Posts Tagged ‘WWI’
A call for peace
Before I wrote my novel Sheltering Angel of Belleau Wood, A Novel of One Woman’s Life After Titanic, I had not heard of Vera Brittain. Nor had I read her memoir Testament of Youth published in 1933. I realize now what I was missing. Last night when I watched the film based on her…
Read MoreVeterans Day 2024
On this Veterans Day I’m thinking about my family members who served in the armed forces during WWII. My father left Pearl Harbor a month before the bombing and served on a ship in the Pacific. All three of my brothers served in the military: National Guard, Air Force, Navy. My Uncle Bud (Robert Leroy…
Read MorePlan 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.”…
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