The First World War Memoirs of Sampson J. Goodfellow, Part 12: A Narrow Escape at Passchendaele

I’m posting the First World War memoirs of my grandfather-in-law, Sampson J. Goodfellow, a few pages at a time… (Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Part 5. Part 6. Part 7. Part 8. Part 9. Part 10. Part 11.) One time during the Battle at Passchendaele, I was loaned with my truck to …

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How many hours can you waste…

…exploring the Museum of Online Museums? Here’s just one small, randomly chosen selection of the available links: The Virtual Museum of Vintage VCRsCollection of Peach Box LabelsThe 8-Track ArchiveThe German Hosiery MuseumThe Virtual Typewriter MuseumMuseum of Corporate NecktiesMuseum of Vintage HandbillsVintage Transportation Letterhead CollectionThe Tarot and Playing Cards MuseumThe Vintage Board Game Collection

The First World War Memoirs of Sampson J. Goodfellow, Part 11: Vimy Ridge to Passchendaele

I’m posting the First World War memoirs of my grandfather-in-law, Sampson J. Goodfellow, a few pages at a time… (Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Part 5. Part 6. Part 7. Part 8. Part 9. Part 10.) The Vimy Ridge Battle started March 1917. The pounding of the barrage, 18 pounders and 7 …

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The Devil’s Writing Dictionary, Part 2…

…has now made its appearance at Lynn Viehl’s site. A couple of more selections I like as I continue revisions to Terra Insegura: Novel: a rambling, proportionally disorganized fictional prose narrative of considerable length (usually 60,000 words or more) that typically possesses some semblance of a plot (unless literary, see Literature) that is presented in …

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Inspired by my own cover art

This sentence didn’t exist in Terra Insegura until today’s revisions, though the scene it’s part of did. Compare it to the cover art: They watched as Karl and the rest of his tiny band of followers exited the shuttle and headed across the vast flat expanse of the spaceport toward the looming towers of the …

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The First World War Memoirs of Sampson J. Goodfellow, Part 10: Rum Running

I’m posting the First World War memoirs of my grandfather-in-law, Sampson J. Goodfellow, a few pages at a time… (Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Part 5. Part 6. Part 7. Part 8. Part 9.) We picked up supplies at Aubigny, Braay, Barlin, etc. and took them up to a point near the …

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Lynn Viehl’s The Devil’s Writing Dictionary: Part 1

Lynn Viehl, who has previously graced us with The Devil’s Publishing Dictionary, now offers The Devil’s Writing Dictionary Part I. Lots of great entries, but since I’m working (okay, technically I’m blogging at the moment, not working, but you know what I mean) on the revisions for Terra Insegura, the ones that struck me were: …

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The First World War Memoirs of Sampson J. Goodfellow, Part 9: Illness and Bad News

I’m posting the First World War memoirs of my grandfather-in-law, Sampson J. Goodfellow, a few pages at a time… (Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Part 5. Part 6. Part 7. Part 8.) We finally reached St. Pol which was on the outskirts of our territory, and then reached Aubigny which was our …

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What I Just Read: Bone Song

Bone Song by John Meaney was one of the books included in the bag-o’-free-books handed me at World Fantasy Convention. I liked the cover and the premise sounded interesting, so I decided to give it a shot. I’m glad I did. It’s an interesting mixture of police procedural and gothic horror, with a pretty straightforward …

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The First World War Memoirs of Sampson J. Goodfellow, Part 8: The Somme and beyond

I’m posting the First World War memoirs of my grandfather-in-law, Sampson J. Goodfellow, a few pages at a time… (Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Part 5. Part 6. Part 7.) An ex-Toronto Policeman in our group informed the Sergeant-Major that I was an Engineer and Draftsman. I was then paraded before the …

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The 1960s moon in high-def

Download larger version. A little over 40 years ago, to help it select potential landing sites for its Apollo lunar missions, NASA sent five unmanned spacecraft over two years to orbit the moon and photograph pretty much every inch of its surface. The images sent back were amazing, especially one of the Earth rising over …

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The First World War Memoirs of Sampson J. Goodfellow, Part 7: Off to France!

I’m posting the First World War memoirs of my grandfather-in-law, Sampson J. Goodfellow, a few pages at a time… (Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Part 5. Part 6.) I heard very soon that Company Sgt.-Major had been reduced in rank and left our Unit. He was the only real soldier among us. …

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