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Latest — May 17, 2024

The Night-War

Towns and countryside in darkness, repairing bombers for another night raid over Germany, many shot down, others crash-land in sudden explosions of fire, a night-war with no end in sight, young men far from home, and a fragment...

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Survivors, Early Deaths & Mysteries

Orphaned at 7, a widow at 29, 6 children. Born in 19th century poverty, she moved from Glasgow to London as a young girl, fell in love and made a life there, fled a drunken second husband back to Scotland. Christina was a survivor, deserves to be remembered, and the times she lived in.
Mar 7, 2024 87 min read

Not So Long Ago

It was very different back then, less than a lifetime ago, like a foreign country. Do they know this, my family? I start to tell them a few things, they laugh and are surprised. I can tell them more, it gets stranger still.
Feb 24, 2024 180 min read

Acadia

A once vibrant culture in modern-day Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Maine, lives on through its descendants, though absent from maps. Named for its lush beauty, it holds a profound place in history.
Feb 19, 2024 83 min read

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Survivors, Early Deaths & Mysteries

Orphaned at 7, a widow at 29, 6 children. Born in 19th century poverty, she moved from Glasgow to London as a young girl, fell in love and made a life there, fled a drunken second husband back to Scotland. Christina was a survivor, deserves to be remembered, and the times she lived in.
Mar 7, 2024 87 min read

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