Emma’s Decision By Robert James Taylor It seemed to Emma Hardy that she had faced many cross-roads throughout her life, deciding which road to take, where it would lead her, always choosing by instinct in the hope her choice was sound. But now, would the wisdom of her old age enable her to make
MARIA CALLAS: A Greek Tragedy By Robert James Taylor She was recognized as the greatest operatic singer of the 20th Century, idolized all over the world; the ultimate diva whose artistry took her to heights of genius never seen before, and yet before her death in 1977 she would suffer humiliation, neglect, exploitation and
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LETTING GO—Saying Goodbye to a Dog By Robert James Taylor Several weeks ago I had to make that painful decision, that many of us have to make, one that we dread, and yet a decision we have to face in the name of compassion: putting your beloved dog to sleep. My companion of five
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Bob—The Railway Dog By Robert James Taylor Adelaide, South Australia- 1882. Bob, at nine months old, left his home, and his career as a locomotive hitchhiker began: he would acquire an insatiable thirst for train travel and throughout his lifetime he would travel thousands of miles in South Australia. He would get to know
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Guilt And Deception By Robert James Taylor Rachel Markham, now a widower, left her hometown in Canada, back in 2005, and had settled in Lakeside with her husband. Both were outgoing and sociable; joining bridge and gardening clubs, generous of their time within their new found community: Rachel, though somewhat reserved in nature, formed
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TRAIL OF TEARS–A Tale of Injustice By Robert James Taylor During the winter of 1838-39 the Cherokee Indian Nation was forcibly evicted from their ancestral native lands in northwest Georgia, and it was carried out in such fashion, that would defy the imagination, seen as incomprehensible today: it was undoubtedly one of the worst
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A Dog’s Allegiance By Robert James Taylor What say you, my faithful friend We are both old now- our years the same What lies ahead, we can’t pretend We both know we face the end. But master dear, I sense your whim Our time together is running thin My wish to go please don’t
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The Immortality Of Henrietta Lacks By Robert James Taylor Henrietta Lacks, an African American, a mother of five children, died on October 4th 1951 at the age of 31, and was buried in obscurity, in an unmarked grave in Baltimore. But not all of Henrietta died that day. Weeks before, she suffered abdominal pains
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Albert Cashier’s Secret By Robert James Taylor On August 6th 1862, a young man enlisted in the Union Army in Belvidere Illinois. He was short for a soldier, only 5ft 3in, but his size did not hold him back; he served with great bravery, witnessed by his fellow soldiers, and he signed on for
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Typhoid Mary By Robert James Taylor Miss Mary Mallon (1869-1938), an Irish immigrant working as a cook in New York City, in private homes, became the first known asymptomatic carrier of the typhoid fever bacillus in the United States. She herself had recovered from the dreadful disease but had become an infectious carrier; during
