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Remembering The Falklands War
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Author : Sarah Maltby
This book offers an empirically informed understanding of how identity and agency become wholly embedded within practices of media-remembering. It draws upon data collected from the British military, the BBC and Falkland Islanders during the 30th Anniversary of the Falklands war to uniquely offer multiple perspectives on a single 'remembering' phenomenon. The study offers an analysis of the convergence, interconnectedness and interdependence of media and remembering, specifically the production, interpretation and negotiation of remembering in the media ecology. In so doing it not only examines the role of media in the formation and sustaining of collective memory but also the ways those who remember or are remembered in media texts become implicated in these processes.
Memories of the Falklands
Author : Iain Dale
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Thirty years after the Falklands War, those deeply affected by its horrors and its glories - islanders, soldiers, politicians - pool their most vivid memories to produce a poignant and graphic reminder of the Argentinian occupation of the islands and their liberation by the British Task Force. Contributors include Sir Rex Hunt, Governor of the Falklands at the time of the invasion; political and diplomatic figures such as Margaret Thatcher, Major-General Julian Thompson, Sir John Nott, Cecil Parkinson and David Owen; men on the front line such as Simon Weston and Denzil Connick; journalists like Max Hastings and Simon Jenkins; and many of the islanders themselves, for whom life would never again be the same. With stunning photographs of the campaign and its aftermath, Memories of the Falklands provides a unique reminder of an extraordinary episode in British history.
Author : Michael Bilton,Peter Kosminsky
Publisher : Andre Deutsch Limited
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Our Falklands War
Author : Geoffrey Underwood
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Bias in Media
Author : Olivia Steinmann
How objective is media, and how does it use it's outlets to influence the public perception of events? In my matura paper, I analyse the coverage of the war over the Falkland Islands in the two countries involved, Great Britain and Argentina. During my exchange year in Argentina, I experienced first-hand how emotionally and one-sided the locals remember this conflict. After giving an overview over the war itself, the paper concentrates on the coverage of four main events during the war in 1982. The main sources were articles in Clarín, la Nación, The Times, The Guardian, The Observer and The Daily Mirror. Quantity, title setting and statements given are the main points in the investigation. The analysis shows how newspapers from both countries reported with bias. Both concentrated more on positive events and did not publish statements which would damage the moral of the country - ensuring continued popular support for the war happening. It also showed that, because of censorship, the Argentine representation of events was even more distorted than the British. Seeing the big differences in reporting from both countries, the conclusion can be reached that to get the full picture on something it is important to inform yourself through the coverage of all sides involved.
A Companion to the Falklands War
Author : Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Publisher : The History Press
The Falklands War is a story of occupation, fierce air battles, heavy naval losses and bitter encounters between ground forces amidst an inhospitable terrain and unforgiving climate. With complex political machinations and nationalist sentiment at the centre of the conflict, even today the sovereignty of the islands is hotly contested in political circles. For the first time, renowned military historian Gregory Fremont-Barnes has compiled a definitive A–Z guide to the British involvement in the Falklands conflict, including personalities, weapons, battles, ships, places and much more. This accessible yet comprehensive companion to the Falklands War will be a welcome addition to any enthusiast's shelves.
Author : Maggie Andrews,Nigel Hunt,Charles Bagot Jewitt
'Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.' These words, spoken at war memorials across the United Kingdom and around the world on 11 November every year, encapsulate how we commemorate our war dead. Lest We Forget looks at how we remember not only those who died in battle, but also those whose memory is important to us in other ways. This wide-ranging review considers such topics as Holocaust Memorial Day, the Hillsborough Disaster, memories of the Spanish Civil War, the genocide in Rwanda, Diana, Princess of Wales and the role of the Cenotaph and the National Memorial Arboretum. With an endorsement from The Royal British Legion, which celebrates its 90th anniversary in 2011, this is a timely study, and is relevant not only to people in the United Kingdom, but recognises the universal need to remember.
Bloody War Paperback
Author : Terry Grimwood
Bloody War. Always on the news, from somewhere around the world. War seems to be something humanity just cannot get out of its system. And yet, for most of us here in the UK, war is little more than a spectacle where we sit comfortably, tut-tutting over horrors taking place in far off and unknown lands, before returning to our grumbles about the spending cuts or immigration or whatever else it is that sets you off. That's as far as it goes, save maybe for memories and stories of the dark days of WWII. But just suppose that all-out war was to come to Great Britain again? War where fire and death rain down from the skies again and where cities are reduced to corpse-strewn rubble? War against the ghosts of an unknown assailant and where patriotic media-induced insanity takes over our entire consciousness. Just remember how the Falklands War gave us a "Gotcha!" as the Belgrano sank, or how Gulf War Two hung upon a certain dodgy weapons dossier, before you get too comfy on your sofa. This dark, bloody and very British apocalyptic novel explores just this idea, and with terrifying plausibility. Simultaneously a thrilling page-turner and a tough and painful read filled with horrifically recognizable imagery and characters, this book paints a picture of England at war with an unknown assailant and the dark and dirty depths that lurk behind that. But this is no mere rehash of WWII madness. This war is modern - contemporary. War in the age of stealth fighter drones and advanced surveillance technology. War in the age of media paranoia and modern conspiracy theory. Imagine George Orwell's 1984 updated for 2011, with the focus on family, character and relationships rather than political ideology, and you might have the measure of Bloody War. This book, like our society, is one where politics has become an opaque and distant game, and where most people can see no further than their own living rooms. If we are not careful then the price for such false comfort, Terry Grimwood seems to suggest, may one day be terrible indeed.
Three Days In June
Author : James O'Connell
