Tag: WWII

• A Tale of Three Rings

  [Antique wedding ring.  Price? About $5600. European Cut. Source: Google search.] Eileen, a colleague of Mariam, wanted to meet us for a drink.  We were in New York City for the usual doctors appointments, meetings and our yearly Yankee game. The three of us sat at the bar of Brendens Irish Pub on W. 35th…

  patrickjegan

  August 9, 2019

  Blogging, Family, grandparents, History, Holding onto the Past, Love, marriage, Memories, New York City, non-fiction, Objects of Beauty, Time

  Japanese Army, Philippines, wedding rings, WWII

• The Fly Over: The Excursionist V

  [Photo of a page of the Guardian newspaper] I like fly overs.  The jets roar over a stadium during halftime…or more interestingly, the  Italian Air Force planes that swept over the church in Italy the moment when Pavarotti’s coffin was brought out of the church.  But deep down in my conscience, I see fly overs…

  patrickjegan

  February 23, 2019

  Blogging, England, History, Holding onto the Past, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, peace, seniors, Travels

  B-17, England, plane crash, playing in a field, WWII

• Arriving, Departing or Just Passing Through

  I stood hard against the tiled wall and made room for the rush of human traffic trying to pass me.  I was thinking about insanity and the blindness of powerful people to hold sacred something that once had beauty and class. Beauty and class are rare commodities these days. I was in the bowels of…

  patrickjegan

  March 16, 2015

  Blogging, Food, History, Holding onto the Past, Love, Memories, New York City, non-fiction, Real Personal History, Travels, Uncategorized, Writing About Rails

  34th St., changing times in train stations, NYC, Penn Station, soldiers, WWII

• Passports 8: Losing My Way Near Shaftsbury

  All of you know Shaftesbury, in Dorset.  In the town center, just off High Street is Gold Hill.  This is arguably one of the most photographed views in England.  It’s on all the England calendars, Beautiful Britain books and travel brochures.  It was featured in the movie “Far From the Madding Crowd”, when Terrance Stamp…

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  May 22, 2014

  Blogging, Creativity, England, History, humor, Real Personal History, Things of Bauty, Travels

  Ashcombe Park, bartenders, cows, Dorset, farmers, Footpaths, Gold Hill, Guy Ritchie, Madonna, Nellie, Queen Victoria, Shaftesbury, tree rings, WWII