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Off He Goes....
posted 4 days ago by CaliforniaBlonde | 18 comments
”Into the wild, blue yonder,
Climbing high, into the sky……”
After a year of waiting and wondering, it finally happened. Dylan, the first born grandchild o’mine is now in the Air Force. He is off to Lackland AFB for basic training, then to ...
Climbing high, into the sky……”
After a year of waiting and wondering, it finally happened. Dylan, the first born grandchild o’mine is now in the Air Force. He is off to Lackland AFB for basic training, then to ...
Ned Christie Family Member Outlaw introduction.
posted 8 days ago by c2clistener 
| 0 comments
THE STORY i AM GOING TO TELL WILL BE IN 4 PARTS, IN THIS the introduction. I* WILL GIVE YOU A BIT OF BACKGROUND TO THE RELATIVE OF MY CHILDREN. NED CRISITIE WAS KILLED AS AN OUTLAW IN OKLAHOMA TERRITORY. HIS STORY IS CALLED THE WAR OF NED CHRISTIE...
Ned Chrisitie Outlaw Uncle Beginning
posted 8 days ago by c2clistener | 1 comment
The moon had set and all was quiet in the hour before dawn on November 3, 1892, in the Cherokee...
Uncle Ned part 3
posted 8 days ago by c2clistener | 0 comments
With Deputy Marshal L.P. Isbell of Vinita, a skilled tracker, Thomas set off on his usual circuit through Indian Territory, handing out subpoenas and making arrests. At Muskogee, they left 13 prisoners under guard and met Bub Trainor. Trainor knew...
Uncle Ned the ending
posted 8 days ago by c2clistener | 4 comments
Ned .. the ending.
A crowd of Christie's friends and relatives gathered below the wagon ford. They watched the house in silence as heavy smoke from the black powder drifted their way and stung their nostrils.
The deputy marshals kept demanding ...
A crowd of Christie's friends and relatives gathered below the wagon ford. They watched the house in silence as heavy smoke from the black powder drifted their way and stung their nostrils.
The deputy marshals kept demanding ...
Painting the Roses Red....
posted 13 days ago by CaliforniaBlonde | 8 comments
(Not really. I just always think of that song when I paint....)
Well, it was finally my turn to work on the kitchen. I’ve been painting it….
I remember when I was a child, living in this house, and Daddy painted the kitchen. I had never heard th...
Well, it was finally my turn to work on the kitchen. I’ve been painting it….
I remember when I was a child, living in this house, and Daddy painted the kitchen. I had never heard th...
Retirement Homes
posted 29 days ago, updated about 2 hours later by Wildcard | 7 comments
I received an AARP Bulletin in e-mail today that contained a story about the 10 best places to retire. Naturally, those places are warm-weather spots where you can play golf, tennis, walk the beaches, and see sunshine most days of the year.
But I...
But I...
Not forgotten...
posted about 1 month ago by lynnieblue | 4 comments
I have a little book..."The Principles of English Grammar". It originally belonged to my Great, Great, Great Grandmother, Betsy Gilchrist, in Glasgow, UK. Inside, it has words in her handwriting, dated 1842 and other notations in my Great Grandfat...
Golden Moments...
posted about 1 month ago by CaliforniaBlonde | 15 comments
It’s quiet around here this evening…. I can hear an occasional referee’s whistle, or a groan, from the family room, where he’s watching football….and the squeak of my old oak office chair as I work on my projects. What’s missing is the kid, coming...
Meet My Two "Kids"
posted about 1 month ago by juudycootie | 8 comments
Well, I figured that I would introduce you to my two children, and I do use that term loosely, seeing as how both of them would qualify to join EONs. LOL!
I started out early, as a lot of us do, and of course I thought I knew everything...Ha! Ha!....
I started out early, as a lot of us do, and of course I thought I knew everything...Ha! Ha!....
