts.
Click on the tractor for a Look Ahead…
Honourably Discharged
“A soldier-to-soldier camaraderie emerged between the victors and the defeated.”
Click on the former combatants for details….
On the Other Foot
Alex Coleville observes the atrocities of war.
Click on the soldier/artist for details…
A Short Slither
Not bald, emaciated or shivering, … yet.
Click on the happy child in Montessori School, in 1940, to see what became of her….
Never, Never, Never.
I lack the literacy skills to describe the depth of horror Al and the other soldiers encountered at Bergen-Belsen.
Click on the German officer and his cargo for an interpretation, from someone who was there…
Dizzy
Why does this container have three handles?
Click on the military issue Jerry Can to find the answer…
Hongerwinter
“We didn’t have so much as a shrivelled potato to eat.” – Ernie Verhulst
Click on the ration tin to hear how Canadian soldiers affected the people of Holland.