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The Last Empress
They always called her Sunny. From what history tells us, she was a happy child, and very pretty. She was the sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria’s daughter Beatrice and her husband,...
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She Carried The Light Within Her…
I’ve saved the best for last. Really, she’s my favorite. Queen Marie of Romania was one of the five granddaughters of Queen Victoria. She was the spunky one. Frankly, if she were alive today, she’d...
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Little Woman, Great War
No one really knows if Abraham Lincoln upon meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe said, ‘So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war!’ It’s apocryphal, anecdotal, and part of the...
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Not Done Yet.
My only living Aunt will turn 100 tomorrow. There’s a big bash planned in the hills of Virginia, and I’m a gonna’ be there. Hopefully most of my umpty-ump cousins will be there. I have a ton, and am...
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Locomotion
Today is Little Eva’s birthday. Carole King may have written it, but we all remember Little Eva’s version. I don’t know about you, but every time I hear this North Carolina girl sing this one, it takes...
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“The Past Cannot Be Cured.”
Queen Elizabeth I of England said that several centuries ago. Today is the anniversary of her birth, BTW. She was born in 1533. The product of an affair and an earth shaking scandal, Elizabeth was born...
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She Said It!
“Off the rack solutions, like bargain basement dresses never fit anyone.” That’s a quote from Françoise Giroud, former French Minister of Culture and had responsibility for museums and monuments;...
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On The Other Hand…
Yesterday’s post made me think of one of my favorite quotes. It comes from Alice Roosevelt Longworth, the daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt. The social butterfly, Mrs. L, as she preferred to be...
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All Sewn UP!
This is not a political post… October 25th is Helen Blancard’s birthday. That may not mean much to most people, but if you sew, you may have heard of her. If not, you need to thank her anyway. She was...
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mac ‘n cheese for the mind…
I remember getting our first television. I don’t remember the date, the time, or the day, but I do remember the event. I was young, very young. I remember sitting in the darkened dining room – which...
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Love In The Time Of Segregation
People often say,’Love is blind,” but there are times when love actually opens our eyes. Julius Waties Waring was one of those men who had his eyes opened because of the love of a woman. Julius Waties...
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And He Listened
It’s President’s Day, and as all but one have been married and surely have a love story, oh, why not? As third cousins*, Abigail and John Adams surely had known one another since childhood. At the age...
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No Good Deed, and Other Sayings…
114 years ago, Ann Clare Boothe was born in New York City. She would become known as Clare Boothe Luce and was an author, playwright, politician, Ambassador, and very public figure most know for her...
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May Day?
There’s much to be said about May. And I’ve said a lot of it over the past nine years. Really, how many times can one post about May Day or Pluto? World Stroke Month. National Military Appreciation...
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Some Are, Some Aren’t…
Madeleine Albright turns 80 today, she once said, “I am such a political person.” Fortunately, I am not. Happy Birthday, Madam Secretary.
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Sophia Nicklin Dallas was the Second Lady of the United States during the administration of James K. Polk. Her husband, George Dallas was not only the Veep, he was a political rival of James Buchanan....
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Floride; Leaving A Bitter Taste Since 1829…
My sister, Zola, has been bossing me around since I was born; recently she suggested that I do a series of posts on the Vice Presidents of the United States. I’m not so sure about that as the one post...
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If All The Girls…
Dorothy Parker, American poet, short story writer, critic, and satirist, best known for her wit, and wisecracks died on this date in 1967. It was truly a great loss to literature. She is responsible...
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Well Over 40
What is it about that magic age? I barely remember twenty-five years later, but society for the last two or three centuries has decried 40 as the beginning of the end, the beginning of life worth...
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A House Is Not A Home…
While looking for inspiration for today’s post I stumbled upon a story about Joseph Force Crater a judge who disappeared on August 6, 1930. He’s never been found While that is a story, right now it’s a...
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