I just finished reading a book called, "In Harm's Way," by Doug Stanton. I picked it up in the bargain book section of Barnes and Noble for 8 bucks and it was money well spent. It is one of many books about the sinking of the Indiannapolis in WWII; the ship that delivered the atomic bomb that was to be dropped on Hiroshima. I am always fascinated with anything and everything to do with this time in our history and I hadn't yet read anything on this particular topic. It was engrossing, suspensful and ultimately very sad. The book mainly focuses on what happens after the ship, hit by a Japenese torpedo sinks and 900 of the ships crew goes into the ocean. Only 316 of the original 900 survived the ordeal being rescued 4 days after the sinking- the others died of hypothermia, sharks, dehydration and exhaustion. It is heartbreaking and sobering to think about what these men went through to preserve our freedom. I've always had an uwavering respect for anyone who...
The fabulously eccentric non conformist, poet Allen Ginsberg said, "“To gain your own voice, you have to forget about having it heard.” This blog is not to gain followers or to show off my writing skills, but instead to express my thoughts and feelings about the world through words. I believe words have the power to change and move people and through writing them, change oneself. This is what I am doing in this blog...changing myself one word at a time.