This beach umbrella on Amazon.com looks like a good friend to bring to the Silver Strand Beach in Coronado whilst I research the Del. I’ll be staying at the Loews Coronado because it’s pet-friendly and also right across the street… Continue Reading →

Lawrence of Arabia Movie Review:From the beginning of the movie Lawrence of Arabia seems non-intellectual, disrespectful of authority, and rebellious. He constantly tells everybody, “I’m different” as if he has a chip on his shoulder. The wardrobe mistress even claimed… Continue Reading →

Response to Comments About Eva Braun: Life With Hitler: I’ve never understood what everybody considers so mysterious about the relationship of Hitler and Eva Braun. Hitler married her in the Fuhrer Bunker at the end of their lives to keep… Continue Reading →

There’s an article in National Geographic about the sinking of the Titanic one hundred years ago today. There’s been a big blockbuster movie and all sorts of fanfare and media attention. I’m willing to bet that on May 7, 2015,… Continue Reading →

It’s The Lusitania, Not The Titanic, Stupid! As everybody knows today is the one hundredth anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. And the big movie is back! But I find it odd that everyone pays so much attention to… Continue Reading →

Volume One in the Captive At The Berghof series is now up on Kindle. The thriller saga starts with a torpedo sinking the Lusitania and ends in 1945 with the explosion of the first atomic bomb. First the Kaiser and… Continue Reading →

Reading about the original Queen Mary gives me an idea for an additional World War One/World War Two thriller novel. Dora, Edward, Thomasina, and the Benleys should board the ship in August of 1939 for its last voyage as a… Continue Reading →

The QM2 is supposedly 236.2 feet high. The original Queen Mary that debuted in 1936 which sits in Long Beach, California is 181 feet tall. QM2 has 17 total decks and 13 passenger decks. The original Queen had 12 decks,… Continue Reading →

It just occurred to me that tall modern cruise ships can be as dangerous as the tall Twin Towers in 2001 in New York. If passengers are dependent upon using elevators to descend many levels to the main deck where… Continue Reading →

This is the ship that the Benleys sail on to reach America when war is declared in 1939. They take their granddaughter, Thomasina Edwina Ware, with them to Pittsburgh. It is also the ship that Dora, Edward, and Churchill sail… Continue Reading →