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The Scotch Cap Lighthouse, April Fool’s Day 1946

Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for April 1st, 2024 On an April Fools Day, 78 years ago on Unimak Island, in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska the unthinkable would happen. At 1:30 am a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the North Pacific, at a location roughly 13,000 feet below the surface of the ocean. The earthquake createdContinue reading “The Scotch Cap Lighthouse, April Fool’s Day 1946”

‘The Narrows’ Halifax 1917

Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for March 4th, 2024 After steaming out of New York City on December 1, 1917, filled with a staggering three thousand tons of TNT, benzene and gun cotton, this munitions ship the Mont-Blanc found its way up the Atlantic coast, through waters filled with enemy u-boats. After colliding with anotherContinue reading “‘The Narrows’ Halifax 1917”

“Loneliness and Monotony”

Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for February 5, 2024 The words most used by light keepers in their diaries and letters to describe the existence during their time at lighthouses are “loneliness” and “monotony”. A great deal of a keeper’s life centered on the mundane duties of keeping the station and its equipment clean. Lighthouses wereContinue reading ““Loneliness and Monotony””

‘Lighthouses of the Pacific Coast’ Book Cover

Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moanings for January 1, 2024 HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024 This has been a great way to start the first day of the new year. Although, I have been talking about the latest book I have been working on, this is the first time I have had to highlight the new coverContinue reading “‘Lighthouses of the Pacific Coast’ Book Cover”

‘Romeo Observer Christmas’

Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for December 4, 2023 This is a repeat of a blog from Christmas of 2020. I felt it was well worth posting the information yet again for any newer blog readers who might not have seen this article from that point in time. With this being the Christmas season, myContinue reading “‘Romeo Observer Christmas’”