by Michelee Cabot | Sep 10, 2015 | Flying, The World As It Was
BROTHER MATTHEW FLIES AGAIN The Abbey rose among the swelling green hills of central Massachusetts, a handsome sprawling stone compound echoing medieval Europe, a beautifully mystical place of monks chanting in the dimly lit chapel their morning lauds and matins, the...
by Michelee Cabot | Aug 2, 2015 | The World As It Was
It’s just too easy to roll back the years, and be there. I’m back to eight years old. The images are strong – I’m there, digging my toes in the dirt and stirring it until it becomes a fine powder at least 8 inches deep, thus violating the rule to always wear shoes....
by Michelee Cabot | Aug 1, 2015 | The World As It Was
We were going home – to a home we didn’t know yet. What would it be like, on the other side of the world? Behind a giant V-spray of water, for 21 days our MATS transport ship muscled the sea out of its way, leaving behind spouting whales – and sometimes,...
by Michelee Cabot | Jul 29, 2015 | The World As It Was
We were adventurous, curious, and rambunctious, we transplanted military offspring. We were on Luzon, at the Army Air Corps base Florida Blanca – still Air Corps, not yet Air Force, that year. Newly reunited with our warrior dads, gleeful to be back in their arms, on...
by Michelee Cabot | Jul 27, 2015 | The World As It Was
JOE and the CARVING KNIFE The wild sight is burned in my memory – Chinese Joe the cook, enraged, crazed, chasing fleeing terrified Lupe the housemaid with a carving knife held high to plunge into her back. His slitted eyes were on fire, his lips drawn back from his...
by Michelee Cabot | Jun 20, 2015 | The World As It Was
In Memoriam, to a wonderful father (Excerpt from Fly Over Down Under) 1946 – WW II is over… we are joining my father in Luzon. The transport ship pulled in to dock at destination Manila. A brass band played with great gusto and feeling, “Kiss me once, and...
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