A previous blog discussed in detail the life of Errol Flynn, but I did not touch on his family. Flynn married French-American actress Lili Damita
Tag: History
In Search of Papa’s Hungarian Goulash
My grandfather didn’t come home with much after WWII. What he did come home with was a very particular set of skills. Skills he acquired over
Just in the Nick of Time: Revisited
While history is one of my favorite things, the history of language is the epicenter of my favorite historical things to explore. For about two
Fredric Baur: his creation is a curious casket
The 1960s was a decade that gave us a lot. The 60s brought us events that rocked our nation and world to the core and
This I Believe
I gave my students an assignment based on the radio pioneer Edward R. Murrow’s short essay series that he asked his listeners to write. Since
Pepsi: Born where?
“Well, you know Pepsi started right there in Chinquapin.” That is something we would hear every time we passed through Chinquapin. We would respectively respond
