CAROLYN’S DAILY POSTS: 2011
SWEDISH CURSES
My heritage is one-quarter Swedish. My paternal grandmother emigrated to the United States as a young woman. For several years I’ve been corresponding with her relatives in Sweden—one writes to me in Swedish. I still haven’t had the last letter translated—my last translator has been experiencing personal problems.
In sorting through a box of old papers, I came across a tidbit titled Cursing in Swedish (there was—is, if it still exists—actually has a website: http://www.bart.nl/ funny thing santé/enginvek.html
The article printed three practical Swedish curses: (more…)
Carolyn's Daily Posts: 2011 
Pennsylvania Hero Walkers to be in Ligonier (PA) June 22, 2010
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PENNSYLVANIA HERO WALKERS
TO BE IN LIGONIER (PA) JUNE 22, 2010
You suck up and deal with the soreness and tiredness that comes with a long walk, according to Al Pulice. After all, you don’t compare it with the discomfort of the guys walking with you, the soldiers who bear the wounds of protecting freedom.
Pulice, 55, of Murrysville, Pennsylvania, is one of the founders of the Pennsylvania Hero Walk. This year a core group of twenty wounded soldiers will trek the entire 329 mile journey.
He said the third-annual walk should remind Pennsylvanians of the sacrifices troops continue to make in Iraq and Afghanistan. “They hear about the casualties, the deaths, but they don’t hear about the injuries,” he said. “This definitely brings attention to the injuries.”
Participants in the walk are collecting donations for the Wounded Warrior Project, a nationwide nonprofit that helps injured service members (to continue reading click on Pennsylvania Hero Walkers to Stop in Ligonier (PA) June 22, 2010)
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ADDITIONAL READING:
KEEPING PEACE IN SOUTH AFRICA Part 1
KEEPING PEACE IN SOUTH AFRICA Part 2
KEEPING PEACE IN SOUTH AFRICA Part 3