"The light that comes from wisdom never goes out"
Before Polish Captain Wladek Wagner died, he and his English wife Mabel had intended to write “his” and “her” versions of their story. So she drew on his large trove …
Continue reading “COMMENTARY — The Wagners of Trellis Bay, part 32”
I began these commentaries on July 20, 2023, to celebrate the construction of the original airfield on Beef Island by Wladek Wagner, a Polish sea captain, as recorded in the …
Continue reading “COMMENTARY — The Wagners of Trellis Bay, part 31”
I started this series of commentaries on July 20, 2023, after the inaugural American Airlines flight between Miami and Tortola, to celebrate the construction of the original airfield by Wladek …
Continue reading “COMMENTARY — The Wagners of Trellis Bay, part 30”
This series of commentaries is based on Mabel Wagner’s out-of-print book Lest I Forget: The Wagner Family, Pioneers of Trellis Bay, Beef Island. My first one, published July 20, 2023, …
Continue reading “COMMENTARY — The Wagners of Trellis Bay, part 29 “
In part 27 of this series, published on Nov. 28, I used Mabel Wagner’s lengthy quotes from an account of her son Michael’s 6th birthday on April 3, 1957, by …
Continue reading “COMMENTARY — The Wagners of Trellis Bay, part 28”
In part 26 of this series, published on Nov. 14, I described how the then governor of Puerto Rico gave the 1950s Beef Island airstrip project a Caterpillar bulldozer, delivered …
Continue reading “COMMENTARY — The Wagners of Trellis Bay, part 27”