1953
ON THIS DAY
On July 27, 1953, the Korean War armistice was signed at Panmunjom, ending three years of fighting.
July 1953 - my sister had her fifth birthday-
our Uncle served in Korea and sent us beautiful souvenirs. The one I remember was a black lacquered jewelry box painted with shiny gold, pink birds and flowers.
and he wrote us letters...our Mom & Dad were so happy when a letter arrived.
Sam was 20 years old in '53....I don't think he served in Korea until later- so the fighting may have stopped - but we had troops there long after.....at the time it was called a "police action" that did, somehow make me think it was safer than a "war".....
it's all in the words, isn't it ?
I don't know if anyone else has noticed- but the News Hour on PBS has changed.
Now one of the presenters has interviews with Administration Officials- no back and forth on issues- only the party line coming through. Jim asks the tough questions- but of course they don't get answered.
I swear Gwen Ifill was ready to puke during a Q & A. This is of course a result of the change of appointments of the head of corporate public broadcasting.
So NOVA has been in repeats- which is good- 'cause I often miss the good stuff- & last night we learned about "most reputable scientists" declaring the fact of global warming- so someone at our local station is paying attention and realizing these things need to be repeated over and over and over- until it becomes "truth" - the same way the other side convinces people that criminal acts are part of Executive privilege. These are sad times.
.....................
yesterday I went to a little store in Plymouth called Michigan Made. I collected small souvenirs for packaging to send to SmW's host family in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
I really like the Petoskey stone key rings- useful and pretty and a lovely reminder. The lady at the store questioned whether we could send food items to Brazil- had not considered that - had planned to find some cherry jam- so I decided to buy 2 packages of dried cherry bits- lightweight & hermetically sealed. We included a large michigan-map oven mitt- which was kind of pricey - 9.00 for a potholder! both upper and lower were included with names of cities. and 2 postcards- of the state and one pen drawing of Plymouth's City Hall. I kept thinking no one needs extra 'crap' around the house- so I hoped these would be useful & suffice. The family has been tre`s hospitable and maybe we can foster less hostility toward the u s of a in belo horizonte, brazil, anyway.
at first I wrapped the finished basket with red white and blue paper- and on 2nd thought - felt that might be countr-productive. I decided this was a personal exchange from one family to another. Now I must research the Portuguese for a correct "thank you" and I know "parabens" is "best wishes". When I call and listen to the family on the phone- it does sound like the Italian language and SmW says it is confusing knowing Spanish ..so it looks like Spanish and sounds like Italian. We know that Christopher Columbus, born in Genova, was literate in all three.
Then I stopped in at new jewelry store- well not new they have been in business for many years- but a new location- and had a repair done on a gift-clock. 7.00$
a stop at target to replace the remote control 8.00$ for our 9 year old perfectly good tv- and walked around looking at all the flat screen LCD 's- beginning to learn the differences HDTV/ plasma tv / LCD/ cable ready/HD ready/ etc The prices were not "wallet-ready"
oh dear- I have gone on and on this morning-
enjoy your day ~~
On July 27, 1953, the Korean War armistice was signed at Panmunjom, ending three years of fighting.
July 1953 - my sister had her fifth birthday-
our Uncle served in Korea and sent us beautiful souvenirs. The one I remember was a black lacquered jewelry box painted with shiny gold, pink birds and flowers.
and he wrote us letters...our Mom & Dad were so happy when a letter arrived.
Sam was 20 years old in '53....I don't think he served in Korea until later- so the fighting may have stopped - but we had troops there long after.....at the time it was called a "police action" that did, somehow make me think it was safer than a "war".....
it's all in the words, isn't it ?
I don't know if anyone else has noticed- but the News Hour on PBS has changed.
Now one of the presenters has interviews with Administration Officials- no back and forth on issues- only the party line coming through. Jim asks the tough questions- but of course they don't get answered.
I swear Gwen Ifill was ready to puke during a Q & A. This is of course a result of the change of appointments of the head of corporate public broadcasting.
So NOVA has been in repeats- which is good- 'cause I often miss the good stuff- & last night we learned about "most reputable scientists" declaring the fact of global warming- so someone at our local station is paying attention and realizing these things need to be repeated over and over and over- until it becomes "truth" - the same way the other side convinces people that criminal acts are part of Executive privilege. These are sad times.
.....................
yesterday I went to a little store in Plymouth called Michigan Made. I collected small souvenirs for packaging to send to SmW's host family in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
I really like the Petoskey stone key rings- useful and pretty and a lovely reminder. The lady at the store questioned whether we could send food items to Brazil- had not considered that - had planned to find some cherry jam- so I decided to buy 2 packages of dried cherry bits- lightweight & hermetically sealed. We included a large michigan-map oven mitt- which was kind of pricey - 9.00 for a potholder! both upper and lower were included with names of cities. and 2 postcards- of the state and one pen drawing of Plymouth's City Hall. I kept thinking no one needs extra 'crap' around the house- so I hoped these would be useful & suffice. The family has been tre`s hospitable and maybe we can foster less hostility toward the u s of a in belo horizonte, brazil, anyway.
at first I wrapped the finished basket with red white and blue paper- and on 2nd thought - felt that might be countr-productive. I decided this was a personal exchange from one family to another. Now I must research the Portuguese for a correct "thank you" and I know "parabens" is "best wishes". When I call and listen to the family on the phone- it does sound like the Italian language and SmW says it is confusing knowing Spanish ..so it looks like Spanish and sounds like Italian. We know that Christopher Columbus, born in Genova, was literate in all three.
Then I stopped in at new jewelry store- well not new they have been in business for many years- but a new location- and had a repair done on a gift-clock. 7.00$
a stop at target to replace the remote control 8.00$ for our 9 year old perfectly good tv- and walked around looking at all the flat screen LCD 's- beginning to learn the differences HDTV/ plasma tv / LCD/ cable ready/HD ready/ etc The prices were not "wallet-ready"
oh dear- I have gone on and on this morning-
enjoy your day ~~
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