Scott baxter
@Md1819
Retired Navy, big fan of history, literature and all things nautical....and Snoopy!
While I was reading and on Twitter this morning my wife put this bookshelf together, she’s handier than me! This bookshelf will give a quick snapshot of my interests..if you hadn’t already guessed!
"If I cannot dwell anywhere, let me then stay nowhere, in this world brief as a grass hut." ― Monk Saigyo (西行) (image: rain in Omiya by Hasui Kawase)
Just got this today and I’m going to try to get one of these watches next Friday when they go on sale at 5 in the morning…I may need an intervention soon..or we may have to move to Japan…where I will go broke!
I would go broke in Japan!
どんな冒険にも果敢に挑むフライング・エース✈︎ みんなはこの夏、どんな冒険に挑戦してみたい？ #スヌーピー #ピーナッツ #ピーナッツギャング #フライングエース #FlyingAce #Snoopy #Peanuts #PeanutsGang
Martha's Vineyard Times states: "Pursuing the Leviathan is the story of one remarkable man but it’s also a vivid recounting of an important era in American and Vineyard history. Paul Magid details the life aboard the whaling ships, its daily deprivations, brutality, and financial…
Enjoying the 4th weekend in SC, had some great BBQ with the family at Lewis’ in Charleston.
Reminder ⬇️
This week, we celebrate the miracle of America. Our nation is imperfect, often divided, yet unmatched in what it makes possible. The only nation on Earth founded not on bloodlines, but on beliefs that freedom is God-given, that rights are unalienable, and that power belongs to…
Signalman Brian Osborne Phillips, from Blackman's Bay, Tasmania, of The Royal Australian Navy, died on active service on 25th June, 1941, aged 22 We laid flowers and paid respects at his final resting place in Cardonald Cemetery, Glasgow Lest we Forget this brave young man 🇦🇺
Had a pleasant surprise in Texas today, they have In-N-Out stores! Great burgers, last had one in Arizona last summer, they are big out in California, as good as I remember!
The Civil War Museum collection was phenomenal, great visit. And the book selection, I almost cried that I couldn’t get all the ones I wanted; I limited myself to just these but could have spent WAY more!
Visited the WWII museum in New Orleans today, phenomenal exhibits. Visiting the Civil War museum tomorrow and then off to Texas and more WWII!
History Geek Boy Summer officially begins today and it’s truly at one of my ‘Happiest Places’, any guesses?!
