Tag: November

Thank you, Veterans

On this day in 1918 Germany signed an armistice agreement with the Allied Nations in a railroad car near Compiègne, France. Fighting in World War I officially ended at 11:00 a.m. (the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month). The war officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on …

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To Nano or Not Nano

That is the question. The first time I participated in NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, was some fifteen or so years ago. I was introduced to the challenge by a young friend and member of our Tolkien, or more correctly “Hobbit Hole” fellowship on an Internet political forum. She’s moved on and has become …

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