And now for something a little different (Paris and Me supplement one)

Normally, this is the post where I focus on the geology, geomorphology, or physiography of the city or region of the Olympic host city. However, since we’ve already taken an in depth look at much of Europe and since we’re …

Beyond the VIII Olympiad Paris 1924 – The story of Richard Norris Williams (Paris and Me addendum 3)

Richard Norris Williams II, who was generally known simply as Norris, was born on January 29, 1891 in Geneva, Switzerland. Although born in Switzerland, Williams was American by birth because both his father and mother were Americans. In fact, his …

Notes on the VIII Olympiad – Paris 1924 (Paris and Me addendum two)

In the introduction to the post about the 19oo Olympic Games I teased two stories about the 1924 Games. The first focused on a pair of dates in 1981 and 1982 when one story from the Games of the VIII …