by Doug Nichols | Sep 7, 2021 | Baker, Jack, Biagini, Gerard, Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Coaches U - Z, Faulkner, Ralph, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Fencers P - T, Funke, Erich, Greco, Anthony, Halberstadt, Hans, Lane, Arthur, Mayer, Helene, Nadi, Aldo, O'Brien, William, Shurtz, Skip, Visconti, Edward |
The Latin meaning of that, according to Google Translate, is “Wine of the Spirit”. As a philistine in the ways of Latin, I’ll have to accept it. No clue. Truly. Still, I’m willing to forge ahead, bracing myself for the potentiality of a...
by Doug Nichols | Aug 10, 2020 | Blog Post, Borack, Carl, Bradford, Vinnie, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Coaches U - Z, D'Asaro, Michael, De Jong, Duris, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers F - J, Fencers K - O, Fencers P - T, Johnson, Stacey, Marx, Bob, Marx, Michael, Mayer, Helene, Mori, Torao, Nadi, Aldo, Northern California, Oregon, Richards, Ed, San Jose State University, Schifrin, Peter, Schools/Clubs, Vince, Joseph, Washington |
A number of things have come my way recently through various paths. Taken individually, they add to the collection in nice ways, but don’t necessarily give me the grist to crank out a full story around them. I thought it might be fun to drop them instead in a...
by Doug Nichols | Aug 3, 2020 | Blog Post, Brownlee, Laurance, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Halberstadt, Hans, McDougall, John, Nadi, Aldo, O'Brien, William |
Serendipitous. Is that a word? Spellcheck isn’t trying to correct it, so I guess I’m on firm ground. Serendipitosity happens a lot around here. I find one piece of information, an image, a packet of photos. Time passes. I find another piece that fits...
by Doug Nichols | Jun 15, 2020 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches K - O, McDougall, John, Nadi, Aldo |
If I don’t write something about Aldo Nadi for too long, I get this annoying twitch in my eye that will only begin to calm down with a collection of images and some quality time with my laptop. Buckle up! Some time back, I published a four-part series about a...
by Doug Nichols | Apr 6, 2020 | Biagini, Gerard, Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Coaches U - Z, Craus, Polly, Faulkner, Ralph, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers P - T, Funke, Erich, Halberstadt, Hans, Jan York, Lane, Arthur, Nadi, Aldo, Uyttenhove, Henri, Vince, Joseph |
I love running across old photos of fencers. It doesn’t matter who’s in them or what condition they’re in for me to be fascinated with the discovery and the challenge of putting names to faces. Sometimes, although not very often, I get the...
by Doug Nichols | Feb 10, 2020 | Blog Post, Boyd, Andrew, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Coaches U - Z, Fencers, Nadi, Aldo, Northern California, Schools/Clubs, Stanford, Uyttenhove, Henri |
In going about my daily Archiving routine, I’m beginning to recognize that small obsessions can take over my focus. Sometimes for days, sometimes longer. Not that they’re out of line with my uber-goals, but they can cause me to veer off topic. Henri J....
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