*** 'If you only read one book about the Falklands make sure it's this one.' - Soldier magazine 'An extraordinarily detailed account of the bloodiest battle of the Falklands war.' - Major General Jonathan Shaw CB CBE When 3 Para began their assault under cover of darkness on Mount Longdon in June 1982, nobody knew what to expect. The three platoons of B Company each approached the mountain silently, treading carefully through a series of defensive minefields. But following an explosion, fighting quickly escalated with shocking speed and severity, resulting in some of the bloodiest close hand fighting, terrible injuries, and shocking loss of life experienced by British troops since the Korean war. Recreating 3 Para's bloody Falklands battle from multiple angles, James O'Connell - who fought there and was seriously injured himself - has written a gut-wrenching 360 degree classic. Frustrated by highly inaccurate books about the battle, O'Connell decided to set the record straight. What he did next was extraordinary - he revisited the Falkland's five times with comrades and Argentine soldiers and literally walked through the battle with them, step-by-step, creating an unprecedented masterpiece of immersive military publishing. Combined with rare access to the Battalion's records and radio logs, the resulting book is the last word on Mount Longdon, and might be the most harrowingly realistic description of modern warfare you will ever read.
Spaces of War War of Spaces
Author : Sarah Maltby,Ben O'Loughlin,Katy Parry,Laura Roselle
"This book presents cutting edge research from scholars and artists on the relation between war and media through an exploration of the idea of space"--
Bringing War to Book
Author : Rachel Woodward,K. Neil Jenkings
This book explores how military memoirs come to be written and published. Looking at the journeys through which soldiers and other military personnel become writers, the authors draw on over 250 military memoirs published since 1980 about service with the British armed forces, and on interviews with published military memoirists who talk in detail about the writing and production of their books. A range of themes are explored including: the nature of the military memoir; motivations for writing; authors' reflections on their readerships; inclusions and exclusions within the text; the memories and materials that authors draw on; the collaborations that make the production and publication of military memoirs possible; and the issues around the design of military memoirs' distinctive covers. Written by two leading commentators on the sociology of the military, Bringing War to Book offers a new and original argument about the representations of war and the military experience as a process of social production. The book will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines including sociology, history, and cultural studies.
Author : Sandy Woodward,Patrick Robinson
Publisher : Naval Inst Press
Written by the man who masterminded the British victory in the Falklands, this engrossing memoir chronicles events in the spring of 1982 following Argentina's takeover of the South Atlantic islands. Adm. Sandy Woodward, a brilliant military tactician, presents a complete picture of the British side of the battle. From the defeat of the Argentine air forces to the sinking of the Belgrano and the daring amphibious landing at Carlos Water, his inside story offers a revealing account of the Royal Navy's successes and failures. At times reflective and personal, Woodward imparts his perceptions, fears, and reactions to seemingly disastrous events. He also reveals the steely logic he was famous for as he explains naval strategy and planning. His eyewitness accounts of the sinking of HMS Sheffield and the Battle of Bomb Alley are memorable. Many Britons considered Woodward the cleverest man in the navy. French newspapers called him "Nelson." Margaret Thatcher said he was precisely the right man to fight the world's first computer war. Without question, the admiral's memoir makes a significant addition to the official record. At the same time it provides readers with a vivid portrayal of the world of modern naval warfare, where equipment is of astonishing sophistication but the margins for human courage and error are as wide as in the days of Nelson.
Author : Helen Parr
Publisher : Penguin UK
WINNER OF THE LONGMAN-HISTORY TODAY BOOK PRIZE 2019 WINNER OF THE TEMPLER MEDAL BOOK PRIZE 2019 WINNER OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORY 2019 LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2019 'Outstanding ... There can be few better books about fighting men in all their bravery, terror and shame' Ian Jack, Guardian Our Boys brings to life the human experiences of the paratroopers who fought in the Falklands War, and examines the long aftermath of that conflict. It is a first in many ways - a history of the Parachute Regiment, a group with an elite and aggressive reputation; a study of close-quarters combat on the Falkland Islands; and an exploration of the many legacies of this short and symbolic war. Told unflinchingly through the experiences of people who lived through it, Our Boys shows how the Falklands conflict began to change Britain's relationship with its soldiers, and our attitudes to trauma and war itself. It is also the story of one particular soldier: the author's uncle, who was killed during the conflict, and whose fate has haunted both the author and his fellow paratroopers ever since. 'This is an extraordinary book. It is partly about the Falklands War itself and the terrible things that the Paras endured, and the terrible things that some of them did, but it is also about the white working class of the 1970s and why some men born into this class ended up marching across an island that most of them had never heard of. Thoughtful and sometimes heart-breaking' Richard Vinen, author of National Service
War Experience and Memory in Global Cultures Since 1914
Author : Angela K. Smith,Sandra Barkhof
This edited collection explores and develops representations of war experience from 1914 to the ongoing conflicts of the 21st century, through the specific lens of memory. It builds on recent explorations of the importance of war experience in shaping cultural memory that have focused on the aftermath of the First World War and the Second World War, particularly through Holocaust studies. These essays, by a range of international and interdisciplinary scholars, broaden the scope considerably, examining the alternate spaces of the First World War and those that followed it through a range of different media, offering an artistic trajectory to the centennial commemorations of 2014-18.
Author : Steve Smith
Publisher : History PressLtd
World War I claimed more than 900,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain: Norfolk offers an in-depth portrait of the county and its people during the "war to end all wars." It describes the local reaction to the war's outbreak; charts the experience of individuals who enlisted; shares many first-hand experiences, including tales of the Zeppelin raids and "spy hunts" of the era; examines the work of local hospitals; visits Norfolk's POW camps; and explains how the county and its people coped with the transition to life in peacetime. Vividly illustrated with evocative images from the collections of the Royal Norfolk Regiment Museum, the Norfolk Record Office, and the amazing archives of Picture Norfolk and the Eastern Daily Press, it commemorates the bravery and sacrifice of Norfolk's people between 1914 and 1918.
The Garden of Lost Remembering
Author : Billy Conn
Memories are tricky. What if the memory is of something that happened more than ninety years ago? When does a memory that won't leave you alone become a haunting? Who is the tearfully pleading child whose voice she hears time and time again? The young volunteer on a reminiscence project is slowly drawn into the ever changing and uncertain world of the woman he visits. At first he is fascinated by the quirky and quixotic view of the previous century seen through the eyes of this former journalist. He struggles with her bewildering preoccupation with ideas of consciousness and self and the role that memory might play. He has to work hard to keep up with the peppering of episodes that have abandoned any sense of linearity in time in the lottery of her lucidity. Slowly her concern with what she thought she saw becomes his obsession, gradually submerging him in her world till neither of them is any longer sure if he is from her past or present, is a fiction or an aspect of a psychosis.
