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HARD TIMES: NOTES ON HENDERSON YOAKUM FROM THE TEXAS ARCHIVES
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Thoughts while getting through the recession. Tuesday, May 11, 2010. NOTES ON HENDERSON YOAKUM FROM THE TEXAS ARCHIVES. If all men were as high minded and honourable as Henderson Yoakum, the world would roll smoothly around its axis, until it just wore out, without any of those jars, discords, strifes and contentions which now distract and disgrace it. Pleasant Williams Kittrell (1805 - 1867). Henderson Yoakum's home near Huntsville, where he wrote the first. History of Texas in 1855. April 3, 1833.
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HARD TIMES: MY COUSIN WILLIAM PENN
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Thoughts while getting through the recession. Monday, April 5, 2010. MY COUSIN WILLIAM PENN. Rembrandt's Girl With a Broom. Many years later, I found out that some of our family roots go back to this era of the Netherlands. Through the art, I already felt familiar with my forebears. The Battle of Scheveningen, 10 August 1653 by Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten, painted c. 1654, depicts the final battle of the First Anglo-Dutch-War. 8220;True religion does not draw men out of the world but enables them to live ...
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HARD TIMES: January 2010
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Thoughts while getting through the recession. Wednesday, January 20, 2010. DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS. As I was examining a plant that looked like yarrow, I began inadvertently to swat my bare legs. Finally, irritated to the point of consciousness, I turned my attention from the plants to my body. Monster mosquitoes had invaded them. 8220;Whoa,” I remarked. “Everything is bigger in Texas.” We abandoned the field. It was pretty obvious that making 30 miles a day was going to take us about a year to cross ...
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HARD TIMES: March 2010
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Thoughts while getting through the recession. Monday, March 29, 2010. A PENSACOLA CONNECTION TO WASHINGTON AND NAPOLEON. Catherine Willis Gray Murat. MILDRED WASHINGTON GREGORY LEWIS. 8220;Mildred Willis," she explained, "was my namesake and cousin, and I grieve to lose her. But that is not the worst of it! I am perfectly sure old Henry Willis will soon be coming down to see me - and I don't know what in the world I can do with him! Would it be sinister to suggest that the lady was already won? His grand...
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HARD TIMES: IT HAPPENED ON GREGORY STREET
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Thoughts while getting through the recession. Monday, March 1, 2010. IT HAPPENED ON GREGORY STREET. ITEMS FROM THE PENSACOLA JOURNAL. Journalists at that time took great liberties with the spellings of names and the accuracy of the information they were reporting. For the most part, I’ve left the name spellings as they appeared in the paper. Because this is a blog, it is not a finished work, so there is much that could be reorganized and categorized, but I’ve done all I care to do for the moment. Note: E...
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HARD TIMES: Jim Crow in the Pensacola Journal: 1905-1907
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Thoughts while getting through the recession. Wednesday, March 24, 2010. Jim Crow in the Pensacola Journal: 1905-1907. Jim Crow in the Pensacola Journal in 1905-1907. From Showboat's 2nd version (1936) Paul Robeson - "Ol' Man River," a song originally written for the well-known singer and actor of the time. Earlier this year, I went to see "Showboat" put on by the Pensacola Opera. The original Ziegfeld production premiered on Broadway in 1927 and was controversial even then. This week, as I was reading s...
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HARD TIMES: Remembering Carl “Cedar Buck” Cabbage (1918 - 1987)
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Thoughts while getting through the recession. Sunday, April 18, 2010. Remembering Carl “Cedar Buck” Cabbage (1918 - 1987). Author's note: Cedar Buck Cabbage, who died on Dec. 10, 1987, would have been 92 today April 18, 2010. He may be gone, but his broad grin and those bright blue eyes have left an indelible print on those of us who spent a lifetime appreciating his special charm. Happy Birthday, Cedar Buck, wherever you are! 1) John Cabbage’s son, Jacob Cabbage, born in 1794 in Grainger Co., ...2) Russ...
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HARD TIMES: February 2009
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Thoughts while getting through the recession. Saturday, February 14, 2009. WIN A TRIP TO SEAWORLD IN ORLANDO (CONTEST IS OVER). 1 http:/ geekmommy.net/2009/02/11/manta-mania-win-a-trip-for-4-from-izea-to-seaworld-in-orlando/. 2 http:/ www.sparkplugging.com/momsational/win-a-trip-to-seaworld-for-four-from-izea/. 3 http:/ pop17.com/. 4 http:/ www.juliaroy.com/juliapatriciaroy/2009/02/seaworld-manta-mania-contest.html. 5 (In Spanish) http:/ www.fayerwayer.com/2009/02/manta/. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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HARD TIMES: March 2009
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Thoughts while getting through the recession. Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Midwife to a Polyphemus Moth. When you live in Florida, you can expect natural surprises on a regular basis. A couple of days ago, for example, I was looking out my second story window in downtown Pensacola when a large redtail hawk landed on the live oak branch not 30 feet from me. I'm keeping him by the window in the hope that he'll take flight (do they only travel at night? Saturday, March 21, 2009. Ultimate Blog Party 2009. I've n...
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