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Memorial Day Salute - 2021

5/29/2021

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Memorial Day falls on Monday, May 31, this year in the United States.  The most important thing Americans do on Memorial Day is honor military service members who gave their lives serving in the nation's wars or who died as a result of their combat injuries. 
​Many novels, memoirs, histories, and films tell the story of the men and women--sometimes known and more often unknown to most people--honored on Memorial Day.

Among the many are two young Marines--Corporal Jonathan T. Yale and Lance Corporal Jordan C. Haerter--who gave their lives in the line of duty.  Their actions on April 22, 2008, saved over 150 U.S. Marines and Iraqi Police.  It all happened in Ramadi, Iraq, which at the time was one of the most dangerous towns on Earth.

I learned about their inspirational actions from the following speech and film.  You can, too. 

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How to find time to read?

5/10/2021

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I. Have you experimented with any of the following hints?
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  1. Read first thing in the morning.
  2. Read before falling asleep at night.
  3. Carry a book with you (paper or e-book) to read while waiting in line or at the dentist’s office, etc.
  4. Listen to audiobooks while commuting to work, exercising, or doing routine household tasks.
  5. Drop a book if it doesn’t interest you.  (Finish the book if it’s required reading for your job or your schoolwork.)
  6. Identify a special place to read.  It might be your favorite chair at home, a bench at the park, or a table at the public library.
  7. Identify a reading goal.  How many pages, chapters, and/or books will you read in a given period of time?
  8. Schedule time to read.  Put it on your calendar.​
Good suggestions, but if it hasn't come together for you or you'd like to up your game, then check out one or more of the following five books for ideas.​
Atlas, Titan of Ancient Greek mythology, holding a clock on his shoulders rather than the heavens.  Atlas Life Building, Tulsa, Oklahoma, photo by Lynne Schall
Atlas, the Titan god of Ancient Greek mythology, holding up a clock on his shoulders rather than the heavens.

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    Lynne Schall is the author of three novels:  Women's Company - The Minerva Girls (2016), Cloud County Persuasion (2018), and Cloud County Harvest (November 2022).  She and her family live in Kansas, USA.

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