Mountain Commandos at War in the Falklands
Author : Rodney Boswell
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Sunset, 8 June 1982, East Falkland. Eight specially trained Royal Marines infiltrate Goat Ridge, a long rocky hilltop between Mount Harriet and Two Sisters which are occupied by a battalion of 600 Argentine infantry. The next day, from their hiding place just metres away from the enemy, they note and sketch the Argentine positions, then withdraw as stealthily as they had come. Their daring patrol provides essential intelligence that guided the British assault which overwhelmed the Argentine defences two days later. This was just one example of the missions undertaken by the Royal Marines Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre during the Falklands War, all of which are described in graphic detail in Rod Boswell's eyewitness account. Using his own recollections and those of his comrades, he describes their operations in the Falklands – the observation posts set up in the no man's land between San Carlos and Port Stanley, their role in the raid at Top Malo House, and the reconnaissance patrols they carried out close to the Argentine lines during the conflict. His first-hand account gives a fascinating insight into the operational skills of a small, specially trained unit and shows the important contribution it made to the success of the British advance. It also records the entire experience of the Falklands War from their point of view – the long voyage south through the Atlantic, the landings, the advance and the liberation of Stanley.
Remembering the Cultural Geographies of a Childhood Home
Author : Peter Hughes Jachimiak
Using an innovative auto-ethnographic approach to investigate the otherness of the places that make up the childhood home and its neighbourhood in relation to memory-derived and memory-imbued cultural geographies, Remembering the Cultural Geographies of a Childhood Home is concerned with childhood spaces and children's perspectives of those spaces and, consequentially, with the personalised locations that make up the childhood family home and its immediate surroundings (such as the garden, the street, etc.). Whilst this book is primarily structured by the author's memories of living in his own Welsh childhood home during the 1970s - that is, the auto-ethnographic framework - it is as much about living anywhere amid the remembered cultural remnants of the past as it is immersing oneself in cultural geographies of the here-and-now. As a result, Remembering the Cultural Geographies of a Childhood Home is part of the ongoing pursuit by cultural geographers to provide a personal exploration of the pluralities of shared landscapes, whereby such an engagement with space and place aid our construction of cognitive maps of meaning that, in turn, manifest themselves as both individual and collective cultural experiences. Furthermore, touching upon our co-habiting of ghost topologies, Remembering the Cultural Geographies of a Childhood Home also encourages a critical exploration of children's spirituality amid the haunted cultural and geographical spaces and places of a house and its neighbourhood: the cellar, hallway, parlour, stairs, bedroom, attic, shops, cemeteries, and so on.
Author : Max Arthur
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
For Britain and her empire, the human cost of the First World War was worse than any other conflict in history. Almost a million British people died in the war, with a further quarter of a million from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India and Africa. Almost twice as many again were injured in battle, and forced to live the rest of their lives with missing limbs, damaged lungs and mental disorders. The legacy of the Great War was just as deeply felt as the war itself, and much longer lasting. An entire generation of children grew up without fathers. In some areas, women were doomed to a life of spinsterhood because there simply were not any young men left to marry. Every community supported dozens of damaged men, sometimes the butt of cruel childish jokes, but more often the object of silent pity. Most managed to forge a life for themselves again, despite their disabilities, traumas and disfigurements. Many rebuilt relationships with their families that had been all but destroyed by their experiences of war. WE WILL REMEMBER THEM is the story of these men and their families, told in their own words. It depicts the dying months of the Great War, when victory was close, but would still claim the lives of tens of thousands. It describes the joys and disappointments of triumph, the shock of homecoming, and the painful readjustment to ordinary civilian life. And it shows how wives and children reacted to their men coming home - often mentally and physically scarred, sometimes virtual strangers. The aftermath of the Great War lasted for decades, and in some cases is still felt today. This book, by the bestselling author of Last Post, is a fitting tribute to those who have experienced its legacy.
A Maid of Kent
Author : Jan Evans
Sophie, a successful interior designer, finds herself falling for Nick, a naval pilot, but is he too scarred by events he witnessed in the Falkland Islands? Is the sensitive and down to earth Greg, a friend since childhood, the better option? Whilst restoring her period cottage in rural Kent, Sophie embarks on a journey of love and fulfilment, but what secrets does this old cottage hold and how does the mysterious Richard Pritchard affect her life? the story takes us from the Kent countryside to the Falkland Islands, the South of France and to Argentina, over a decade and more.
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A small Alberta town is lobbying the premier and the province to make good on a plan to build a police college in their rural community that was promised almost three years ago.
Apr. 2, 2009 2:54 a.m.
Fort Macleod Mayor Shawn Patience has written a letter to Premier Ed Stelmach requesting a "face to face" meeting later this month about the stalled $100-million project, which he says people are growing anxious about.
The letter follows a trip that Patience and a group of citizens made to the legislature last week where they discovered that some Tory members were not even aware of the plan to build the training facility in southern Alberta.
"Mr. Stelmach is more than conscious of our desire to have this project completed," Patience said Wednesday.
In August 2006, the government chose Fort Macleod as the location for the training facility from a long list of communities that vied for the project.
Construction was to begin the following year. People in the town of 3,000 celebrated how the project would bolster the local economy that doesn't benefit much from the energy industry.
The plan was to build a facility that would train up to 400 recruits per year for police forces in Edmonton, Calgary and other Alberta communities, as well as provincial sheriffs.
In 2007, Solicitor General Fred Lindsay announced the project would be delayed until the summer of 2008. Last fall Stelmach said spiralling costs were causing further delays.
Christine Nardella, a spokeswoman for the solicitor general, acknowledged Wednesday that there is no funding earmarked for construction to begin this year.
Problems include finding a company that is willing to take part in a project that would be built and run as a public-private partnership. In a P3, governments are involved in the project but the private company is usually responsible for building and financing the operation.
In the meantime, people in the town where the North West Mounted Police established their first Western post in 1874 continue to wonder why their cherished project remains stuck in the legislature, said Emily McTighe, president of the Fort Macleod Chamber of Commerce.


