A few months later, on 14 May 1948, the UN created Israel, a parcel of land in west Palestine where, displaced by the Holocaust, Jewish refugees could at long last find sanctuary. Leon Uris wrote a bestselling novel about the period —Exodus. Perhaps some have read it. It’s good. Ba...
Every time I see that great church I think of Charles Laughton swinging down from the bell tower to rescue his fair maiden, declaring sanctuary as the hunchback took refuge in the tower with his beautiful prize. Notre Dame Cathedral fire More recently, I watched Queen Elizabeth arriving at ...
the blog has slowed down some, but we are still blogging. Because of health and our new house, most of my birding adventures seem to be out my back door.