OBX getaway!

For the past twelve years, our goodly friends,  Ann and Larry Sharp have welcomed our family to their beautiful home in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.   Each and every year brings about its own "memory maker," and this one was no different.  Grandson, Charlie, my husband Bob, our son Ryan, and his wife Stephanie relied on "Mother Nature," and the love of family for our entertainment..a truly wonderful week!

REACHING OUT and Reconnecting with VFW National Home for Children.

A promise is a promise! Recently, I reconnected with Meghan Mcbride, an event coordinator at the "VFW National Home for Children," Eaton Rapids, Michigan. Meghan works tirelessly on behalf of the children and their families at the "VFW National Home."

AFRH Book Club on “Double Cross, The True Story of the D-Day Spies”

Dear Literary Pals,

Our current read, "Double Cross, The True Story of the D-Day Spies," written by Ben Macintyre, both intrigued me and baffled me. Therefore, I am choosing to write about this skillfully woven together book in one big swoop. From the very onset of Macintyre's storytelling, he sets the stage introducing his cast of characters one by one in such a way that it becomes a challenge to put aside this spellbinding account that led up to D-Day, June of 1944. It is noted in "Double Cross," that while at the Tehran Conference in November 1943, the first of the "big three" meetings bringing together Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin, Winston Churchill turned to Joseph Stalin and uttered a typically Churchillian remark that has become a sort of myth: "In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies." Stalin, who had little time for metaphor, replied: "This is what we call military cunning." The D-Day invasion would be protected and supported by a comprehensive, worldwide deception campaign, a body of lies to shield the truth. It was code-named "Bodyguard." And, the pivotal element in the deception of Operation Bodyguard was named "Fortitude." It is Operation Fortitude that author Ben Macintyre reveals in his gripping narrative, "Double Cross."

AFRH Book Club on “When Books Went To War” Chapters 7-11

Dear Fellow Book Club Team!

I have saved my copious notes, in order to have them in hand when we resume our weekly Book Club meetings at your beautiful residence, The Armed Forces Retirement Home, Washington, D.C. Your first-hand experiences and knowledge about the content and story line in our book selection, "When Books Went To War," will be yet another classroom of learning for me. I thoroughly enjoyed Molly Guptill Manning's book. She expertly guided me through a topic that had such an impact on our country during WWII. I am adding this exceptional read to my on-going collection of "Glenna's Book Club," selections, and look forward to sharing it with friends and family!