tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post4363700944934510696..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Miss Lila and Miss Kate's boys on Memorial DayMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-85568460868038827552013-05-28T01:43:26.717-04:002013-05-28T01:43:26.717-04:00Oh, I don't know--it works in an odd way, part...Oh, I don't know--it works in an odd way, particularly because you think of both meanings!marlyhttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-52864679114641717862013-05-27T23:01:11.061-04:002013-05-27T23:01:11.061-04:00Ack, what an embarrassing typo on my part. I'm...Ack, what an embarrassing typo on my part. I'm making myself not feel bad about it by contrasting it with the experiences of WW II bomber crews. As the kids say these days, "some people have <i>real</i> problems!"Jeffhttp://www.quidplura.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-58289802125867611642013-05-27T14:33:39.454-04:002013-05-27T14:33:39.454-04:00Neat addition to your American Gothic collection, ...Neat addition to your American Gothic collection, Jeff! It's lovely, and the church with the red light in the window is such a nice touch and remembrance.<br /><br />Imminently and eminently... XDMarly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-7108482061438274142013-05-27T14:20:33.817-04:002013-05-27T14:20:33.817-04:00That's the one. They now have a large, modern ...That's the one. They now have a large, modern facility with an English Gothic Revival chapel on the grounds to help commemorate transatlantic friendship. (I wrote about it <a href="http://www.quidplura.com/?p=4245" rel="nofollow">here.</a>)<br /><br />The main drag of Pooler is still lousy with speed traps, but now that you can cruise past it on 95, it's imminently avoidable!Jeffhttp://www.quidplura.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-89914408162318149882013-05-27T13:24:42.032-04:002013-05-27T13:24:42.032-04:00Is that the one in Pooler?
I have been to a mili...Is that the one in Pooler? <br /><br />I have been to a military museum in Georgia, but not that one. Can't figure out which one, actually... And not in many, many years. <br /><br />I used to visit my Aunt Sara in Savannah most summers. In my childhood, she would always stop under the traffic light in Pooler (I guess they have more now, but memory says they had one then.) She would open her Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-25897853383145631992013-05-27T13:13:52.480-04:002013-05-27T13:13:52.480-04:00If you're ever on I-95 just a few minutes nort...If you're ever on I-95 just a few minutes north of Savannah, there's a terrific museum and memorial to the Eighth Air Force and the bombing runs they made from England. The number of young men who survived multiple missions is shockingly low, and the number of monuments and memorial plaques on the grounds of the museum is sobering.Jeffhttp://www.quidplura.comnoreply@blogger.com