Tag Archives: historical events

Pearl Harbor 75th anniversary stories

Posted on December 4, 2016 by moonbridgebooks

My mother was a 16-year-old living near Tokyo when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The war seemed far away to a teenager busy working to help support the family, but soon she was following radio broadcasts to hear of bombs … Continue reading →

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Lights Out – a memoir of life in Cuba before and during Fidel Castro

Posted on November 27, 2016 by moonbridgebooks

Fidel Castro is dead. I can’t say RIP. Coincidentally, I just finished reading Lights Out:  A Cuban Memoir of Betrayal and Survival by Dania Rosa Nasca. Dania spent her childhood in Cuba under Castro and despises him for what he … Continue reading →

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Media intelligence and frustrated story lines

Posted on July 10, 2016 by moonbridgebooks

What in the world is going on? Last week saw terrible tragedies in the US related to race relations. Police quick with their guns, fed-up black men using their guns to take revenge on anyone who looked like their “enemy.” Too bad about collateral damage. … Continue reading →

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