In ancient times the northernmost region of the habitable world - hence, any distant, unknown or mysterious land.
By Aussiegirl
posted by Aussiegirl @ 8:10 PM
I am a naturalized Ukrainian-American, fortunate enough to have been admitted to this great land as an immigrant. My personal history is the spur for this blog. My parents lived through the Ukrainian Genocidal Famine of 1933, survived years of Communist persecution, fled to the West, endured forced labor in Nazi Germany, and following liberation, ended up in Allied internment camps fighting forced repatriation to the Soviet Union under the Yalta Agreement. Their courageous struggle to bring our family to freedom, first to Australia, then to America, and their example of unflinching faithfulness to truth and honor, have left an indelible impression on me. My parents did not save me from Communism and Nazism for me to go gently into dhimmitude or slavery. Hence my passion and my mission to expose threats to freedom and democracy wherever they are found. This blog is a testament to their courage and my small gift to their heroism. ***ADDENDUM*** Aussiegirl, my wife, Helen, passed away on January 13, 2007. I shall continue her blog to allow access to her archives.***David
7 Comments:
Thank God!
You have no idea how long I have been coming here, clicking to post a comment, and realizing for the ten thousandth time that I can't.
I am gracious.
-Robert Mayer
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Had I but known that there was such pent-up demand I would have done this sooner!
Welcome and comment away! (Of course the ugly truth is that I only just discovered that I can do this, being rather cybernetically challenged. If anyone out there can clue me in as to how I can blogroll some favorite websites on the side, please email me with some help.
Love to hear from you all -- Aussiegirl
Now -- don't get nervous everyone - it's not as bad as it looks -- I actually deleted my own post because I accidentally posted as Anonymous -- you know, that person who wrote all that poetry -- so I have suitably chastized myself for my own incompetence by deleting my own comment. Don't want you all to think I'm already laying waste to the comments section.
I wonder if you have read (and perhaps been inspired by) my recent post, "My Response Policy." Yours is much more feminine. I'll try not to make you cry.
Good job! It makes for more fun give and take.
Nice blog! Keep it up the good work!
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