Well I took the scenic route back from the High School this morning going past the Belted Galaways and down Chestnut Street into Camden rather then Union. The fog was so thick this morning you couldn't see the Islands off the coast. The sky was so low, just like lead... The trees drip from the rain that has stopped for the moment. All the trees are bare, the leaves have been mulched to provide protection for plants and nutrition for the soil for next spring. The weather really is mild right now. It was colder before and during Halloween then it is now.
Books... Sunday at work since there were only three customers and I could only clean and shift stock around so much I read... I read 202 pages of the " Postmistress". It's not a happy book but very thought provoking and gives you a look into the world of the early 40s and the beginning of the war. It made me think and remember a much forgotten(I'm sure) happening, the 'Voyage of the Damned' they called it. It took place in May of 1939 aboard the SS St. Louis. A cruise ship filled with 900+ passengers, German Jews who were trying to escape Nazi Germany. What happened is still discussed and debated but makes for more reading and thought provoking reading at that. Check it out. I googled FDR and his involvment. It raises a lot of questions and I still don't think he is cleared at least in my mind of how he handled it. If you like history google it, read both takes. Those who feel FDR turned his back on those 900. BUT also find some of the articles in his favor.
Well I need to get to work on editing of my book...
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