Capsule (Full commentary found immediately below Lead Picture):
Saturday, September 14, 2019
I met love on a warm September evening
his smile lit me on fire; my toes burned…Kali L
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Lead Picture (Thumbnail Story below in Thumbnail section)
Saturday, September 14, 2019
Death of Edward Pakenham at the Battle of New Orleans
F. O. C. Darley - http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3c20000/3c21000/3c21100/3c21125v.jpg
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Commentary from Kali
Saturday, September 14, 2019
I met love on a warm September evening
his smile lit me on fire; my toes burned.
Love grew and it stretched in many countries
And over paella and tours of the past.
Were we always going to be doomed?
I still dream of my hand tracing your face.
In my dreams, I hug you tighter and with more
caution because I know you are gone from me,always.
There’s more truth that forever is the only word
for all the accumulation of loss in my life.
I looked for you in customs at Logan to tell
you something funny. You were not there.
I shared my laughter with herds of strangers
facing the same hurdles.
I walked by people hugging each other and
handing flowers to their loved ones after
a long flight.
Remember when I stood there waiting for you?
I was so excited and brought you water and you
turned the corner and said to me I have water.
There was no smile.
I hope you can feel all my love for you
across the city for all that you are and for
all that you do.
I hold the lake of tears in my hands.
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A “Hey, Dom!” video.
Saturday, September 14, 2019
Name: A trio: My brain; what to do w an elephant w three balls; getting down from an elephant.
Length:45 seconds
Description: Three cute pieces to make you chuckle.
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Thursday’s Dinner posted on
Saturday, September 14, 2019
Two friends joined us for dinner.
We had Fusilli with the classic Italo Sunday Gravy with assorted meats, followed by a simple Slow-Roasted Duck.
Yummy.
Conversation covered technology, job search, and emigration.
Fun.
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We love getting mail.
Contact me at domcapossela@hotmail.com
Saturday, September 14, 2019
From Kali L, on the occasion of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States.
Dom,
I was flying back to Boston this year on September 11. The date wasn't lost on me...
I was 15 on the day it happened and I was in geometry class - everything stood still that day and in my mind it still does.
I was thinking yesterday and reflecting on 9/11 the photos, the powerful stories after, the Boston connection of the man with the red bandana; a story that is tragic and hopeful.
How one man from my small town of Norwell, MA and another man from a small town in Abington, MA were killed on a flight- never to come home to their wives or children.
The last time you hear the voice of the person you love and what you become after...
How you remake the gaping hole of that loss
Love isn't meant to be mediocre. Every day live as deeply and love as deeply as you can in each of your moments.
I have found that love is the only reason I am here.
It doesn't take much effort to practice kindness liberally.
All my love,
Kali
Web Meister responds: Thank you, my dear, for sharing those moments.
Who can forget their personal horror of that day, so overwhelming that it took telling and retelling to get a listener to believe that it indeed happened; was happening: disaster following disaster like some made up low-grade movie plot.
love
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Chuckle of the day:
Saturday, September 14, 2019
How many dogs does it take to change a light bulb?
Golden Retriever: The sun is shining, the day is young, we have our whole lives ahead of us, and you're inside worrying about a stupid burned out bulb?
Border Collie: Just one. And then I'll replace any wiring that's not up to code.
Dachshund: You know I can't reach that stupid lamp!
Rottweiler: Make me.
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Today’s Thumbnails
Saturday, September 14, 2019
The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States and the United Kingdom, with their respective allies, from June 1812 to February 1815.
Historians in Britain often see it as a minor theatre of the Napoleonic Wars; historians in the United States and Canada see it as a war in its own right.
From the outbreak of war with Napoleonic France, Britain had enforced a naval blockade to choke off neutral trade to France, which the US contested as illegal under international law.
To man the blockade, Britain pressed American merchant sailors into the Royal Navy.
American sentiment grew increasingly hostile toward Britain due to incidents such as the Chesapeake–Leopard affair, which happened five years before the war.
The British were in turn outraged by the Little Belt affair in 1811, in which 11 British sailors died.
Britain supplied arms to American Indians who raided American settlers on the frontier, hindering American expansion and provoking resentment.
Historians debate whether the desire to annex some or all of British North America (Canada) contributed to the American decision to go to war.
However, the Western interest was in expansion into American territories such as Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, where they were threatened by Indians supported by the British.
On June 18, 1812, President James Madison signed into law the American declaration of war, after heavy pressure from the War Hawks in Congress.
Montage of images relevant to the War of 1812.
Clockwise, from top:
Damage to the US Capitol building after the Burning of Washington.
The mortally wounded Isaac Brock spurs his troops on at the Battle of Queenston Heights.
USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere.
The death of Tecumseh at the Battle of the Thames.
Andrew Jackson leads the defense at the Battle of New Orleans.
Clockwise, from top: George Munger, John David Kelly, Anton Otto Fischer, William Emmons, Edward Percy Moran - See images below.
A tip o' the hat (U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, 1924
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Acknowledgements
Saturday, September 14, 2019
Thanks to Kali for enriching our lives and winning many friends in the process. So much love going out to her from so many people.
And to the Jokes Warehouse for providing today’s chuckle.
Thanks to the Microsoft team at the Prudential Center for their unflagging availability to help with a constant flow of technological problems.
Always thanks to Wikipedia, the Lead and the Thumbnail sections of the Blog very often shaped from stories taken from that amazing website. They are truly worthy of public support.
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Good Morning on this Saturday, September 14, 2019
Just love war heroes, Andy Jackson one of them.
He succeeded at everything he tried, including slave-owning: 300 in his lifetime.
And now? Gotta go.
Che vuoi? Le pocketbook?
See you soon.
Your Taeyeon