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FARMINGTON, CT—November 30, 2022
The SBM Charitable Foundation (SBMCF) has awarded Hill Stead a "We're Pulling for You" grant for $34,466.94 in support of the "Art, Poetry, and History at Hill-Stead Museum" program for area students in East Hartford, Vernon, and Manchester. This program, in partnership with the SBM Charitable Foundation, has provided valuable Fine Arts, Language Arts, and World Languages themed educational programs for thousands of underserved students since 2006.
This entry was posted in Press, Trending Stories on January 15, 2023 by Hill-Stead Museum.
Before moving on to resolutions, I like to savor the year coming quickly to a close. I play a little game and challenge myself to name my three favorite moments.
For 2022 it isn't easy because there has been lots to love. There is the news from our partners Clatter Ridge Farm (their animals and know-how plus our land and barns honor Hill-Stead's past as a working farm) that together we are helping the endangered monarch butterflies; or, finally attributing the mystery painting in the guest room to a fellow hidden gem, Henri Martin; or, removing the cataracts to (again finally) see the admirable and generous person behind our great founder, her equally impressive father Alfred. But what about that summertime Saturday ping of a clandestine video, a young man proposing marriage in the Sunken Garden? I must include that!
Perhaps I'll let myself choose four, it is a special birthday year after all.
In these last days of it, as so many of you make donations to your favorite non-profits, we ask that you please consider our museum. Whether your joy lies in art, nature, history or inspiring characters, we at Hill-Stead work all year to bring it to you. And it is your generosity that sustains us.
A bright light in the darkness.
and all best wishes for all good things in 2023,
Dr. Anna Swinbourne
Executive Director & CEO
P.S. Should you prefer to donate to us directly, please contact Kathanne Wray (t: 860 677-4787 x 111 – e: wrayk@hillstead.org)
This entry was posted in Director's Messages on January 15, 2023 by Hill-Stead Museum.
It is so easy to overlook what is right under our nose. For seventy-five years at Hill-Stead, we have admired the paintings on the walls without considering the bigger picture of how they got there. Realizing we ought to, we began to look more closely, and what we found is extraordinary.
The artwork now at the museum is only a fraction—a tip of the iceberg—of what was once there. Self-taught and daring as a collector, Theodate's father Alfred bought the art of his contemporaries, the Impressionists, who were then little-known in this country. He acquired over forty Impressionist masterpieces that we have traced to their current owners around the globe: a third Monet haystack; a second Degas jockeys; landscapes by Pissarro and Sisley; even a stunning Renoir painting of a girl and her cat. More astonishing still is how many left the museum not by his choice, but rather his daughter's, and long after his death, likely to fund her own creative endeavors, including the school she founded to honor him, Avon Old Farms. Continue reading →
This entry was posted in Director's Messages on December 19, 2022 by Hill-Stead Museum.
Dates: December 8, 2022 – May 30, 2023
35 Mountain Road, Farmington, CT 06032.
Hill-Stead Museum is pleased to announce Alfred Pope: An Evolution of Ingenuity, an exhibition that presents the little-known and under-appreciated father of Hill-Stead's founder, Theodate Pope Riddle. On view will be a group of paintings and drawings he once owned, which are now scattered around the world, as well as selected works on paper, objects, and ephemera from Hill-Stead's collection and archives that illuminate this fascinating, generous individual. The exhibition opening will be on December 8, 2022, from 6-8 pm. Continue reading →
This entry was posted in Press, Trending Stories on November 9, 2022 by Hill-Stead Museum.
Hill-Stead Museum is pleased to announce Deborah Berke, Founding Partner of Deborah Berke Partners and Dean and J.M. Hoppin Professor of Architecture at the Yale School of Architecture, as the recipient of the inaugural Theodate Pope Riddle Women in Architecture and Design Award. The award recognizes women who have made significant contributions to both design excellence and the advancement of women in the fields of architecture and design. Continue reading →
109 years ago, in November 1913, the English suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst arrived in Hartford to give her "Freedom or Death" speech. Our founder Theodate picked her up at the train station and in typical take-action fashion drove her to Hill-Stead for a welcoming lunch. Later that day, Theodate also publicly pledged $100 for Pankhurst's cause when the hat was passed in the theater post-speech. All these years later, Theodate has made it easy to honor her legacy: all we need to do is get ourselves to the polls on Tuesday, November 8th, and exercise our right to vote!
Emmeline Pankhurst (center) in Hartford, Connecticut, 1913. Library of Congress.
This entry was posted in Director's Messages on November 4, 2022 by Hill-Stead Museum.
Hill-Stead Museum is honored to have been selected to receive an award from the Frankenthaler Climate Initiative, a grant-making program established by the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation in collaboration with Environment & Culture Partners and RMI to catalyze climate change action in the visual arts. Funds will be used to complete the replacement of a failed HVAC chiller, installed in 2001, and the associated upgrading of pumps and temperature and humidity controls for the 1901 historic house. Funds will also be used to maximize energy savings measures, such as retrofitting all existing parking lot and exterior property lights with new LED lamps, featuring "dusk to dawn" operation. This project will help us reduce our carbon footprint. Additionally, operational costs will dramatically decrease. For instance, the energy-efficient new chiller is expected to operate at 70% of the cost of the old 2001 model, resulting in approximately 30% savings in energy costs.
This entry was posted in Press, Trending Stories on October 24, 2022 by Hill-Stead Museum.
"Good news department" was the title of a recent message from our partners at Clatter Ridge Farm, whose sheep live at Hill-Stead. I found their tidings not just good, but glorious: we don't mow but leave the grooming of our pastures to the sheep, and since those sheep don't eat milkweed, we have created an environment that's extra friendly to the monarch butterfly, just recently added to the endangered species list.
I must admit that I was exceptionally proud of Hill-Stead! Yet another way that we're honoring our nature-loving and preservationist founder, Theodate.
A monarch butterfly at Hill-Stead & STEAM Academy 4th graders at our Hilma's Ghost exhibit.
This entry was posted in Director's Messages on August 3, 2022 by Hill-Stead Museum.
CT Summer at the Museum is back!
From July 1 to September 5, Connecticut children ages 18 and younger, plus one accompanying adult, can visit Hill-Stead Museum for free as part of the Connecticut Summer at the Museum program.*
No advance registration is required. Please check-in at the Museum Shop when you arrive.
*Does not apply to ticketed events such as From the Porch, Visual & Performing Arts STEAM Academy, or the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival.
This entry was posted in Press, Trending Stories on June 30, 2022 by Hill-Stead Museum.
Director's Message – May 2, 2022
"Tell the bad times to scram!" were the words of Erin Hazelton in our first meeting to dream up this year's gala. She and co-chair Kristen Renehan have taken them to heart!
They have created a Roaring '20s evening for legends:
To begin, High Hat Circle guests will have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to celebrate inside the museum. With a nod to Theodate's husband, Ambassador John Wallace Riddle, who was renowned for having the best alcohol during the prohibition (thank you diplomatic pouch!), we'll gin up a speakeasy and serve cocktails from the butler's pantry pass-through, while listening to the captivating duo, Acute Inflections.
This entry was posted in Director's Messages on May 2, 2022 by Hill-Stead Museum.

