A Day in the Life of Santa
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A Day in the Life of Santa
Christmas is the season when everyone, or at least the young at heart and those magically inclined, wants the answer to the question. “Is there a Santa?” And for once, I know the answer. It all started when Susie, a loc...
Christmas is the season when everyone, or at least the young at heart and those magically inclined, wants the answer to the question. “Is there a Santa?” And for once, I know the answer. It all started when Susie, a loc...
Branson Missouri in the Christmas Season
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The reason for the trip to Branson was to do a book signing at a small independent bookstore that carries my books. The signing went well, talked to a lot of people, signed a few books, the weather was beautiful, and the book store seemed happy. A...
T. Charleston and Sons - a book signing.
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T. Charleston and Sons independent book store, Grand Village, Branson Missouri. A book signing
I suppose that it is always important to set the scene for an essay. Our table is set up outside the front door of the bookstore. It is a beautiful fa...
I suppose that it is always important to set the scene for an essay. Our table is set up outside the front door of the bookstore. It is a beautiful fa...
Decatur Celebration
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The Celebration
Saturday is going to be a long day. The Celebration runs from eleven to eleven with a city parade that begins at ten. Given that the parade closes the streets near the arts/crafts booths you must arrive before nine-thirty if you w...
Saturday is going to be a long day. The Celebration runs from eleven to eleven with a city parade that begins at ten. Given that the parade closes the streets near the arts/crafts booths you must arrive before nine-thirty if you w...
Notes from the Road - Decatur Celebration Friday
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We arrive in Decatur late afternoon on Thursday and make our way to the mobile home park that has a few sites for RVs. It is a big sprawling place, almost a mobile home village, one that has been here for awhile. The streets are tree lined, and ma...
Decatur Celebration - Note from the road
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We are off to Decatur Illinois. If you are traveling from St. Louis, drive east about two hours, turn right at Springfield. Well it seemed easy until “She That Knows” (Ms. Garmin) takes over and we turn off the highway to follow a less traveled pa...
Gettysburg - Notes from the road
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We are off to Pennsylvania. The land is beautiful, the forests are a nice mix of evergreen and deciduous. This is farm country, with open fields running up to gentle rocky hills. Huge barns dot the area, not the utilitarian metal structures now po...
The Newseum - notes from the road
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It has been awhile since we last visited Washington DC—it has been so long that the Smithsonian has added two new museums, the Newseum, and the Native American Museum. Following our business in at the American Library Association Conference, we’ve...
Memorial Day - 2010
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Memorial Day – 2010
It is warm this morning as I trudge up the hill to the booth – Silk Road Traders – our spot is at the top of the hill, next to the music stage, close to the pub, and AAARBUCKS Coffee. The family has been manning this booth at ...
It is warm this morning as I trudge up the hill to the booth – Silk Road Traders – our spot is at the top of the hill, next to the music stage, close to the pub, and AAARBUCKS Coffee. The family has been manning this booth at ...
A Time Remembered - A Time Lived
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To an unbiased observer there was a frenzied aspect to the time. The rich accumulated and displayed wealth at levels previously thought embarrassing. The growing economic inequality between the classes was grasped by the political elite who pander...
