Veterans Day: Thank you. (Somewhere on the FB page is a video of me warming up my dad, Ed Abrahams, USN WW2, before he threw out the first pitch at a Tampa Bay Rays game in 2020. He was 95, died a year later after a long, healthy life and said he’d had a lucky war. He commanded a sub chaser hunting Nazi subs in the north Atlantic. We were the lucky ones.)
And, speaking of vets, sometimes the heart of fiction – that a person can imagine and write about someone of another identity group – seems to be threatened these days. Then an email like this comes along (re THE RIGHT SIDE):
“Really enjoyed this book. I’m an Air Force female Veteran. One of the things you captured perfectly was the varied reasons women/people in general join the military. The joke in Basic Training was: What are you running away from.
Your character had so much depth. Overall your details were spot on. I really appreciated that.
Part of me wants you to continue writing about her. The other part of me is a strong believer that she is a survivor & will thrive. Oh heck, she’s too great to fade away. Would love to see her resurface.”
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Good day to all.
Greetings!
Saluting veterans past and present. Thank you for your service.
Good day to all!
Thank you for your service and sacrifice, dear Veterans! Especially my sweet Huny Punkin. I loved being your camp follower for 20 years. And the 31 years after that!
I read The Right Side and enjoyed it very much. I also noticed that the end was a bit open, should the muse ever strike to continue the story at some point.
Today is Veteran’s Day, also known as Armistice Day, Remembrance Day or Duty Day.
Yesterday was Remembrance Sunday. Today is National Sundae day.
It is also National Education day, National Origami day and Fasching.
The last three days I’ve renewed my research in dual citizenship. First discovered right before Covid that I can become an Italian citizen through my Grandfather and my Dad. I didn’t pursue it then but I should have as it might have been easier and cheaper. I started researching again a few days ago and hit some roadblocks due to recent directives from the Italian Ministry that oversees such things. I can no longer go through the Consulate in Los Angeles as my Dad was a minor when his Dad became a citizen.
However, there is another new ruling called the rule of 1948 and I can become a citizen through my Grandmother. My Dad was 23 when she became a citizen, so an adult. The only difference is it would go through an Italian court in Italy. I wouldn’t have to go there but I would need a lawyer to act for me with power of attorney. Of course that means more money. Not really prepared for that right now but I think I am going to at least get all of my paperwork together; birth certificates, marriage certificates, death certificates, naturalization papers.
Maybe I will revisit it again after I get a new garage door and the Sweet Bay Laurel is pollarded. Someday I would like to go back to Italy and Germany and being a citizen of the EU has some advantages, like senior discounts.
It’s currently 71 and I’m doing some errands and some chores today.
Diana pawPrints and Freyja Grey say HI.