Lenora Rogers's Blog, page 151
July 31, 2015
{wanderlust}.
Originally posted on The offbeat Chronicles of a TuTu with Tea:
Today I’ll begin a three week adventure around Europe with the loveliest combination of family and friends… Amidst my summer travels, I can’t help but find pointsof pause here and there – quiet opportunities to stop, to soak up the moment, to absorb sunlit smiles well into the depths of my memory stores…
I’ve been so grateful to call Manhattanhome these past few weeks…reveling in thesimple luxury of finding solace and serenity i...
Ted Healy and The Three Stooges
Originally posted on kitparkerfilms:
“Just the Facts Ma’am”
Bill Cassara’s previous profession, along with its “curse,” is a blessing for those who enjoy reading biographies that reveal heretofore unknown information.
Before retiring, Bill was an Internal Affairs Sargeant for the Monterey County (California) Sheriff’s Department. He was, and is, a film buff. Laurel and Hardy were at the top of his list, and The Three Stooges weren’t far behind. Bill is a naturally curious person, and wond...
Ehyophsta
Originally posted on Badass Ladies of History:
Ehyophsta was a woman of the Cheyenne nation. She lived from c.1826—August 1915, when she died on a reservation. She was also called Yellow Haired Woman.
Ehyophsta entered battle against white settlers as a member of the resistance, and joined specifically for the cause, as opposed to vengeance. Her first real combat experience took place against troops of Major George Forsyth at Beecher’s Island in 1868. She and her other warriors laid siege t...
WS- Pamphleteer, Playwright, Poet…Persona Incognitus
Originally posted on crafty theatre:
Mufario, Mufario! But who is Mufario, and why does he hide his face behind a mask?
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“Mufario, Mufario! But who is Mufario? And why does he hide his face behind a mask? You don’t know? Well, I’ll tell you . . . ” – misquoted from Scaramouche, MGM, 1952.
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In my recent post, 3.What Authorship Question: Shakespeare? Who? Homer? I toyed with the idea that Shakespeare’s plays were written by sev...
July 30, 2015
Meeting Dorothy Allison
Originally posted on K'Anne Meinel:
Okay, I will confess I didn’t know who this keynote speaker at the GCLS Con was. I did my research and read about her and her book BASTARD OUT OF CAROLINAwhich was made into a movie…cool.
I didn’t expect to find myself sitting NEXT to her at my first reading…and again, I was sick and clueless and didn’t recognize this great author. Thank goodness MY reading of SHIPS,
my FIRST novel written in 2003 was before this great orator went on to deliver her reading...
Slave quarters found at William & Mary
Originally posted on The Cotton Boll Conspiracy:
Archaeologists working at the College of William& Mary, the nation’s second-oldest college, have found the foundations of a structure that may have housed slaves who cooked and cleaned for students and faculty of theschool.
The brick remnants sit next to the Wren Building, at the core of the historic campus. Scholars believe that they are the traces of an outbuilding — possibly sleeping quarters, a kitchen or a laundry — built in the 18th cen...
Colonial tin shop unearthed at Williamsburg
Originally posted on The Cotton Boll Conspiracy:
The discovery of a Revolutionary War-era tinsmith shop in Williamsburg, Va., has been confirmed by archaeologists reconstructing a site in the historic Virginia locale.
Thefind at the James Anderson Armoury project has led Forrest Mars Jr. to provide an additional $500,000 for reconstruction and endowment of the tinsmith operation.
When complete, the Tin Shop will be the only working 18th-century tinsmith operationin the US, according to the...
The Horrible Health of Andrew Jackson
Originally posted on Presidential History Blog:
How Andrew Jackson managed to live to be seventy-eight is a wonderment, considering his dreadful health.
AJ: The Young Frontier Boy
Said to be a portrait of young Andrew Jackson.
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) was a posthumous boy; his father died only weeks before Andy was born. Raised in the remote Waxhaw area betweeun North and South Carolina (both states are still battling for claiming rights), he was brought up by his mother, two older broth...
July 29, 2015
Generating Page-Turning Momentum—Characters & The Wound
Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:
Hmmm, what’s the story behind THIS?
Can we answer the question, “What is your book about?” inone sentence. Is our answer clear and concise? Does it paint a vivid picture of something others would want to part with time and money to read? Plot is important, but a major component of a knockout log-line is casting the right characters.
Due to popular demand I am running myYour Story in a Sentenceclass in about two weeks and participants have their log...
Donnelly’s Hollow
Great article
Originally posted on Ed Mooney Photography:
Now this is the type of place that I don’t come across too often. This quaint little monument, which is situated a short distance from the old military graveyard on the Curragh plains, commemorates the site of a famous prize fight between Dan Donnelly and the English Champion George Cooper. The fight which took place on 13th December 1815 was won by Donnelly when he knocked out his opponent in the 11th round. Dan Donnelly...
