Monthly Archives: January 2022

A message to the future from a dying culture. The Temple of Isis at Philae, at the south end of the Nile, is the last-known site where the ancient Egyptian religion as an institution was still alive. Located near Hadrian’s … Continue reading →

Clark is warming up on a chilly southeast Florida morning Meanwhile mom and dad enjoy a refreshingly brisk Florida Winter’s day. It was cold.   In the 50s! Brrr!! What we won’t do for our children! 🙂

Well its Gasparilla here in Tampa this Saturday as the city celebrates its pirate heritage.  Never mind that much of it is mythical.  This Saturday the great pirate ship and a flotilla of hundreds of smaller craft will sail up … Continue reading →

Things to do in Kiev Born into Imperium in the age of perpetual war eighty years of life, no peace War is Peace said 1984 I missed the war to end all wars missed both volumes, one and two. How to … Continue reading →

Ettore Ovazza and Benito Mussolini Ettore Ovazza was one of three brothers born into a wealthy and influential  family in Turin. The Ovazza were one of Italy’s leading banking families with all the privilege and power that comes with it. … Continue reading →

  She wasn’t a teen beauty but she had a personality to make up for it. She was bold and confident. She looked directly into men’s eyes when she spoke with them. She was one of the first women in … Continue reading →

It is easy to laugh at Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini today. We see him in those old black and whites. Kind of fat. Bald. Overly dramatic and theatrical.  Silly. Chin thrust out. Arms folded. We can laugh at the thought … Continue reading →

They looked up and saw her  a body electric fashioned by Eros coming through the door tall, with a perfectly turned ankle worthy in itself of worship limbs formed by the gods a sculptor’s deft touch to hip and breast. … Continue reading →

. \.. . . . . . . . . Seems like only last week I held a baby girl in my arms as we danced to our song.  We danced it as well at her wedding. Happy birthday sweetie. … Continue reading →

Toritto, channeling Buddy Holly, soon to be Eliza Doolittle with a cup O’joe – 1959 Toritto graduated from Lafayette High School in Brooklyn in June 1959. Lafayette was one of the crown jewels of NYC public education at the time. … Continue reading →