Reflecting on the year 2001
Reflection on the year 2001, checking progress of the goals, and some numbers.
Journal
2001
52 posts
Merry Christmas
As I grow I see more in the Christmas story. Jesus was born in a poor stable yet he is the son of God.
Christianity
Monthly update #0139 • November 2001
Monthly update 139 • November 2001 • 2001-11-01 - 2001-11-30
Monthly Updates
The Stagecoach by René Goscinny
Lucky Luke rides shotgun on a stagecoach race across the West, guarding a coach full of mismatched passengers against rivals and bandits.
Books
Monthly update #0138 • October 2001
Monthly update 138 • October 2001 • 2001-10-01 - 2001-10-31
Monthly Updates
Tortillas for the Daltons by René Goscinny
The Dalton brothers flee across the border into Mexico, and Lucky Luke follows them south to bring them back.
Books
A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan
Cornelius Ryan’s A Bridge Too Far recounts Operation Market Garden, a bold 1944 Allied plan to capture bridges in Nazi-occupied Netherlands and end World War II quickly.
Books
Monthly update #0137 • September 2001
Monthly update 137 • September 2001 • 2001-09-01 - 2001-09-30
Monthly Updates
A Bridge Too Far
A Bridge Too Far (1977), directed by Richard Attenborough, shows Operation Market Garden. This Allied plan in 1944 aimed to seize bridges in the Netherlands to end the war fast. It failed. The film uses a large cast.
Movies
Calamity Jane by René Goscinny
After Calamity Jane saves him from an Apache ambush, Lucky Luke joins her to break up gun-running in the rough town of El Plomo.
Books
The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan
Cornelius Ryan’s The Longest Day chronicles D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, through the eyes of soldiers, civilians, and leaders.
Books
Monthly update #0136 • August 2001
Monthly update 136 • August 2001 • 2001-08-01 - 2001-08-31
Monthly Updates
Barbed Wire on the Prairie by René Goscinny
An Eastern farmer settles at Cow Gulch and fences his land with barbed wire, setting off a feud with the cattle baron Cass Casey whose herds trample the crops.
Books
The A-Team
The A-Team is an American action series. It aired on NBC from 23 January 1983 to 8 March 1987. Frank Lupo and Stephen J. Cannell created it. It follows four former United States Army commandos on the run for a crime they did not commit, working as soldiers of fortune while ducking the military police.
TV Series
Monthly update #0135 • July 2001
Monthly update 135 • July 2001 • 2001-07-01 - 2001-07-31
Monthly Updates
The Escort by René Goscinny
Lucky Luke must escort Billy the Kid across the territory to face a fresh trial in New Mexico, while Billy schemes to escape at every turn.
Books
West from Home by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'West from Home' is a collection of letters she wrote to Almanzo during her visit to San Francisco in 1915. It shows Laura seeing the big city and the World's Fair for the first time.
Books
Monthly update #0134 • June 2001
Monthly update 134 • June 2001 • 2001-06-01 - 2001-06-30
Monthly Updates
The 20th Cavalry by René Goscinny
Lucky Luke joins the bumbling 20th Cavalry on the frontier, where a hot headed colonel and a clumsy regiment risk dragging the army into a needless war with the local Native nations.
Books
On the Way Home by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'On the Way Home' is her diary of the journey from South Dakota to Missouri with Almanzo and Rose. It shows the family looking for a new place to settle and start fresh.
Books
Pietje Puk maakt zich boos by Henri Arnoldus
This combined edition brings together two stories: in one Pietje Puk grows cross with reckless cyclists racing through Keteldorp, and in the other he sets off on a balloon trip high above the village.
Books
The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'The First Four Years' tells the story of Laura and Almanzo's first years of marriage on their Dakota homestead. It shows the struggles of farming and the hardships they face together.
Books
Monthly update #0133 • May 2001
Monthly update 133 • May 2001 • 2001-05-01 - 2001-05-31
Monthly Updates
Pentecost
As I grow I see the point of Pentecost. The Holy Spirit came to help the church start.
Christianity
The Daltons Redeem Themselves by René Goscinny
The four Dalton brothers play model prisoners and win parole, promising to go straight, while a suspicious Lucky Luke is sent along to watch them prove it.
Books