My husband's grandmother has died, peacefully, in Hospice, of old age at 99 1/2 years. She is survived by one sister (she is preceded in death by the middle sister), three children, eight grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. Everyone seems to be doing all right.

( Marina Zidek 16 July 1911 to 5 March 2011, history, immigration story, and interview )

Religion
An Officer's Experience in our Christian Military": religious intolerance, intolerance of atheism, and the failure to separate church from the state military.

Feminism
The Terrible Bargain We have Regretfully Struck: Feminism, women, men, and trustworthiness (trigger warning)

Volcanic Eruptions
Krakatoa was mentioned in "Rose" on DW, ( Read more... )