The Michael Hogan Reader arrived in the mail today, and, as I opened the package, I recalled that day a dozen years ago when I received by Mexican courier my copy of Abraham Lincoln and Mexico: The Untold Story by a professor unknown to me at the time but said to be Head of the […]
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It’s not often that one comes in contact with a member of a real dynasty, one that does not include Joan Collins. Perhaps you shook the hand of a Kennedy or a Bush, or a Yankee. In my case, I met and broke biscuits with members of the Rana dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of
In February romance bloomsAnd Valentine’s becomeThe favored way of making plainThat love has struck you dumb. Heart shaped this and heart shaped thatAre given and received.Chocolate hearts and other fatAre purposely conceived. Postmen pay a price that day,Beneath their groaning load,So urgent messages of loveMay timely be bestowed. You may have heard there’s one small
The recent death of Queen Elizabeth sparked many look-backs on her life and reign including one of her coronation, June 2nd, 1953. The photos were black and white, the young monarch was clad in smiles and surrounded by happy well-wishers. The reign of Queen Elizabeth II had begun. At the same time, on the other
