c 20008 JoJo At the end of World War II, we moved from Recife to Morro Velho, a British owned gold mining company in the…

PETS C 2001 JoJo I love all animals, but the ones that have brought me the most joy, have been dogs, birds (Antonico, my green…

The Moberly–Jourdain incident, or the Ghosts of Petit Trianon or Versailles was an event that occurred on 10 August 1901 in the gardens of the…

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Upon completion of Basic Training in the Coast Guard, the last two weeks involve guard duty of some sort. I vivdly remember having been a…

This is a true story from the best of my memory. I was transferred from the USCGC Westwind, an Ice Breaker, which had just completed…

I live in Ottawa, Canada’s capital. I cannot abide snobbery and pretentiousness, and there’s a great deal of that in this City. It brings to…

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