Welcome to “K” day in the A to Z Challenge. My theme for 2016 is Ernest Miller Hemingway (EMH). Ken Burns is the documentary filmmaker whose work you can usually find on PBS. Some of his works include The Civil War (1990), Baseball (1994), Jazz (2001), The War (2007), The National Parks: America’s Best Idea (2009),…
Journey to Munich by Jacqueline Winspear March 29, 2016 HarperCollins Publishers 309 Pages From the Publisher: It’s early 1938, and Maisie Dobbs is back in England. On a fine yet chilly morning, as she walks towards Fitzroy Square—a place of many memories—she is intercepted by Brian Huntley and Robert MacFarlane of the Secret Service. The…
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston is the repository of important EMH papers deeded by Mary Welsh Hemingway after EMH’s death in 1961 and after JFK’s death in 1963. President Kennedy and EMH had never met, but JFK did express admiration for EMH and his writing. Mary had gathered what she could…
EMH went hunting in 1948 in the Veneto region of Italy with the son of Italian ship-building nobility, Gianfranco Ivancich. He met Gianfranco’s little sister, 18 years old, and was immediately infatuated with the young Adriana. EMH was almost 50. EMH’s infatuation with the young woman inspired him to write Across the River and Into the…
Today is an off day in the A to Z Challenge. Tomorrow will be “I” day. I decided to post some Ernest Miller Hemingway (EMH) pictures related to cats, as the man loved his pets. He had dogs he loved, but he a great fondness for his cats. The big guy asleep at the Finca.…
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