Friday, January 03, 2025
Thursday, January 02, 2025
RUDDER'S RANGERS on D DAY
My Petty Cousins: I am currently reading the Kendal e-book BATHOOM READER PLUNGES INTO HISTORY. As the title suggests it deals a lot in history in all shapes and forms, a lot of war battles. One is about RUDDER’S RANGERS on D-Day. Roy is not mentioned by name but it tells 2nd Ranger Battalion commanded by Lt Col. James Earl Rudder and scaled he cliffs at Point du Hoc on D-Day. It tells how hey climbed them and what artillery they were facing. It said 220 men attempted and only 90 Rangers were battle ready. The article is only about a page and a half. Just in case you want to look for it.
Wednesday, January 01, 2025
Gypsy Lou and THE OURSIDEE
Speaking of New Oleans.
Over the years we have been to New Orleans 4 ir 5 times.
The first time I went, January 1965, I was on the Navy
vessel USS NEWPORT NEWS. I was on the helicopter
crew. Acttually, I was a clerk at
Lakehurst, NJ, and saw a chance fo a 30 days cruise, which included New
Orleans.
The ship met a British Ship there and they reenacted the
Battle of New Orleans. That was them. I went New Orleans sight seeing.
In fhe French Quarter there was a section of a street for
artist’s art to be displayed and available to buy.
There I met Gypsy Lou. Gypsy Lou had only a few of her
canvases for sale. She also had hanging
on a clothesline many copies of TRUMP Magaine..
TRUMP Magazine had nothing to do with Trump he policeman. TRUMP MGAZINE was by my favorite MAD
Comicbook creators, such as Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, and so on. Although I already had these 2 issues, I bought
at few more.
Gypsy Lou also had a thick paperback for sale by her titled THE OUSIDER. It was a book of her poetry. I bought that too.
Seeing Red
Yesterday evening we were sitting on our deck watching the hummingbirds fuss and duel over our hummingbird feeder like we do most evenings when suddenly I heard the humm and wind vibration from flapping wings about at my waist. Like looked down and beside my belly was a hummingbird. I said something startled and it flew away. I wondered why it got so close? I think I know why: I was wearing a red t-shirt. I think they are drawn to the color red, their feeders are red. Am I a naturist or what?
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