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SALLY JAMESON BOND
Sally's Soliloquies
Welcome to Sally’s Soliloquies!
Each week, as I share snippets of the research that helped me develop my story, you will learn about the often-turbulent times of World War II. When My Mother’s Friend is finally published, and you open your copy to page one, you’ll be up to speed on the time and place of my story and so much more.
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– Sally
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The “Swedish Angel of Rescue”
Have you taken a genetic ancestry (DNA) test yet? I haven’t, but my brother Peter did it a few years ago. Earlier this month, I asked him...
Sally Jameson Bond
Jan 19, 20227 min read
Above and Beyond: The Medal of Honor
“Conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity [resolute courageousness; dauntlessness; braveness; facing danger or pain without showing fear] at...
Sally Jameson Bond
Jan 12, 20228 min read
Nuremberg: Steeped in History
My husband Joe and I have traveled through Germany twice (three times if you count our 1986 overnight train journey from The Netherlands...
Sally Jameson Bond
Jan 5, 20225 min read
The Reluctant Blogger
I didn’t intend to post anything today. At the end of my last blog on December first, I informed my readers that I was planning to take...
Sally Jameson Bond
Dec 29, 20213 min read
It’s been 80 years . . .
Next Tuesday marks eighty years since the surprise attack on Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. In perhaps...
Sally Jameson Bond
Dec 1, 20215 min read
11-23-1944
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day, and I’m sure many bloggers will write about this wonderful holiday this week. There’s a lot to...
Sally Jameson Bond
Nov 24, 20214 min read
“What’s in a name?”
“That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet.” Sound familiar? I’m sure many of you will know these words came...
Sally Jameson Bond
Nov 17, 20213 min read
All Hallows’ Eve
I loved Halloween when I was a kid! What kid doesn’t, right? You spend a couple of hours dressed up as an imaginary creature or entity,...
Sally Jameson Bond
Oct 27, 20214 min read
Who remembers Wendell Willkie?
The name rings a bell, right? A few of you might know a lot about him, others might know a little or nothing at all. Truth be told, I had...
Sally Jameson Bond
Oct 20, 20217 min read
The USO Brought (Brings) Hope
The United Service Organizations The USO strengthens America’s military service members by keeping them connected to family, home and...
Sally Jameson Bond
Oct 13, 20215 min read
Riveting Rosies
Just before the United States entered World War II at the end of 1941, less than 20% of women were employed outside the home, and most of...
Sally Jameson Bond
Oct 6, 20213 min read
The House on Glenwood
The house where I grew up (“Sally’s Childhood—the Early Years”) is for sale. Out of the blue a couple of weeks ago, I Googled “713...
Sally Jameson Bond
Sep 29, 20214 min read
Promoting My Novel
Unless I get hit by a bus on the way to campus today, at the moment this blog is published (12:06 p.m. EDT), I will be speaking to the...
Sally Jameson Bond
Sep 22, 20214 min read
The American Veterans Center
I use four email addresses. One is relatively new—my author Gmail account (sally.jameson.bond@gmail.com)—another Gmail I’ve had for a...
Sally Jameson Bond
Sep 15, 20213 min read
Back to school!
It’s September, and that means the kids are back in school. I realize some of them have been in the classroom since the middle of August...
Sally Jameson Bond
Sep 8, 20215 min read
Presidents who served
I must admit I was somewhat surprised to discover that only fifteen of our forty-six presidents did not serve in the military in some...
Sally Jameson Bond
Sep 1, 20214 min read
The Real Phee
In early 2015, when the idea of My Mother’s Friend first meandered into the crevices of my mind, I knew I’d eventually be writing about a...
Sally Jameson Bond
Aug 25, 20216 min read
Blogging—now . . . and then
I am a blogger, have been since March of this year. It was totally unexpected. My wonderful web designer, Michelle Gill, dropped the...
Sally Jameson Bond
Aug 18, 20215 min read
Otto Heinrich Scholand – Part Two
While he was confined in the prisoner of war camp at Camp White in Oregon, Otto Scholand befriended one of the guards, Lewis Marshall,...
Sally Jameson Bond
Aug 11, 20213 min read
Otto Heinrich Scholand – Part One
One of the many benefits of writing a historical novel (and, subsequently, a blog) is that you find yourself engaged in a lot of...
Sally Jameson Bond
Aug 4, 20215 min read
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