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Release Blitz & Cover Reveal ~ Journey: The Beginning (A Prequel to the Secrets Saga)
Title: Journey: The Beginning (A Prequel to the Secrets Saga)
Author: Angee Taylor
Genre: Paranormal Romance/ Prequel Short Story
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How do you explain to a family that you lost their dead loved one? Especially, when said family is standing right behind you? To all the patients at work, she appears to have everything going for her. Beauty and brains, should make for an easy life right. Well they would never guess the strong confident nurse they have taking care of them is abused every day at home.
Patients predicting their own death and foretelling a future she doesn't want to believe. Does she stay or let the predicted future come to life. Why does she leave her family? Why doesn't she tell anyone what she is when she finds out?
Cortne and Aj
What have they seen that make them accept the things that come to pass?
The Three of Them
What trials have they gone through that bind them? What have they seen that make them accept all that happens to each of them.
We take a glance back at snapshots of their lives to see if it can help us understand them any better.
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Angee was born in Houston, Texas in 1977, to an interesting family. Her mother and father separated when she was young. She lived with her mother who later remarried a wonderful man, who had a huge impact on her as she grew up. Angee has always had a love of reading, mostly paranormal. As a child, she would sneak up at late night when her mom thought she was sleeping, to read. They moved around a lot, eventually settling in Deep East Texas. Angee married at a young age and eventually divorced. She has raised her now 16 year old son alone. Angee works full time as a pre-hospital nurse and sometimes sees things that would make the rest of us have nightmares. On other days, she is blessed to see miracles. These things are what drive her to write.
In 2006, she was diagnosed with a rare disease, shortly after that she was told she would be on full disability in five years and most likely to be dead in ten. She's fought to live a normal life every day since and is beating those odds. She works at a demanding job, is a single mom, cares for an elderly mother, and two dogs.
Angee describes her job as- "I fight to save people's lives. Sometimes I lose, sometimes I win. It's the emotional roller coaster of that job, which leads me to writing. I'm able to put those emotions into my characters and let them out of my heart and soul."
At nine that night, I carried the sleeping boy to his bed and headed towards mine. It had been a long week. I may just sleep all night and day. I crawled into my bed, and turned the lamp off. The darkness of the room made me uncomfortable for some reason. I dozed off anyway, at some point in the night something woke me up.
I don't know what. My room was glowing red. All the curtains were closed and lights were off. Even the door was closed. The air felt heavy, I felt threatened. My heart raced, my breaths were labored; I had broken out in a sweat. What was this? I spoke aloud, following my gut. "This is my house and you are not welcome here. Leave here and leave all in this place alone." I said through closed eyes, afraid of what I may see in the red glow. The heaviness slowly lifted but I didn't open my eyes until the next morning. Josh didn't mention it to me and I damn sure wasn't going to scare him.
Later that day I took my horse out for a ride through the woods. The sun was so damn bright my sunglasses just weren't helping. My eyes felt like someone had lit a match and thrown into each of them. Hence, the ride in the woods, it was shadier.
After about an hour of riding straight into the depths of the forest, I turned my horse around and began making my way out. I had ridden in these woods for most of my childhood. I knew every inch of them. I rounded the big oak to see a man standing there. He startled me. I almost yelled but remained calm. "Hi, are you lost?"
"No, I'm not lost. I came to see you.
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RELEASE DAY BLITZ & GIVEAWAY ~ SECOND NATURE BY D.L. ROAN
Title: Second Nature (When Seconds Count #2)
Author: D.L. Roan
Genre: Erotic Suspense Thriller
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Grant Kendal has spent his life hunting the shadows of evil. He can feel it changing him; twisting him into the very thing he despises; a mindless killer.
Thalia Brezlin is a marked woman, hell-bent on revenge. She is haunted by the nightmares of her past. A past that lies in wait to destroy her. When she washes ashore Grant's desolate island of exile, beaten, stabbed and clinging to life, their worlds collide.
Follow them across Africa, Madagascar and India into the underworld of human trafficking. Where innocence isn't lost, it's stolen.
Passion will rage, rules will be broken, lives will be shattered and the truth will be revealed. Survival is Second Nature.
WARNING: Second Nature is a contemporary erotic romance and contains explicit sexual content, adult language and graphic violence. Recommended for the adult reader only. While Grant's story can certainly be enjoyed on its own, the author recommends becoming better acquainted with him and his journey by experiencing his debut in Second Chances (When Seconds Count, #1)
Grant meets Thalia
He re-covered her bare leg and reached for the top of the sheet. Ignoring her wordless protests, he peeled down the white cotton sheet, sparing only a quick glance at her plump, bare breasts as he examined the cut over her ribs. "The good news is the swelling above your eye has gone down enough so that you no longer look like a science fiction experiment. The bad news is your leg is infected. You need a doctor."
"No. No doctors. I can…"
"Yeah, I figured as much." Grant watched her struggle against her bonds. She froze when he pressed his hand to her bare chest. "I said relax. Do you want me to untie you?"
Her eyes darted up to the cord around her wrists in another wordless plea. "Well, see, I only have one problem with that." Grant smirked and pointed to the cut on his cheekbone. "Seems you have one hell of a right hook."
At least she had the decency to look contrite as she studied his face. He knew it was an act. She would fight balls to the wall as soon as he released her. He counted on it, in fact. "That's okay, I don't need an apology. I know you didn't mean it. You were pretty out of it last night." He reached for the knot above her head but stilled, searching out her gaze. "You won't do it again, will you?"
