The Ballad of Coastal Bend ‘Twas eleven o’clock in the morning and five days out at sea, When a large black cloud on radar showed a storm ahead of me. My brain called out a warning, a turbulent sea no doubt. Wondering if I should continue or should I come about? By four o’clock that […]

When the armies of Napoleon swept over Europe, one of the generals made a surprise attack on the little town of Feldkirch, on the Austrian border. As Napoleon’s formidable army maneuvered on the mountains above the city, a council of its citizens was hastily summoned to decide whether to surrender or attempt a defense. In […]