Archive for History
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Eloise Graham National Library Week - April 7 - 13 I recently saw a quote by David McCullough that said, “I think the public library system is one of the most amazing American institutions. Free for everybody. If you ever get the blues about the status of American culture there are still mo...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones Happiness is a Warm Gun, to Shoot... Like nearly every red-blooded American youth of my vintage, I spent many hours of my young years “glued to the TV” watching westerns. Not the namby-pamby stuff of today, but real live shoot’em up shows where the good guy didn’t hesitate t...
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March 2019
By Eloise Graham This year, March is host to Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday, also known as Shrove Tuesday. The date is March 5th. Mardi Gras colors are green, gold and purple. The Mardi Gras parade king is called Rex. In 1872, Rex chose the colors of purple, green and gold to be the official Mardi Gra...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston I rambled around my poetry collection for this month’s poem and comments. It is February, and in 14-15 years of this effort, I may have exhausted the sweet stuff for St Valentine’s day. Digging deeper I recovered a 1900 printing (that’s right, some 119 years in the past,) of ...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones Now That was Cold and Cruel Custom has Saint Valentine as the patron of love, romance and all things warm and fuzzy. February and its notorious holiday brings, at least for most, lots of warm-hearted memories of love and tenderness. But I believe this to be nothing more than a crue...
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February – Not-So-Well-Known Dates
By Eloise Graham Everyone knows Punxsutawney Phil looks for his shadow on February 2. Those of us over 50 learned in school that February 12 is the birthday of the 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, and February 22 is the birthday of the 1st President, George Washington. That was before the Uniform M...
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We are One Snow Away from Disaster
By John & Joan Maxwell Cinnamon Ridge Farms On the farm, weather can be a real challenge, especially snow and cold. Our livestock need to be kept warm, but also need fresh air, as respiratory infections such as pneumonia can occur in stale air environments. Then, when big snowfalls occur, not ...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Eloise Graham Resolutions.... or Procrastination? Do you make resolutions? We all talk about them but does anyone make a serious list and try to stick to it? What are resolutions, anyway? Definition: a firm decision to do or not to do something. Synonyms: intention, resolve, decision, ...
