eagle broken wing
fiction
edward w pritchard
Eagle broken wing
clutches to branch
at treeline on highest mountain
away from everything and everyone
fearful to let go
sharp talons gradually cuts connecting branch
cruel cold wind rock sacred tree
once dignified emblematic eagle refusing to hop about
shoves off to find a friendly wind to support broken wing
whistling down, down through the freezing solemn night air
down toward the empty abandoned homestead
in the happy hunting grounds
razor sharp eyes
searching for final resting place
Friday, October 26, 2018
Monday, October 15, 2018
Napoleon on the future
Napoleon on the future
fiction
edward w pritchard
Dear Mrs.Edwards:
I so admired your posts on the Emperor Napoleon's last days on St Helena .I can't document it but I have some verbal history on the Emperor that I thought you might find of interest. My great grand Mother when I was a young girl would often tell me we were related to Napoleon's faithful servant Marchand. My grand mama often told me the following story:
Marchand our relative was driving a small cart to the highest mountain on the small island of St Helena where Napoleon had been sent to die after his second fall from power. Napoleon's two guards had just jumped out of the cart to meet some local women at a local tavern. My relative Marchand and Napoleon were alone as he drove the emperor to the top of the Mountain. Napoleon was in pain with stomach cancer near the end of his life at that time in 1821. When they reached the top of the hill Napoleon talked for a half hour to Marchand about how someday a future Emperor would be able to talk verbally to an entire country through signals sent through the air and the
citizens by using a receiving device would be able to hear the messages all at one time as if they were a few feet from where the Emperor then stood talking. The story always ended with Napoleon being in severe pain, dying a few days later with Marchand assisting the doctor with the death mask.
Toni
Toni
Thank you so much for that interesting piece of family history. Please accept with my compliments
my latest book on the Empress Cleopatra another interesting person from history.
Staci
fiction
edward w pritchard
Dear Mrs.Edwards:
I so admired your posts on the Emperor Napoleon's last days on St Helena .I can't document it but I have some verbal history on the Emperor that I thought you might find of interest. My great grand Mother when I was a young girl would often tell me we were related to Napoleon's faithful servant Marchand. My grand mama often told me the following story:
Marchand our relative was driving a small cart to the highest mountain on the small island of St Helena where Napoleon had been sent to die after his second fall from power. Napoleon's two guards had just jumped out of the cart to meet some local women at a local tavern. My relative Marchand and Napoleon were alone as he drove the emperor to the top of the Mountain. Napoleon was in pain with stomach cancer near the end of his life at that time in 1821. When they reached the top of the hill Napoleon talked for a half hour to Marchand about how someday a future Emperor would be able to talk verbally to an entire country through signals sent through the air and the
citizens by using a receiving device would be able to hear the messages all at one time as if they were a few feet from where the Emperor then stood talking. The story always ended with Napoleon being in severe pain, dying a few days later with Marchand assisting the doctor with the death mask.
Toni
Toni
Thank you so much for that interesting piece of family history. Please accept with my compliments
my latest book on the Empress Cleopatra another interesting person from history.
Staci
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