Category Archives: avoiding death

The Salted Cod

Posted on December 20, 2009 by Trish and Rob

Maja Nicolic is the foreign rights agent at our agent’s company. She was born in Belgrade and grew up in a small town about 25 miles from there – Smederevo. Her story about salted cod and the death of her … Continue reading →

Posted in avoiding death, fish, transitions | 5 Comments

Will It Come in Threes Again?

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Trish and Rob

Ted Kennedy died yesterday, August 25, and when we read about it this morning, we wondered if there would be two more. Less than 24 hours later, writer Dominic Dunne passed away at the age of 83. On November 22, … Continue reading →

Posted in avoiding death, celebrities, politicians, writers | 20 Comments

Woman Haunts Disasters

Posted on July 26, 2009 by Trish and Rob

Some of these close calls are a stretch, but interesting. By JENNIFER COPELAND / NewsChannel 36E-mail Jennifer: JCopeland@WCNC.com CHARLOTTE, N.C. — We all know the miraculous story of Flight 1549 — 155 people made it out alive when the US … Continue reading →

Posted in airplanes, avoiding death, disasters, travel | 6 Comments

The Church Choir

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Trish and Rob

This story was first reported in Life Magazine, 1950, and we recently ran across it in Robert H. Hopcke’s There Are No Accidents. It’s a stunning example of…well, you’ll see.***A church choir in Beatrice, Nebraska was due to practice at … Continue reading →

Posted in avoiding death, death, miracles | 11 Comments