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In September of 2002, Simon and Schuster published Martin Cruz-Smith’s novel, “December Sixth”. It is a fictional tale of the preparations made by the Imperial Japanese state to attack Pearl Harbor. We all know, from our annual memorial, what happened on December seventh, 1941. What few of us know, or remember, is the horror that…
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Tosca Lee never ceases to amaze, and “The Line Between” is certainly no exception. The book is well written, to Tosca Lee’s high standards, and there are many quotable lines, but I picked this one because it reflects the prophetic nature of her story. In this scene, the main character, a young woman named Wynter,…
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Here we are at the end of March, the end of the first quarter of 2023. Nancy and I have been trying to take advantage of the beautiful weather by spending time outdoors whenever possible. Last night, twenty days after the fact, we celebrated our fifty-first anniversary at Café Coconut Cove in Melbourne Beach. We…
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The organ, as a musical instrument, has been around in one form or another, since the third century BC, but it wasn’t until medieval times that the instrument began to be used by the church, being installed in cathedrals such as Winchester and Notre Dam. During the Renaissance, the instrument evolved into a masterpiece of…
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Like some ancient languages, there are certain art forms that are on the endangered list. They include forms like script illumination and puppetry. In the case of “fore-edge painting”, the art is being reborn in young artists like Maisie Matilda.Fore-edge painting dates back to the tenth century AD, five-hundred years before the invention of the…