I just got off the phone with her and–shameless self-promotion alert–she’ll be 96 next month, and is my Dad’s last surviving sibling. I phoned her because today is the 75th anniversary of the day Dad happened to the Pope (another one). I had in mind to ask her about something else, and as a result was taping… Continue reading Auntie Pat Weighs In On the 75th Anniversary of Operation Overlord
Month: June 2019
Love Changes Everything
Colin Thackeray is an 89-year old Chelsea Pensioner, a resident of a retirement and nursing home for former British Army personnel located in London. The Royal Hospital Chelsea is a 350-year old institution founded by King Charles II as a home for veterans modeled on a similar institution in Paris. Today, there are about 300 residents, all of… Continue reading Love Changes Everything