May 2016

Hanging out with grand kids.

Organ Symphony. Camille Saint-Saens.

Dad was not a soldier. He was a patriot.

Note to Guzzi. No gas in Denio Junction.

Counter "conventional wisdom" play denouement as playwright father character cites atrocities of Viet Cong and expresses gratitude for American assistance.

"Some are born to be great...some achieve greatness... some have greatness thrust upon them."

Best Western platinum membership gets me corner room with a 270 degree view.

... Cotswold Cronies Chumming in Chipping Camden

Anne Frank's diary entries show remarkable depth of insight into human character, particularly coming from an early teen.

Because, in missing deadlines, Musk also scores successes.

Mom had hung a copy of Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" in the 5th East house in Provo during my pre-teen and teen years.

The chanting and the organ give rise to a reverent, ethereal, atmosphere.

Beethoven composed his sixth (Pastorale) and ninth symphonies at this location.

The man in the red jacket carrying the food tray. Three feet. Bruegel toying with us?

Under communism, no one asks you for your opinion.

If the English language is preserved in the future in correct grammatical usage, it won't be by Americans, but by Europeans who speak English as a second language.

Is the political correctness seen in our time is another form of the same phenomenon - circle of silence?

I walked... today... where Hitler walked......

Need for economic growth via immigration to grow the work force is a central issue throughout Europe, not just Germany, today.

The rallies, held in September, were usually attended by more than a million people.

Adherents? That's another matter as some 60% of Czechs profess to be atheists, the highest percentage 
of non believers of any country in Europe.

In 1996, Carl Svoboda, not longer with Citi, enticed V.J. to move to Saudi where he joined Carl at United Saudi Bank, owned by Prince Wahleed, Citi's largest shareholder.

Czech Jews were especially hard hit by the Holocaust.

Crazy Horse wasn't happy. What a troublemaker. Didn't know his place in the grand scheme of things.

'BIRD

Snow firm trending to soft. Not ice, but needed good edges on some runs. Wonderful day. Felt bad for friends, part time skiers, TWO3, Title, 'Cake, Tucson, Montage and Dentist, who, inexplicably, truncated their ski season before closing day.