FREEDOM
Freedom is a precious thing – an expensive, never valued enough commodity. Once lost, the effort to win it back consumed my soul. After...
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- Jan 9, 2015
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HAPPY NEW YEAR
Happy New Year to all my followers; and all those hoping for that second book—a book in which I would I continue my story and share what...
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- Dec 19, 2014
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CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
Christmas is only a few days away. Preparations for that celebration are everywhere: hurried people trying to find and buy their...
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- Dec 4, 2014
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OPINIONS & ENDORSEMENTS
After a presentation I make an effort to answer as many questions as I can. When there is no limit to time my answers and explanations...
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- Nov 27, 2014
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THE ONTARIO WOMEN’S CLUB IN LONDON
Time has passed; and the presentation I gave for the Women’s Club of Ontario has also passed. It was quite an experience. It started...
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- Nov 21, 2014
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THE TWO WARS OF WORLD WAR II
I was present the day the retired Lieutenant-General Romeo Dallaire arrived to accept an Award presented to him by Our Lady of Lourdes...
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- Nov 7, 2014
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ROMEO DALLAIRE
On Monday I meet Romeo Dallaire. He is the retired Lieutenant General who in 1994 witnessed the killing of almost 800,000 people in...
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- Oct 30, 2014
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BLUEINK BEST BOOK AWARD
Yesterday brought the most amazing surprise. It came to me in the form of an email. I looked at it for a long time before I could...
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- Oct 23, 2014
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SELF EVALUATION
I was asked to describe my personality. It seemed to be important to the person “evaluating” me after she read my book The Remains of...
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- Oct 17, 2014
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HOLLAND
Travelling to Holland was not a problem, but seeing Emma-M was difficult. The last time I saw her was in 2002 when it was she who...
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- Oct 6, 2014
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AUTUMN COLOUR MEMORIES ABROAD
Where did my father go in the years after he left Indonesia? I searched for him within our family and saw him try to be a father. I...
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- Sep 30, 2014
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AUTUMN COLOUR MEMORIES
When you reach a certain age, you are often looking back more over the past years. Sometimes I sit down, often outside, and disappear in...
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- Sep 23, 2014
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EMMA-M
It is not easy to open a door, which has been closed for many, many years. I will have to find the courage to do this and although I...
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- Sep 20, 2014
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THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL ARMY II
Since Japan needed commodities, which they did not have them self, they had to look somewhere else. They tried to trade and buy from...
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- Sep 4, 2014
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THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL ARMY I
There is enough written and known about W.W. II and the brutality of Hitler and his cohorts. That Japan was a force just as brutal and...
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- Aug 27, 2014
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WHY THE SILENCE?
It has been a long time, since I wrote another post. I have been quite busy with presentations in High Schools, Book Clubs, Rotary and...
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- Aug 27, 2014
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A NEW BEGINNING
Hello friends, family and followers of ‘the Remains of War, After a long silence and many unfortunate happenings I finally am able to...
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