He almost laughed at the puppy dog eyes she gave him as she silently shook her head. Well, here goes the neighborhood. He took a little longer than necessary to work the knot free, watching as her muscles bunched and coiled. He could almost feel the energy rolling off her body as she prepared to strike. It was one of the things he missed about his job. Reading the people he was hunting, feeling the energy around him shift and move as the final fatal scene unfolded.
One last tug and the cord fell free. She pulled her hands down to her chest and calmly worked at the strands until they slid from her wrists. Almost teasingly, Grant shifted and turned his back to her. She certainly didn't disappoint. Striking like a cobra, she jackknifed from the mattress, looping the cord over his head and wrapping it around his throat.
With a knee in his back, she pulled hard against the cord. Grant had to admit, he'd underestimated her strength a bit. The hand he'd slipped between his neck and the cord began to lose feeling as the cord cut into his palm. He was beginning to think twice about playing games with this chick. With a twist and a shove he was out of her snare and had his hands wrapped around both her wrists. He dodged her knee as she shoved it at his groin, but he couldn't hold back the curse when she bit down on the back of his hand.
"Goddammit!" She was like a damn fossa mongoose; lean, mean, and quick as hell! Grunted curses filled the air as he hoisted her from the cot and then pushed her back into the mattress. No more games with the rabid carnivore. Her arms pinned beside her head, he straddled her hips and hooked his ankles over her shins to keep her from kneeing him in the back. "Enough," he growled as he hovered above her.
Her nostrils flared as she dragged in a series of frantic breaths. Her skin, which had been so pale and gray, was now flushed pink with excitement. He watched as her silver eyes flared with heat, her pupils dilating to encompass the hypnotizing swirls of gray. Grant was astonished. Every misconception he'd had of her being a broken victim flew right out the window. Christ, she was playing him. And she was enjoying it every bit as much as he was.
His cock, hard and aching, pressed against her pelvis as the heat from her naked body washed over him. He was suddenly aware of her bare breasts pressed against his chest and found himself wishing he'd decided to go shirtless that morning. Her pink lips parted, her warm breath washing over him as their eyes locked. He fought hard against the need to kiss those lips, to slide his tongue into her hot, wet mouth and devour the taste of pure wildness that radiated from her soul. She didn't need a snare to capture him. He felt himself being drawn in like a bee to an exotic wildflower.
His body warred with his mind as his head dipped a fraction closer. His instincts screamed for him to back away from the edge of the cliff. He knew what she was doing. It wouldn't work, but damn if he wasn't tempted to call her bluff.
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D.L. Roan lives and writes in her "beautifully wild and southern" home state of Florida with her "perfectly flawed hero" husband and two 80lb lap dogs.
Completely addicted to the written word, she's had a brood of characters residing inside her imagination for as long as she could remember. Being able to bring them to life and let them out to play has been a life's dream fulfilled.
Romance has always been her favored genre. While erotica is her favored spicy flavor, she also enjoys paranormal fantasy and has been known to stalk the work of certain historical romance writers.
In addition to exorcizing her characters' lusts, D.L. enjoys scuba diving, fishing, and sitting by a bonfire on a starry night. She loves to hear from her fans so check her out on Facebook or send her a tweet.
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Fall 2014 Review: Who's Ahead in the Collegiate Ranks as Winter Training Begins?
Early morning at Conibear Shellhouse (Photo: B. Kitch)
The 2014-2015 season is already shaping up to be every bit as interesting as last year, and we can't help but be excited about all that's to come. So, just because we all need something to read over the Thanksgiving holiday, we're kicking off the rowing 'hot stove' league with a look back at the fall, and the teams that made an impression heading into winter. Disclaimer: This contains opinions, and this is in large part based on fall results, which can be tricky to interpret, or downright misleading, depending on how coaches and programs approach the longer distance racing, and which teams show up at what races. Let's take a look, shall we?
Heavyweight Women
The Virginia Cavaliers are coming off their fourth straight Head Of The Charles victory as fastest collegiate eight, and have another talented roster, including Sam Casto (who just pulled a big erg at East Coast Fall Speed Order, and finished in the top 10 in the single). The Ohio State program is always a threat under the guidance of Andy Teitelbaum, and is coming off their second straight NCAA title, while Stanford claimed the Pac-12 crown last season en route to a top-five finish at NCAAs—however, both of these teams will be short some of their top talent this year, with athletes taking time away from campus to train for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. John and Phoebe Murphys' Brown program finished very high up in the ranks last year (third overall just two points behind Cal) and they have a lot of returners for the 2014-2015 campaign—and this makes the Bears our early season favorite to win it all in 2015, having topped the Cavaliers at the Chase (though Virginia did field three of the top seven crews on Lake Carnegie). Princeton finished sixth last year, and will be another crew to watch, rounding out the RR top five heading into winter training.
Further crews to watch will be Cal (can the Golden Bears make a smooth transition following the departure of Dave O'Neill for Texas and continue their winning ways?), Washington (having graduated a lot of talent in 2014), and possibly Michigan (eighth overall last season, finished fifth and second among U.S. universities at the Head Of The Charles).
The ACRA women's field has been dominated by Grand Valley over the past several seasons, and we don't see any reason for that to change in 2015. Look for UCSB to continue to make strides out west, while Purdue will likely continue to be a factor come spring.
