pferguson | May 23, 2020

Three People Never Having Met Beneath the sky, the moon – the sun – this ground, this coast, valley, or ridge. Along the long, long trail that is our path through Gully Ravine – or our crest at Lone Pine. I return this day to wanderings across places of conflict and to now distant interests. […]

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pferguson | May 6, 2020

The Sweet Sound that Calls Every once in a while we are able to step outside the shade and into the light. I enjoy seeing little suggestions turned by creative minds into joy and laughter. Two recent ideas have proven popular and with each day in the shade I continue to try and cast a […]

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Tags: Alonenessness, Connection, COVID-19, Dark, Dreamers, Family, Film History, Light, Lovers, Rainbow, Rainbow Connection, Shade, Soundtracks, Storytelling, The Muppet Movie

pferguson | April 24, 2020

All the Following Days The tale of two soldiers…both runners (messengers) with the 72nd Canadian Infantry Battalion (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada). Some days prior to the famed attack, whilst in the line near Vimy Ridge, Privates Alexander Broadfoot (130245) and James Mucklow (160827) stood near. Private Mucklow was on duty this day, 1 April 1917, […]

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pferguson | April 10, 2020

The Soldier 410457 George Gabriel Boland What’s he going to do this soldier – 410457? He was born in Wrexham, North Wales…served briefly in the U.S. Army…once was a sailor…with a Goddess of Liberty tattoo inked on his left arm. He stood 5’ 3.5”. At the time of his enlistment, in March 1915, George Gabriel […]

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pferguson | April 6, 2020

But two ears…it is time for me to listen If all the trees in the world turned into pens, all the waters in the oceans turned into ink and the heavens turned into paper, it would still be insufficient material to describe the horrors these people suffered… Captain Lesley Henry Hardman MBE Rabbi, British Army […]

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Tags: Arek Hersh MBE, Captain Lesley Henry Hardman MBE, Dr. Chaim “Harry” Olmer BEM, Film History, Holocaust Education, Holocaust History, Icek “Ike” Alterman, Kindertransport Memorial, Liverpool Street Station, Michael Samuels (Director), PBS, Schmuel “Sam” Laskier, Simon Block (Writer), Sir Ben Helfgott MBE, The Windermere Children