I was thirteen, lying on the living room floor with my brothers, watching this happen:
I think we barely budged from the TV even for meals until the first man had walked on the moon. Then we had a celebratory “moon landing cake” with gray moon icing and tin foil for craters.
Sad to report that Walter Cronkite, whose report of the moon landing was one of the most memorable in television history, also died this week. His great moment is also recorded here.
Rest in peace.
I’m happy to announce that this blog is now an official member of the Amazon Associates program. From time to time I’ll be talking about or recommending books along with Amazon links. Providing content links to Amazon.com will hopefully provide a little income to keep the site going. It will also support a great company that I really like and use. Check out this link:
A book in which I’m very glad to have had a part as translator. Hopefully there will be more to come — and not just books by me!
If you’ve come here in the last couple of days, you may have noticed some serious problems with the site — either it was unavailable or some strange codes inserted themselves everywhere. This was due to a seriously corrupted file on the server putting the whole thing out of whack — or so my IP provider tells me. Everything seems to have righted itself, and I’m monitering the situation as best I can, having been ill for a couple of days. Sorry for the inconvenience.
