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This a complete deviation from my usual heavy historical blogs. Every once in a while it is important to have something lighthearted to absorb.
This list is completely based on my own choice , there is no science behind it. They are just 5 guitar tracks that I think have been forgotten.
In no particular order.
Enjoy.
1. Mani...The one subject I find difficult to address is how the Dutch treated the Jews during the war. It is easy for me to say they didn’t do enough to help their Jewish neighbours, because that would be true. However I did not live in that time. I did not have to face severe punishments, even death, for helping my Jewish fellow man or woman.
In retrospect it is easy to...
The photo first appeared in The Vidette-Messenger of Valparaiso, Indiana, on August 5, 1948. The children looked posed and a bit confused as their pregnant mother hid her face from the photographer. The caption read, “A big ‘For Sale’ sign in a Chicago yard mutely tells the tragic story of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Chalifoux, who face e...
This post is a bit of a departure from my usual content. Today marks 44 years since I lost my virginity as a 14-year-old boy to a 16-year-old girl. Being reminded of that day inspired me to write this poem
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The room grows quiet, standard noise recedes,
As hesitation gives way to where warmth leads.
A quiet tremble in the shadows cast...
Anne Frank has become an enduring symbol of the atrocities of the Holocaust through her poignant and insightful diary, “The Diary of a Young Girl.” During the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, Anne and her family were forced into hiding, and their eventual arrest marks one of the many tragic moments of World War II. The arrest of Anne Frank is not just a personal traged...