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I saw this and found it very thought provoking and inspiring. I felt called to share it. Stanley Kunitz was 95 years old when he wrote this beautiful poem, “The Layers.” I find some of the most moving lines are these: “How shall the heart be reconciled / to its feast of losses?” and "I am not done with my changes." Most of us who have lived into our seventies, or beyond, know that "feast of losses" and we must not only acknowledge it and recon with it but we must learn t

I recently read the book “Behind Enemy Lines” By Marthe Cohn, and really enjoyed it. Her story needs to be told. She was quite a strong, determined and brave woman. I found the book well written and a bit of a page turner. I really enjoyed the background she gave us of her life and family before, during and after the war. She was a delightfully humble woman as well. I really admired her and enjoyed her story. I wanted to share her with you and recommend her book. Mart

Sarla Sharma Thakral was born in Delhi, India, in 1914. India was still under the rule of the British Raj. There is not much information about her childhood or adolescent years. She married P.D. Sharma when she was just 16. They moved to Lahore and lived with her husband’s family. Sharma was a pilot and actually the first airmail pilot in India. Sarla was fascinated with flight and airplanes. I happens that there were nine pilots in Sharma’s family, and he encouraged his

Obviously, I have not posted here in a while. Perhaps it has been the heat, a little malaise, the re-entry to the world after Covid, and also wondering if I wanted to continue with this site. I’ve been pondering and weighing things in my mind and heart. Time seems to be an issue. I am working on editing They Persisted and I want to have it republished. I am also compiling material for the next book, They Roared, a collection of women from the same period that were journa