Posts Tagged ‘Sheltering Angel’
Plan a visit to Sabin Howard’s WWI Memorial
If you have not heard of master sculptor Sabin Howard, it’s time you take a look at his powerful work. Art, Howard believes, “speaks to the divine nature of how the Universe is assembled.” Art comes from the human experience, he says, but through his work he also projects a “sacred element elevating other human beings.”…
Read MoreSheltering Angel Outtake ~ The Tattoo Parlor
When I draft a book manuscript, inevitably I omit sections that don’t serve the plot. But I never completely delete them. Below is a short omitted section of Sheltering Angel telling of stewards Sid Siebert and Andrew Cunningham in New York around 1907. By autumn Emily was in the final weeks before the new…
Read MoreSheltering Angel Out-take ~ Andrew and the Northfleet
When I draft a book manuscript, inevitably I omit sections that don’t serve the plot. But I never completely delete them. Below is a short omitted section of Sheltering Angel that gives insight into Andrew Cunningham’s character. Fog reminded me of rainy afternoons in Scotland when I was a lad. Da built a fire…
Read MoreThe irony of one Titan and two Titanic passengers
Wendy Weil Rush, wife of late OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush who perished in the recent implosion of the Titan submersible, has been noted for being the great-great-granddaughter of Titanic first-class passengers Isidor and Ida Straus. I can’t help but wonder at the irony of Rush’s fervor for taking people deep into the North Atlantic to see…
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