Monthly Archives: January 2016

Throwback Thursday: Caribbean Idyll

[From time to time I might excavate and post something I wrote eons ago. This one comes from the glory days of the late 1980s when I lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I found it last week and since it comes … Continue reading

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Feelin’ the Bern: an ode to K.

  It’s no exaggeration to say that some of the candidates on the elephant side of the aisle have me fearing for the fate of the free world. Doubtless I will support whomever becomes the donkey nominee and there are … Continue reading

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RAS: A beating in Memel (2: Election night)

Note: Key background information about this story can be found in the post immediately below this one. This entry documents the beating received by my uncle, Robert Sellmer, at the hands of Nazi sympathizers in Klaipeda, Lithuania on the night … Continue reading

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RAS: A Beating in Memel (1: A City of Tears)

On the 55th north latitude in Klaipeda, Lithuania, the sun shines for about seven hours a day in early December. Even at noon on a brisk sunny Monday, the slanting rays suggest that one should do one’s business with alacrity … Continue reading

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