Heavyweight Men
The Washington Huskies have been without peer for the last four years, from the varsity eight to the Ten Eyck, and there seems little reason to doubt that this team can continue to have that kind of success again this season. The Big Purple Machine is running on all cylinders, and had another strong result at the Head Of The Charles this year, finishing fifth overall just ahead of the French national team. They followed this up by dominating the Head of the Lake once again, and looking up and down the roster, this squad certainly has the potential to continue the UW legacy of success. Not far behind UW at IRAs last year, and also returning a lot of talent are the Golden Bears, and their Charles results showed that—Cal finished just back of France in seventh place, having taken second place overall in the Ten Eyck race last spring.
The Harvard varsity eight turned in another stellar performance on home water, edging a very strong U.S. men's eight for third place, and taking the top intercollegiate spot on the Charles this year. The Crimson will be strong again, but last year stumbled at the IRA, where they failed to earn a medal (though, to be fair, hardware was hard to come by for anyone other than Brown, Cal, and Washington) and saw only two of their crews make the grand final—the varsity eight (fifth), and the frosh eight (fourth)—with their second and third varsity eights landing in the middle of the third final in their respective events. Still, with a solid 2014-2015 roster that features a great deal of international talent, Harvard will be a force to be reckoned with. Brown is always a deep squad, and Paul Cooke's program consistently produces results when it matters most—of the East Coast contingent, Brown may be the best bet to take on the heavy hitters from the West. Yale finished in the medal final last year (as we predicted), but this year they may just have the talent to out-duel their arch rivals and move up the national ranks, and posted a very strong result in the varsity eight at the Princeton Chase (11 seconds back of the Tigers for second place). Boston University enjoyed some very solid results again in the fall, but it still remains to be seen whether the Terriers can translate that early season speed to spring victories, while Princeton wasn't far off a fantastic year last season, finishing in the Grand Final in the varsity, second varsity, and third varsity eights, and scoring the only medal (a silver in the 2V8) that wasn't won by Bears or Huskies.
At the ACRA level, it's going to be very difficult for anyone to compete with Michigan in 2015. The Wolverines just won the Charles, having nearly pulled off the Dad Vail/ECAC double-victory last spring, which they followed up with another ACRA varsity eight and men's team points victory. As has become the norm, the teams trying to chase down the Wolverines will be Virginia and Grand Valley, while UCSB and Bucknell will be looking to edge one of the top three off the podium.
Lightweight Women
This year will see Stanford adjusting to a new coach, but as Radcliffe showed last season, it is more than possible to make a title run under new management. Lou Berl's Radcliffe program capped off an outstanding season in 2014 with a comeback victory over the Cardinal at IRAs, and the Black and White have gotten off to a strong start this season, finishing second at the Charles behind a Dutch international crew (Minerva) and well ahead of the rest of the intercollegiate lightweight field. Stanford, on the other hand, has had a bit of a slow start to their 2014-2015 season having only just hired their new head coach, Derek Byrnes (formerly of Oakland Strokes) roughly six weeks ago.
Wisconsin won the four in 2014, but, along with Bucknell and Boston University, it will be an uphill battle for the rest of the field to catch the two frontrunners in women's lightweight rowing next spring.
Lightweight Men
The Big Red of Cornell returned to their 2006-2008 form last spring, backing up their Sprints title at IRAs ahead of a highly volatile field. While it was Princeton who took the title in Boston (the Tigers seem to have a knack for getting it done on the Charles), Cornell did take a strong third place, five seconds back of the Tigers, and three seconds behind Harvard. Harvard has a very strong roster this year, with Chris and Michael Wales, Zander Bonorris (Marin alum and veteran), Matt Podlesak (in the U23 lightweight quad for U.S. in 2013, one of the last guys cut from the U23 straight four last year), and Jack Kelly (AUS) in the mix. We're looking at these three as our podium favorites again this year, likely with the Crimson and Big Red battling it out for supremacy, with Yale looking to make it interesting coming down the stretch.
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An experienced certified nursing assistant with over forty years of experience, Diane Hellerich knows the Nebraska health care market extremely well. However, when she moved to Toledo two years ago to care for her son, after he sustained an injury, she didn't know where to go for her own surgery recovery. It wasn't until after her fourth surgery that she found the perfect place to recover – Franciscan Care Center.
For Diane who has undergone surgery multiple times, having staff that is able to laugh, giggle, and smile is an important part of her recovery process. Particularly, when she is bed and wheelchair bound for hours. That kindness and support plays an important role in maintaining her positive attitude.
Diane receives therapy twice a day. Therapy work is hard and can be exhausting. She is up to walking 15 steps, but despite a long road ahead of her, she maintains her positive attitude. Her favorite therapists are Matthew, T. J. and Karen.
She continually compliments the staff. "Everybody is nice to me. Sr. Jordan has been in a lot to see me." This kind of care is especially important to Diane's recovery, since she is relatively new to the area and her only family here is her son.
Franciscan Care Center is known for its quality of care, but it is that extra nurturing touch that makes the campus special. Whether it is Sr. Jordan Schaefer, OSF, Director of Mission Integration and Chaplain, stopping by with a kind word and a prayer, the encouraging words from the therapy team, or friendly chats with staff. Everyone at Franciscan Care Center takes the time to show kindness, it is an important part of our faith-based mission and it played an important part in Diane's recovery.


