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Friday, September 27, 2024
U Shan Lone who was once our neighbor on Windermere Court--c early 1950s
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/92352/Shan-Lone-Duwa-Lahpai-Rusty.htm
I remember him and his wife as a smiling couple.
It seemed to me, all my parents' friends smiled a great deal.
He was part of Burma special ops at end of WWII.
I think Mel Gibson was excellent as Hamlet--Glen Close less so as the queen his mother.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet All these critics saying this and that. I don't much care. In the end Shakespeare is Shakespear...
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https://reedsy.com/discovery/blog/best-post-apocalyptic-books