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December 17, 2012
The River Channel
A "Higher Power" need not be a daddy or mommy figure. It need not be anthropomorphic, standing outside oneself and guiding or responding to prayer.
I cannot manage the concept of a Kindly Old Gentleman in the Sky smiling on me and nudging me on apath of His design. But I most certainly can see myself on a river. I can choose to go with the natural flow of the river or try to resist its direction. I can get to know where the river channel is and gui...
December 14, 2012
Oh, I?
It's bad enough that the various 12 Steps Programs insist on pushing this Higher Power bit. OK, OK, I know the point is to realize you can't control things and people by your will alone. And that they say "or by whatever name you know Him as".
But they must not know with whom they are dealing when it's someone like I am. I'm intelligent, and I don't just mean educated, though that is true too. So even these supposed concessions to agnostics and atheists Eve...
But they must not know with whom they are dealing when it's someone like I am. I'm intelligent, and I don't just mean educated, though that is true too. So even these supposed concessions to agnostics and atheists Eve...
December 7, 2012
Radio Dé Danann: Celtic Christmas Traditions
Radio Dé Danann: Celtic Christmas Traditions: Enjoy thjis reading while you listen to another new playlist for the holidats from Radio Dé Danann! Celebrating a Celtic Christmas - Th...
November 16, 2012
Transmen in the Military: John Taylor/Mary Ann Talbot - Royal Navy Man
Featured at DOD FED GLOBEPosted by Christopher T. Moss on October 21, 2012 at 1:45pmView Blog
By Christopher T. Moss
Mary Ann Talbot was born an orphan in London on February 2, 1778. Her mother died at Talbot’s birth and the child was raised by a series of what we would now call foster homes and in boarding schools. She claimed to be the illegitimate daughter of William Talbot, 1st Baron of Hensol. One of her guardians, a man to whom she referred as “Mr. Sucker”, managed to siphon away an inhe...
By Christopher T. Moss
Mary Ann Talbot was born an orphan in London on February 2, 1778. Her mother died at Talbot’s birth and the child was raised by a series of what we would now call foster homes and in boarding schools. She claimed to be the illegitimate daughter of William Talbot, 1st Baron of Hensol. One of her guardians, a man to whom she referred as “Mr. Sucker”, managed to siphon away an inhe...
November 8, 2012
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October 30, 2012
Christmas on Halloween? Anel Viz Book Giveaway
Leave a comment on this post and you may find yourself the proud reader of Anel Viz's latest!
Whether you’re looking for ghosts and ghouls that chill your blood or the impish hanky-panky that makes you you smile, you’ll find both tricks and treats in my Halloween anthologies, Horror, Dark & Lite. The last story in the dark volume is a historical novella set in Spain after Franco’s death as it slowly changed from a fascist, patriarchal society to an open and accepting one. Leave a comment b...
October 12, 2012
From History to Herstory to OUR STORY: LGBTQ Historical Fiction
BELOVED PILGRIM by Nan Hawthorne Think being lesbian, gay or transgender is a modern phenomenon? Think again. We've always been here, and it wasn't always living without love or losing our lives for it. You can't deny love, and there were always men and women who managed to find a way. Unfortunately hardly anyone kept record of our lives, so you will mostly only find the erasure of our lives in your search through history. That's where historical fiction come...
September 18, 2012
Sharpe's Plot
The scene opens as Wellington, sitting in his tent at his desk, discusses an important message with his intelligence expert, Snidely Malevolent. "Your Grace," Malevolent says in a knowing way, "we must find a man who is expendable but has a chance at succeeding at this suicide mission."Wellington raises one eyebrow. "Sharpe."
Later Wellington stares at the rakishly handsome Sergeant then Lieutenant, then Sergeant, then Lieutenant then Major then Lieutenant.. Richard Sharpe. He introduces him t...
September 15, 2012
15 September 1251 Born To Go Far
15 September 1254 – Birth of Marco Polo, Italian explorer (d. 1324)Read about it in The Journeyer by Gary Jennings, telling "the rest of the story".
[image error] 16 September 1400 – Owen Glendower is declared Prince of Wales by his followers.
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September 10, 2012
[HUMOR] Highest Rankign FTM Office in US Civil War
General C. T. MossName at vbirth: Nanette Haas
