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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Happy New Year—Has The Harry Potter Series Really Ended?
The year 2011 is coming to a close. The Palo Alto Borders store, where I purchased all my Harry Potter books, is closed and out-of-business, but Harry Potter marches on. Part 2 of the Deathly Hallows movie is selling now to … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy/Adventure, Fiction, Harry Potter, Spanish, Translation
Tagged harry potter fans, postaweek2011
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Merry Christmas—In Song
Christmas Day is when an eclectic mix of holiday music fills Carto’s Library. This year’s playlist is anchored by Oscar Peterson, and includes songs by Sting , The Swingle Singers, Loreena McKennitt and Liz Anderson. Liz Anderson, a Nashville favorite, … Continue reading
Iraq: A Haiku War?
The Iraq war is winding down; I hope that there is light at the end of that tunnel. Wars seem to never end. Thoughts of the Iraq war are affecting 73-year-old Richard Elster who is the main character in the … Continue reading
A Bluejacket Remembers the Battleship Arizona
The USS Rochester steamed into Pearl Harbor with me aboard as a teen-aged electronics technician fresh out of boot camp in San Diego and Navy Electronic School in Treasure Island—It was December 1954, and, as I remember it, the sky … Continue reading
Posted in History, Memoir
Tagged Pearl Harbor, postaweek2011, USS Arizona, USS Rochester
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Clinton in Myanmar—Look Out, Hillary!
The US Secretary of State descends from her jumbo-jet in Nay Pyi Daw, the new capital of Myanmar. She is in Myanmar for meetings with Myanmar President Thein Sein and pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Clinton is the … Continue reading
Posted in History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Poetry
Tagged Burma, Emma Larkin, Hillary Clinton, postaweek2011
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