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August 14, 2019Rest in Peace, Dorothy Olson
August 13, 2019
Dorothy Olsen, WASP pilot in World War II, dies at 103
Reposted from the Associated Press
“Dorothy Eleanor Olsen, a member of a group of civilian volunteers who flew planes across the country during World War II, has died. She was 103.
The News Tribune reports that Olsen died July 23 in University Place, Washington. She flew about 60 missions as part of the 6th Ferry Group of the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
WASP members hauled targets for shooting practice and performed other flying duties. WASPs were not recognized as veterans until 1977 under President Jimmy Carter.
Olsen flew about 29 different aircraft. Her favorite was the P-51.
“Mom said the P-38 was an old woman’s plane. She said anybody could fly that,” said her daughter, Julie Stranburg. “She said that the (P-)51, you had to stay on top of that.”
Debbie Jennings, friends with Olsen since about 2003 and developer of a WASP exhibit at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, said her friend preferred the fighter plane because she was by herself and could do whatever she wanted.
Jennings said Olsen would get a kick out of scaring farmers on their tractors and fly right behind them.
Olsen was stationed at Long Beach Army Air Base in California from 1942-1944 and was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2009.
Stranburg said her mother didn’t fly after she and her brother were born and didn’t even think of flying commercial or private planes.
“She said, ‘Why would I want to fly a Cessna when I’ve flown a P-51?’” Stranburg said.”
Don’t miss a tribute to the WASPs in Fannie Flagg’s, The All Girl Filling-Station’s Last Reunion
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August 13, 2019
It is National Prosecco Day
From Wine Magazine:
“Some say no other beverage defines the Italian philosophy of la dolce vita, or the good life, quite like Prosecco.
It’s long been the aperitivo of choice for Italians up and down the peninsula, and it’s now the most sold sparkler in the U.S.—and for good reason: It’s refreshing, flavorful, light-bodied, (usually) dry, and features a wallet-friendly price tag.”
Cheers!
What do I find a-MAZE-ing?
August 12, 2019It is sweet corn season and across the farmlands the corn mazes are popping up. And there is a contest going on where you can vote for your favorite corn maze.
Treworgy Family Orchard – Levant, Maine
My favorite, this maze is based on the children’s book, Blueberries for Sal
Exploration Acres, Lafayette, IN
Denver Downs Farm, Anderson, SC
Cherry Crest Adventure Farm – Ronks, PA
Sever’s Fall Festival,- Shakopee, MN
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August 5, 2019Today is Flaunt Your Skivvies Day
Rita Hayworth
Veronica Lake
Elizabeth Taylor
Hedy LaMarr
Ava Gardner
Ginger Rogers
Enjoy the vintage glamour girl photos. If you have any skivvies pics you would like to share, I will be happy to post them.
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August 1, 2019Today marks the opening of Glasgow’s Central Railway Station in 1879. At 140 years of age, it is an iron and stone beauty – filled with trains, passengers, shops, restaurants, and so forth. There is also a hotel where I stayed on my first trip to Scotland. My room overlooked the great glass expanse covering the arrivals and departures gates. There were also no shades on the bathroom windows . . . hmmm.
Read more about it in this story in the Scotsman.
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July 31, 2019On July 31, 30 BCE, the forces of Cleopatra and Mark Antony narrowly defeated the forces of Octavian in the Battle of Alexandria, Egypt, one of the final battles in the Roman civil war. (Octavian, soon to be Emperor Augustus, quickly won a second assault.)
After the decisive Battle of Actium in Greece, the Roman general Octavian launched an offensive against the combined forces of the rebel Roman General, Marc Antony and the Egyptian Pharaoh Cleopatra in their stronghold in Alexandria. The Battle of Alexandria, initially a victory for Cleopatra, ultimately resulted in Octavian annexing Egypt as a Roman province. Cleopatra was the last reigning pharaoh.
(This is all from National Geographic)
Cleopatra by John William Waterhouse
Gunsmoke and Knitting 