by Douglas Granum | Nov 22, 2022 | A Creative Life, Books
This story is now available on Amazon in Paperback! Please go check it out. Please feel free to leave your comments below. I would love to hear them. Chapter 2…1940…Happsalu, Estonia …the thought that Germany could lose the war never entered into her...
by Douglas Granum | Sep 26, 2022 | Essays
My eager lover is coming to me. I am waiting by my window to catch a first glimpse of her. She will be smiling, her blue eyes will be shining. I will feel, for I know myself, I will feel breathless. I am already excited. Hard cold rain is falling Threading her lithe...
by Douglas Granum | Sep 8, 2022 | Essays, History
Her withered old face died into a long shiny coffin We stood and watched in amazement as they took her from the North Dakota coal black hearse. We listened in obedient silence as mourners sang “The Old Rugged Cross” In that clearing...
by Douglas Granum | Jun 21, 2022 | Books, Marine Raiders / Navajo Code Talkers
I am flying in the navigator’s seat of a B-25 Mitchel looking down at a calm turquoise South Pacific. We fly low bucketing and creaking, it’s a plane with a lot of hours, through heat waves of turbulence. We lose rivets on occasion and have bullet holes in our...
by Douglas Granum | Jun 21, 2022 | A Creative Life, Ivan
This month I am re-reading The Year of the Gorilla by George B. Schaller. This book played a critical role in helping to shape my understanding of the gorilla in my research for creating the Beloved Ivan sculpture. This seminal work chronicles George B....
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