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  • The Christmas Truce

    The Christmas Truce

    100 years ago, in December 1914, World War I was about 5 months old. In August, the Germans had initially moved rapidly through Luxembourg and Belgium on their way to France. Allied defenses held them at a battle line called The Western Front. By December casualties were high and all both sides could do was…

  • Southern Barbecue from a Yankee’s Mouth

      Growing up in the West, I never knew good food until my husband and I moved to the South and fell in love with Southern pork barbecue. Here’s a little page I put together with all the barbecue opinions I never knew I had, including 15 qualifications for good Southern BBQ, restaurant reviews, and…

  • Favorite Things of 2012

    Favorite Things of 2012

    Note: Not all of these things came out in 2012, but that’s when they came into my life (mostly).  Music I collect a lot of music. Most of it ends up buried in the pile, to be reheard only if it finds grace with iTunes’ randomizer. Only occasionally do I connect enough with an album…