Buy My Second Novel!
In the U.S., you can purchase it here.
Buy my first novel!
Maki and the Bolide.
Maki and the Bolide is available as a Kindle Direct Publication from Amazon.com by clicking either of the links.-
Recent Posts
Archives
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- February 2013
- August 2012
- December 2011
Categories
- A Journey back in time
- A Series about learning
- About the Internet
- About this blog
- Agent Orange
- Ann Althouse
- Ann Althouse v. Instapundit
- APL and J
- Art
- Asteroid strikes
- Astronomy
- Aunt Eleanor and Uncle Ed
- Bob Epstein
- Bolide Strikes
- Bring back the shop classes
- Bureaucracy and the size 8 shoe
- California drought
- Celebrating the holidays
- Christmas
- Chuck Cecil
- Chuck Niles -KBCA-FM-LA
- Contemporary Music
- Cousin Larry
- Current events
- Dick Zimmerman
- diet
- Disaster Survival
- Do It Yourself Learning
- Don Brown Jazz Man Record Shop and Cobweb Corner
- Dr. Kenneth Iverson
- Earthquakes
- Edward Hopper
- Eyesight
- False Equivalence
- Finding your own path in life
- Formal Eductation
- French Language
- Geography
- Geology
- Hearing
- Helen Borgers KLON-FM
- Higher Education
- Humor
- Instapundit
- K-12 Implosion
- Learning a Second Language
- Learning Math
- Learning the Piano
- Learning the trades
- Learning through Apprenticeship
- Living in the desert
- Maki and the Bolide
- Making a whole new thing
- Meteor strikes
- Mose Allison
- movies
- Old Music Made New
- Old Time Radio
- Painting
- Plate Tectonics
- Political Ideology
- Politics
- Post Apocalypse
- rational planned solutions
- Rationality versus Custom
- Rewriting History
- Ring of Fire
- Science and logical argument
- Second Langauge
- Self Education
- Spanish Language
- Swedish Language
- talented animals
- The Big Shut Up
- The Catrobat
- Tragedy
- Uncategorized
- Volcanoes
- Walter Gabrielson
- War
- Weather
- World War II
Meta
Category Archives: World War II
All Saint’s Day
Thanks to Bill Ferencz for the You Tube That was Louis Armstrong with When The Saints Go Marching In. Who else on All Saints Day should play When the Saints Go Marching In? Halloween has become a very big deal … Continue reading
Posted in About this blog, Aunt Eleanor and Uncle Ed, Chuck Cecil, Don Brown Jazz Man Record Shop and Cobweb Corner, Old Music Made New, Old Time Radio, The Catrobat, Walter Gabrielson, World War II
Comments Off on All Saint’s Day
Art Tatum — If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight
Thanks to gullivior again for the You Tube Art Tatum recorded this in 1943. As usual, he makes it sound so easy. Ha. Ha. Art Tatum’s main musical influence was Fats Waller and Fats Waller’s main musical influence was James … Continue reading
Posted in Don Brown Jazz Man Record Shop and Cobweb Corner, Making a whole new thing, Old Music Made New, War, World War II
Comments Off on Art Tatum — If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight
December 7, 1941 — Pearl Harbor Day
President Franklin D. Rossevelt said that it was “A Day in Infamy.” Admiral Yamamoto, the head of the Japanese Imperial Navy, after the attack, said “We have awakened a sleeping giant.” It was the event that profoundly changed the lives … Continue reading
Posted in A Journey back in time, Chuck Cecil, World War II
Comments Off on December 7, 1941 — Pearl Harbor Day
Remembering our War Veterans
November 11, 1918, was the day the forces of World War I signed the Armistice that ended the war, hence it was declared Armistice Day as a national holiday. After World War II, the name was changed to honor Veterans … Continue reading
Posted in Agent Orange, War, World War II
Comments Off on Remembering our War Veterans
September and World War II—Glenn Miller and Poinciana
Thanks to swerpol for the You Tube. That video consisted of a World War II public service announcement encouraging women to join the Women’s Army Corps (WAC.) It played in movie theaters at the time. That was followed by a … Continue reading
Posted in Chuck Cecil, Old Music Made New, World War II
Comments Off on September and World War II—Glenn Miller and Poinciana
Frank Sinatra — Put Your Dreams Away For Another Day — The Catrobat, Chuck Cecil
Put Your Dreams Away was music that inspired The Catrobat. Dan (The Captain) and Leilani, like my parents, were part of an older cohort of the so called Greatest Generation. That is, by the time World War II was over, … Continue reading
Posted in Chuck Cecil, Old Music Made New, The Catrobat, World War II
Comments Off on Frank Sinatra — Put Your Dreams Away For Another Day — The Catrobat, Chuck Cecil
Martha Tilton and the Catrobat
I first heard and saw Martha Tilton on a short fifteen minute television show called the Curt Massey Show. She and Curt Massey took turns singing songs accompanied by Joe “Country” Washburn’s small band. Country Washburn had once been part … Continue reading
Posted in Chuck Cecil, Old Music Made New, The Catrobat, World War II
Comments Off on Martha Tilton and the Catrobat
The Swingin’ Years: History comes alive
Chuck Cecil has been doing his Swingin’ Years program since 1956. The Swingin’ Years was a long time feature of KFI AM Radio in Los Angeles. He did shows in the studio and remote broadcasts from Disneyland, Anaheim, where … Continue reading
Posted in A Journey back in time, Chuck Cecil, Finding your own path in life, Making a whole new thing, Old Music Made New, World War II
Comments Off on The Swingin’ Years: History comes alive
Lillian Gabrielson Rollo (1908-1996)
Today would have been my mother’s 108th Birthday. Say It Isn’t So was a favorite song of my mother, through most of her life. Mostly, she would whistle it, but sometimes sing part of the lyric. Say It Isn’t So, was written … Continue reading
Posted in Old Music Made New, The Catrobat, World War II
Comments Off on Lillian Gabrielson Rollo (1908-1996)
Song for my father Richard Sr. (1912-1998)
Today would have been my Father’s 104th Birthday. Last year I played a tune by Judy Garland he used to whistle, Alice Blue Gown. He loved the sweet, nostalgic vocal music of the period from 1890-1910. He loved men’s glee … Continue reading
Posted in A Journey back in time, Old Music Made New, World War II
Comments Off on Song for my father Richard Sr. (1912-1998)