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Indian Summer, A Call to Remember
Fall is fully underway here in Western Massachusetts, and I have begun to accept the need to get out winter clothes. Emily Dickinson’s “Indian summer” poem shares a response to its … more →
Daily Dash 1789
This Day In History
wrote 1 month ago: Dec. 1st: In 1917, the Rev. Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town in Omaha, Neb. In 1953, the New York S … more →
The world ends in 2012
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wrote 2 months ago: This is the END It sounds scary but it might as well be true. Apparently, in 1859 the solar flares h … more →
Indian Summer, A Call to Remember
wrote 2 months ago: Fall is fully underway here in Western Massachusetts, and I have begun to accept the need to get out … more →
Jesus Loves Me (by Anna Bartlett Warner) - Original Lyrics
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wrote 3 months ago: You’ve likely heard the song “Jesus Loves Me” before. It’s been famous since … more →
The Broderick-Terry Duel: Re-enacting San Francisco History
wrote 3 months ago: On September 13, 1859, California State Supreme Court Chief Justice David S. Terry mortally wounded … more →
Katharine Lee Bates - birth, Aug. 12, 1859
wrote 4 months ago: O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain; For purple mountain majesties Above the fr … more →
To Salmon P. Chase
wrote 6 months ago: A few days late again, I know. This was written in 1859, after Lincoln’s defeat by Stephen Do … more →
Connor Prairie, IN - 1859 Balloon Voyage
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wrote 7 months ago: Fishers, Indiana … more →
16 December, 1859: Fijian chiefs sign over to total power to govern Fiji to William Pritchard
wrote 8 months ago: On December 16 , the Fijian chiefs in council unanimously agreed: ” That we hereby delegate, c … more →
Gold-Digger Survives Indian Massacre
wrote 8 months ago: Image from http://visitmantonca.com UNITED AFTER MANY YEARS. Supposed Victim of Indian Massacre Find … more →
To the beloved and deplored memory
wrote 9 months ago: “To the beloved and deplored memory of her who was the inspirer, and in part the author, of al … more →
Katharine Lee Bates - death, Mar. 29, 1929
wrote 9 months ago: “O Beautiful for Spacious Skies” O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain; For pur … more →
Petersen traces route that became Lincoln Hwy
wrote 11 months ago: Past LHA president Jesse Petersen has extensively researched the Lincoln Highway in Utah, mapped it, … more →
So ya lookin' for somethin' to read . . .
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wrote 11 months ago: On the other side of my wall a father yells at his child. The child yells back in healthy, though re … more →
Carl Gustaf Boberg - death, Jan. 7, 1940
wrote 1 year ago: “How Great Thou Art” O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder, Consider all the worlds Thy Hands ha … more →
Charles Dickens: Over the Years
wrote 1 year ago: Charles Dickens Boz. The Sunday Morning News says the Reporters of N. York are taking measures to gi … more →
How Do Old-Year Failures Succeed?
wrote 1 year ago: The nectar of success that seemed to shower unearned wealth and power on so many in 2008 ultimately … more →
Children Depict Secret Success
wrote 1 year ago: I am like an architect that can’t find a builder. I am a slacker when it comes to seeing my pl … more →
Protectiveness Starts in the Heart
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wrote 1 year ago: I remember when I memorized the following poem by Emily Dickinson five years ago as protection from … more →
