gifites!

I'm still looking for time to make that elusive massive personal update, as well as lots of and footy and gaming and other posts, but I wanted to write a huge thank you to peaceful_fox, who took time out of her busy (and wonderful-sounding!) trip to France to pick up several pressies for me as a thank-you for making WWII book recommendations.

Now, anyone who knows me knows I love talking/writing about books and history, so I was only too glad to make some suggestions when she posted asking about D-Day books. But, thoughtful and kindly person that she is, she wanted to say thank you, and collected a whole pile of postcards, site brochures, and a couple of books on places she and her husband visited on their trip and sent them along to me as a gift of appreciation.

What a sweet and considerate thing to do! Thank you so much, m'dear!

Best wishes!

Me

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Listening to news of our president's farewell tour of Europe, I am constantly reminded of the "Rainbow Tour" song from Evita, especially the lines:

(Che:)
Now I don't like to spoil a wonderful story
But the news from Rome isn't quite as good
She hasn't gone down like they thought she would
Italy's unconvinced by Argentine glory
They equate Bush Peron with Mussolini, can't think why...

(Eva:)
Did you hear that? They called me a whore!
They actually called me a whore!

(Italian admiral:)
But Signora Peron it's an easy mistake
I'm still called an admiral
Yet I gave up the sea long ago...