by Robert | Nov 18, 2024 | Deception |
Gleinecke Bridge, On my 77th birthday, 27 October 2024, Patrice and I traveled from Paris to Berlin for four days. It was disappointing.We should have spent four weeks. . I had been stationed in Berlin (1971 -1974), a young (promoted to captain in 1972?)...
by Robert | Oct 3, 2024 | Deception
with apologies to Thornton Wilder I am a local history buff, intrigued with the ghosts that had formerly walked the forest trails, roads and streets where I have walked. Old people (aged 35-55, ha ha) told stories about events along State Highway...
by Robert | Sep 28, 2024 | Deception, Germany
Sunday, 29 September, 2024. In France, we’re good. My office is wondrous save that I must be disciplined not to stare out onto the horse pastures. and mist-draped hills. Financial planning, luck, and US citizenship have provided security and advantage. In this...
by Robert | Sep 16, 2024 | Croatia, Deception, Germany, Soviet Union
Мирное время, но Смутное время, какое же? [Time of peace….time of troubles] Patrice and I are living a near idyllic life in France. However, in late of this my seventh decade, I am concerned . Is much that I value in my western world is under threat or is it my...
by Robert | Sep 15, 2024 | Deception, Family, Liar
They take some getting used to! How New Yorkers see the United States. If three New Yorkers enter a taxi without arguing, a bank has been robbed. Phyllis Diller, New Yorker. “Why does a woman work ten years to change a man, then complain he’s not the man she...
by Robert | Sep 3, 2024 | Deception
Morning Coffee, our view This summer 2024 in SSE France has been exquisite. Cloudless skies, soft breezes, flowers blooming in succession. Morning fogs descend the hills burning off by 9AM. Heavy rains in April and May burst a dam far upstream, flooding some houses...