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Being Corporal Upham 8/25/2020
Reading time: 3 minutes
Sometimes I wonder if I would be a coward.
I think about Saving Private Ryan a lot. The second scene of the 1998 movie, the invasion of Normandy, is some of the most gripping, intense filmmaking...
Postcard: Flüeli-Ranft 8/11/2020
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In 2014, I took Gina on a Grand Tour of Europe.
We visited London, Paris, Chartres, Normandy, Reims, Strasbourg, Flüeli-Ranft and Lucerne, Switzerland, Milan, and Rome.
This is a postcard from...
In (Semi-)Praise of Iceberg Slim 8/4/2020
Reading time: 2 minutes
He's not always easy to read.
But I can't put him down.
Who was Iceberg Slim?
Born in Chicago on August 4, 1918 and raised by a single mother, Robert Beck (born Robert Moppins) grew up in Milwa...
Postcard: Salt Lake City 7/28/2020
Reading time: 2 minutes
In September, 2019, we took a trip out west.
Our vacation consisted of stops in: Salt Lake City, UT, Blackfoot, ID, Yellowstone National Park, Idaho Falls, ID, Arco, ID and Craters-of-the-Moon Na...
Two Shelves, One Book 7/21/2020
Reading time: 2 minutes
I promise you, I understand.
People would rather eat lead paint chips than talk about literary theory, but I need to discuss something theoretical. I will not be serving up colorful flecks of po...
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