(This is a copy of a review posted on Goodreads.) This is a compelling and readable book resulting from an important project, one of those we can be grateful were completed while the veterans were still alive to give first-hand accounts. I enjoyed watching “Bob and Jack’s 52-Year Adventure”, with its description gay life in…
Not quite dead, but…
A few days ago, a friend mentioned that he and his partner were inspired by “Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead”, a documentary about people trying to improve or restore their health using “juice fasts”, periods of eating only or mostly juiced fruits and vegetables. I watched it, and felt the same inspiration (you’d have to…
The gray nun
In thinking of Dan this year, I recalled two of the nicknames he assigned, “snow goose” (when winter came, my nose would start running, and I was soon honking into handkerchiefs) and “the gray nun”. Dan was ordained as a priest around 1950. He loved it, and thrived in the work. He would never have…
Review: “7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life”
(This is a copy of a review I posted to GoodReads.) After developing arthritis in my neck last Summer and spending a few months doing the exercises I was shown in physical therapy with only slight improvements, I started casting around for other options early this year. Robin McKenzie's books consistently landed at the top of…
Glenn Peters 11/17/1921 – 7/19/2011
Growing up Glenn grew up in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, the county seat of Centre County, a few miles from Penn State University. This is Pennsylvania Dutch country, and he grew up around people with names like "Hugg" and "Treaster". His eventual Mother-in-Law was Martha Zahniser, and he took great pride in joking that he was the…
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