by alan | Jan 1, 2015 | Coronado Clarion Winter Issue 2015
Sometimes, even in death, the best person to get the job done is yourself. We figure that’s what led Margaret (Marge) Aitken Holcombe to write her own obituary, and when reader Pam Gallagher sent it to our attention, we had to agree that this was The Best...
by alan | Dec 16, 2014 | Coronado Clarion Winter Issue 2015
A sculpture commemorating the famous truce of Christmas Day 1914 was unveiled at Liverpool’s Bombed Out Church. The statue, named All Together Now, was designed by sculptor Andy Edwards and depicts a British and a German soldier greeting each other with a football by...
by alan | Dec 15, 2014 | Coronado Clarion Winter Issue 2015
When this bearded badass in Norway saw a duck trapped under the ice on the surface of a lake, he didn’t hesitate to leap into the frigid lake, shattering the ice, rescuing the duck and making a new feathered friend in the process! As crazy as jumping into an icy lake...
by alan | Dec 15, 2014 | Coronado Clarion Winter Issue 2015
It’s not enough for some Kurdish mothers to send their sons off to war against Islamic State. Their daughters are going, too. SULIMANIYA, Iraq—Every morning when veteran fighter Lt. Col. Nasreen Hamlawa walks into her office, the first thing she sees is her daughter’s...
by alan | Dec 12, 2014 | Coronado Clarion Winter Issue 2015
LONDON (AP) — A mushroom with hallucinogenic properties has been found growing at Buckingham Palace but no one suspects Queen Elizabeth II of cultivating the magic mushroom. The Amanita muscaria was found growing wild in the extensive palace gardens during...
by alan | Dec 8, 2014 | Coronado Clarion Winter Issue 2015
NAGORO, Japan (AP) — This village deep in the rugged mountains of southern Japan once was home to hundreds of families. Now, only 35 people remain, outnumbered three-to-one by scarecrows that Tsukimi Ayano crafted to help fill the days and replace neighbors who died...
