One Live Gerbil
Would you like that gift wrapped?
Click on the gerbil for gift ideas….
Phantasmagorically
Kids should not read this, nor should some adults…
Click on the witch for 18+ details….
Molotov Cocktail
“A man of outstanding ability and cold-blooded ruthlessness.”
Click on the Soviet bureaucrat Winston Churchill was referring to for details…
Discombobulation
I have been told that recent posts about Albert Allsop’s WWII experience were confusing.
Click on Al’s WWII Army Training Division for an orderly re-arrangement of those stories …
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.”
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On the Other Foot
Alex Coleville observes the atrocities of war.
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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…
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Rescued Right Back
The Pygmalion myth is a rich narrative that delves into the nature of love, art, and transformation. Click on the sculptor or his lover for details… Read more
Win the War
The ancient Greeks introduced Democracy to the world. Two and a half millennia later, it has yet to be perfected. Pull up a chair in the Parthenon for a Dialogue … Read more