This year July 4th occurs during troubled and unsettled times. Temperatures are running high, metaphorically and meteorologically. I am writing this a few days before the 4th, so perhaps there will be news that changes what I write today. With that caveat, here goes:...
June 6th, 2011 – June 4th, 2025 Photograph credit Vincent ThompsonRemy Martin left us two days before his 14th birthday. He was born on D Day in 2011 and died last week. Remy was a Bouvier de Flandres, descended from the magnificent breed of strong farm dogs first...
Paddy Hemingway Group Captain John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, DFC, July 17 1920 to March 17 2025, was the last surviving fighter pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain. Rest In Peace.
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