Travel tales on 7 continents, DNA ancestors of 1,000 years plus
David G. Molyneaux
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Penguins, Elephant seals star on Antarctica cruise expedition
As travelers, we waltzed in, after the wildlife had endured arduous, dangerous migrations to breed, feed, molt, and play. They performed their basic stages of survival in a dramatic, awesome theater of nature
A new book in the works:
Tree of Conquerors
Kings, knights, ladies, concubines, commoners outlast their family journey of 1,000 years
Vivere sat Vincere is the motto of the Molyneaux family knights since the reign of King Edward I, 1272-1307. Through centuries in England and America, meanings and missions change. The life-focusing translation “Conquering is Living Enough” evolves into “Living is Conquering Enough” that overpowers a tragic kidnapping. An accidental emigration becomes a treacherous, though sucessful, immigration to America.
Memorials, tombs, and effigies
Sir William Molyneaux is buried at Canterbury Cathedral 1290. His effigy lies at St. Helen’s Church, Sefton, England. Sir William is carrying a shield with the carved Cross Moline, crest from coat of arms for the Molyneaux family.
I have walked the ruins of Acre, Israel, with a learned Israeli guide. And here, in a church in England, I stand over the effigy of a man who fought at Acre in 1271 and 1272 as one of the knights supporting England’s King Edward I.
Since the time of King Edward I, the family motto is Vivere sat Vincere. Translation from the Latin has drifted through the centuries from Conquering is Living Enough to a more philosophical Living is Conquering Enough. The latter translation is the theme of my book, Tree of Conquerors, which is in the works.
About David G. Molyneaux
For decades, the world has welcomed me as a curious traveler and a working journalist. I am grateful. I have visited, at last count, 130 countries and sailed on more than 150 vessels, mostly cruise ships and river boats but also freighters, ferries, and rigged watercraft of various comforts and seaworthiness. I am a fortunate writer who began working for newspapers at age 19 and have been published all over the world. In The Plain Dealer of Cleveland and later its Cleveland.com, my byline appears for 55 years. I am editor of MolyNews.com and writer for TravelMavenBlog.com. A Mercersburg Academy and Miami University grad in economics, I am a member of the Cleveland Journalism Hall of Fame and vice president of the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation, which oversees the annual Lowell Thomas travel journalism competition.
My latest project is a non-fiction narrative history of families whose ancestral stories reach back more than 1,000 years. More to come. My journey continues. My wife, writer Frances Golden, and I live in Cleveland, Ohio. From a lakeside porch near Huron, Ohio, we watch the sun rise and set, spring through fall, over the south shore of Lake Erie.
On the ferry to Martha’s Vineyard