Tuesday

[nightdog_barks]

Cold and grey, although at least the weather guys are saying this should be our LAST cold front of the year.

Interesting news story from the Guardian -- Lieutenant John Pritchard and Private Christopher Elphick, killed in 1917 in the Great War, are laid to rest after being found in a farmer's field. There's a nice photo of the two men at the link, and a long write-up at the BBC, here.

Allan Arbus, the actor who played psychiatrist Sidney Freedman on M*A*S*H, has passed away. He was 95 (!). His first wife was Diane Arbus, which I felt like I should've known but didn't.

Have started Mitchell Zuckoff's Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II. Wow, that's a long title.

There. Three things make a post.

Comments

[knitty_woman]

I'm curious about Private Elphick. One of my college professors, a Canadian, had the name Elphick, and I wonder if they were related in any way. As for Allan Arbus, I had exactly the same reaction you did concerning his first wife, until I realized that I'd never actually know the actor's name, and thus would have had no clue at all. An interesting thing, though.

[nightdog_barks]

I can't imagine Elphick is a very common name, so I'd think it's entirely possible there was a relation there. :D