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Moscow 1962: Deception and working truth [2]
Patrice and I are at the farm for at least the next year. Of late, the mornings have been fog-shrouded over one foot of snow. Beautiful. I work every day on The Executioner’s Son. We are in 1960-62 post-Stalin Moscow. Lenin/Stalin’s...
Deception and working truth (1)
Define the word I am writing a dramatic novel with the working title, Executioner’s Son. Deception is the backdrop against which the characters act out their roles. The locations are three: Suzdal, Russia; Moscow, and Mariel, Cuba. It opens in Suzdal,...
Camouflage, Concealment and Deception
…and Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming I have been taking long walks in the Upper Swabian countryside this spring. The Alps like the Rockies advance or retreat as is their wont and per the air’s clarity. This is a rich and well watered land, tended...
Germany, Great Dreams
Great Nightmares I am a Germanophile. There is not much about this land I do not admire. When I first lived in Germany (Berlin, 1970-75), I was young, inexperienced and busy; my goal was to have a good time. The second time I lived in Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz,...
Illmensee, Germany, May Day 2014
Memorials Patrice and I have been in Illmensee, Germany these few weeks. I was stationed eight years in Germany. Christopher and Michelle were born here, Robert, Marcia and Deborah had their escapades and I count myself a Germanophile. I can remember only one...Featured Books
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