Turn, Turn, Turn
A time to build up,
A time to break down,
A time to dance, A time to mourn,
A time to cast stones,
A time to gather stones together.
To everything, Turn, turn, turn,
There is a season,
Turn, turn, turn,
And a time to every purpose
Under heaven.
---Pete Seeger
Adapted from Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
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Tag Archives: Luxembourg
Vianden Castle: In which a Faulconer meets a falconer
Our ultimate field trip to Europe included Nick’s one request — to visit a real castle. Since the organizing factor of the trip was to visit his grandfather’s World War II battlefield straddling Luxembourg and Wallendorf, Germany (which I wrote … Continue reading
Posted in A Writer's Life, Buildings, Field Trips, Historical Fiction, History, Ultimate Field Trip
Tagged European castles, European field trip, falconry, living in a fairy tale, Luxembourg, Magic Cabin toys, Medieval history, Our River, Vianden, Vianden Castle, Waldorf-inspired homeschooling
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World War, Too
For decades, my father-in-law, Charles Faulconer, did not talk about being wounded as one of the first Americans to cross the Our River between Luxembourg and Germany on February 7, 1945. This summer, fourteen Faulconers went with him to Europe … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, History, Uncategorized
Tagged 80th Division, American liberator, Battle of the Bulge, European family vacation, European Theater, Faulconer, February 1945, German pillboxes and bunkers, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg Germany border, National Museum of Military History, Our River Crossing, Roland Gaul, Siegfried Line, ultimate field trip, Veteran, veteran visits to Europe, veterans' memories, Wallendorf Germany, World War II, World War II history
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