Posted on July 1, 2008 by Turkish Prawn
Some time ago, Action Girl and I were headed off on one of our trips, backpacking through various European towns. One of the issues that always proved problematic were the cats. We had two at the time and obviously, could not leave them unattended for two weeks while we gallivanted off on adventures. Try as [...]
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Posted on June 19, 2008 by Turkish Prawn
Now, as I have stated before, I was, repeat WAS a picky eater and though I had a very long “I no eat” list, I was also raised to be polite. I would never have turned away an offer so generously given. Especially since I had already started ingesting it. Besides, it was obvious that [...]
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Posted on June 18, 2008 by Turkish Prawn
These doors weren’t just big. They looked like they belonged on the front of a castle. A smaller entrance, apparently intended to be used when not mounted on a massive war horse, was set into one of the main doors. With out a pause, Mountain Man reached out and pushed it open. I was really [...]
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Posted on June 16, 2008 by Turkish Prawn
“Where the heck are we going?”
“You’ll see! It’s going to be great!”
“You’re not going to kill me and stuff my body in a trash bin, are you?”
“I can’t promise that. It’ll depend on your behavior.”
“Great.”
The lower city of Salzburg twisted away from us as we climbed, as my good friend bounded ahead in a dubious [...]
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Posted on June 6, 2008 by Turkish Prawn
On the year of the 49th anniversary of the D-Day landings, I got to walk the beaches with my Grandfather.
He hadn’t been there all those years ago, you understand. His war had taken the young New Hampshire boy to much stranger fields of battle. His war had been going on for years. His war [...]
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