Politics, Truth

Quote of the Day: “I did not have sexual relations with that woman….”

Yeah.  Ok, Bill Clinton.  I remember your televised remarks, twenty-seven years ago today, the ones you ended with, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky." I guess the dress, and the cigar, and maybe even the young woman, might choose to differ. Although, perhaps, it all depends on what the definition… Continue reading Quote of the Day: “I did not have sexual relations with that woman….”

Culture, Family, Life

How Far Away: Bethel Park SWPA

Sigh. https://youtu.be/Kz6pV4uRSc8 Nurse Nellie and not-long-for-this-world US Marine Joe Cable. I have to confess, although I’m really not interested in tying myself too much into knots over it, that it was a bit jarring yesterday to wake up and discover that the young person who’d attempted to assassinate Donald Trump and I share a common… Continue reading How Far Away: Bethel Park SWPA

Ave Atque Vale, Family, History, War

Five Years On: Auntie Pat on Operation Overlord

I first published this post five years ago, on June 6, 2019–the seventy-fifth anniversary–when Auntie Pat was still alive (she was 95 at the time). I really miss her: June 5, 2019: 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… Continue reading Five Years On: Auntie Pat on Operation Overlord