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package opendct.channel.updater;

import opendct.channel.ChannelLineup;
import opendct.channel.ChannelManager;
import opendct.channel.TVChannel;
import opendct.channel.TVChannelImpl;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;

import java.util.List;

public class CopyChannels {
    private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(CopyChannels.class);

    public static boolean populateChannels(ChannelLineup destLineup) {
        // The address field is supposed to correspond with another lineup name.
        ChannelLineup sourceLineup = ChannelManager.getChannelLineup(destLineup.getAddress());

        if (sourceLineup == null) {
            logger.error("Lineup '{}' does not exist. Unable to update '{}' lineup.",
                    destLineup.getAddress(), destLineup.LINEUP_NAME);

            // Don't return that this failed because it will potentially retry every few seconds.
            return true;
        }

        List<TVChannel> sourceChannels = sourceLineup.getAllChannels(true, true);

        if (sourceChannels == null) {
            logger.error("Lineup '{}' does not have any channels. Nothing to update '{}' lineup.",
                    destLineup.getAddress(), destLineup.LINEUP_NAME);

            return true;
        }

        for (TVChannel sourceChannel : sourceChannels) {
            TVChannel destChannel = destLineup.getOriginalChannel(sourceChannel.getChannel());

            boolean tunable;
            boolean ignored;

            if (destChannel == null) {
                logger.info("Adding new channel {} to '{}' lineup.",
                        sourceChannel.getProperties(), destLineup.LINEUP_NAME);

                tunable = false;
                ignored = sourceChannel.isIgnore();
                try {
                    destChannel = new TVChannelImpl(sourceChannel.getProperties());
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    logger.error("Unable to copy {} to the '{}' lineup => ",
                            sourceChannel.getProperties(), destLineup.LINEUP_NAME, e);
                    continue;
                }
            } else {
                tunable = destChannel.isTunable();
                ignored = destChannel.isIgnore();
            }

            destChannel.setTunable(tunable);
            destChannel.setIgnore(ignored);
            destChannel.setUpdateAll();
            destLineup.addChannel(destChannel);
        }

        return true;
    }
}

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AFL steps up focus on players' mental health
March 5, 2019 Sport
The AFL's hiring of a head of mental health for the league follows a year-long review, conducted by an independent committee and involving all 18 clubs and their players as the industry strives towards ''utopia'' for its treatment of mental wellbeing.
Some of the biggest stars of the game, including Sydney's Lance Franklin, premiership Bulldog Tom Boyd and most recently St Kilda's Jack Steven are among those to have stepped away from the game to deal with mental health issues.
The group, known as the Industry Governance Committee, was set up by the players association as part of the $2.1 million the AFLPA spend on player development each year.
Brisbane Lions football boss David Noble, North Melbourne player Jamie MacMillan and leading player agent Tom Petroro, were part of the specially formed group that collected data from all 18 clubs to get a sense of how players viewed the treatment of mental health.
The independent review will see the AFL and clubs pour more money into player development and concentrate on the access that players have to individual support.
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It's hardly been a month since the day my dad called me and told me my mom had been murdered. Since the day, every moment, awake or sleeping, has been filled with her presence. She was the single-most powerful inspiration of my life.
First, force is equal to mass times the acceleration of an object. My mom was a very small person. "Pia Pietta Piccola" we all called her in my family. Meaning, our "little, littlest Pia". In my 23 years of life, I never saw her without high heels. She was about as tall as my 10 year-old sister, and weighed no more than a suitcase. Those who knew my mom, know that she had the energy of Wonderwoman. She was never too tired to do anything. She worked long hours, long into the night. Trying to solve whatever problem her workday had thrown her way. She dedicated countless hours to mys sister, Valentina. Reading, drawing and working through the multiplication tables. She loved to dance, so she did. She loved studying languages, so she did. Vacations, windsurfing, hiking... you name it, she loved it and did it. And if any of you have ever walked next to her as she went on an errand or went to buy a coffee. You would have been surprised at how fast she moved. Despite her short legs and the high-heels, she zipped around with the fervor of an over-cranked wind-up toy and the grace of a ballerina. And look at the impact she had on life, on those who she met. This little 4-foot something girl--whom most people thought was in her 20s-- could just change your whole day. She had this incredible strength and force and vibrant life, all compacted in her tiny little being. I think that explains why her love and warmth came in such abundance--it was so dense. She was an eternal fountain of beauty and love and we all rushed to be showered in her mist.
Second principle: every action has an equal but opposite reaction. My mom's death should not inspire sorrow, loneliness, and desperation. It should inspire life. When my mom was tired, she didn't lie down. She went dancing. When she was sad, she didn't cry, she would find reason to be happy. The world is composed of equal but opposite reactions. We choose our paths, and every choice matters. Ever since my mom died, campus safety has been a front-page issue. People are terrified of walking alone at night. They are suspicious. This is appropriate, but, as my father would say, let us not lose sight of the facts. My mom lived a fearless life. This was a choice. She said on many occasion, I would rather live 50 happy years, trusting people and smiling when I want to, then darting from safety-house to safety-house, looking paranoically behind my back, and living 100 years. If she had lived the latter life, I don't think all of us would be here today. We wouldn't know her the way we do. We probably would never have met her. She would have been miserable, and we would have been denied this beautiful drop of sun. In my opinion, this would be a worse tragedy than the one that has befallen her. If we begin to live in fear because of this, if we stop giving and trusting, then the 47 years she lived in splendor will be in vain. Let's not build a monument to the brief seconds she lived in pain.
Finally, matter cannot be created or destroyed. Though my mom's body is gone, she will live on for eternity. Those who knew her, can still see her smile, can still hear her harmonious voice, can still see the glow she wore around her like a magic shawl as she walked the halls of this building, the sidewalks of campus, and the roads of life. Each of us possesses a part of her, inside us. That is a reward she receives for being a giving person, for radiating energy and life everywhere she went. But there is only one way to keep this spirit alive, and it's not be dwelling in our sorrows or framing all her pictures: we can keep her spirit alive by passing it on. To our friends, to our brothers and sisters and children. We pass on the gift of giving, the gift of light. And I know, from all the years I lived in the glorious shower of my moms love, that this is by far the most important gift a person can receive.
Indeed, I received this gift from my mom. A gift that has inspired me to reach for the stars. I now live in Los Angeles, where I work in the motion picture industry and write screenplays. One thing my mom and I shared deeply, all our lives, was a passion for movies. But not just any movie, movies with happy endings. For her, there was nothing better than a glowing red sunset, a passionate kiss, and a happily-ever-after. Both good and evil exist in this world and I believe we can choose which one we want to focus on & reflect back. In turn, what we reflect will affect what is returned to us. This vicious cycle is at work throughout our life. So why not feed our ideals into it, so they can become our realities.
So here we are, at what might feel like an end, but what is truly only a beginning. The beginning of a new relationship with Pia, a relationship of the heart and spirit, rather than flesh & bone. This story is far from over. How the plot will evolve and resolve is up to us.
People have asked me: is there anything I can do to help? Yes, there is something you can do. I'll bet that heaven has a movie theater and we are the show. So help shape this tragedy into a story about an unconquerable spirit fighting against the most vicious odds, rising to the occasion and finally triumphing. Those were always my mom's favorite stories. These are the stories the world needs. This is the story I tell now, and will tell, again and again.