Lenora Rogers's Blog, page 80
July 15, 2016
Dora Jordan
If I had a chance to have lunch with anyone living or dead I would most certainly chose to have it with Dora Jordan, one of Western history’s most famous comics who graced the British stage for forty years. Not only would she make me laugh, I would uncover some mysteries about her that have persisted for the past two hundred years.
Dora was born in Ireland to a pair of theater folks around 1761. It’s not known for certain if her father was a stagehand or an actor but it is known that when D...
An Adaptation of Jean Genet from his The Thief’s Journal by mickey morgan
[Don Cabezas by Basquiat, 1982]
An Adaptation of Jean Genet from his The Thief’s Journal by mickey morgan
Creating is not a somewhat frivolous game. The creator has committed herself to the fearful adventure of taking upon herself, to the very end, the perils risked by love. How can a woman place before herself something as strong as herself which she will have to scorn or hate? But the creator will then charge herself with the with the weight of her character’s...
The British attack on Sandy Bay
On the wall of a building at Bearskin Neck in Rockport, MA is the sign shown below.
Rockport experienced one of the oddestinvasions in U.S. history during the War of 1812 when British sailorsfaced the town’s stubborn and fearless residents. I don’t know if the people of Rockport actually fought the British with stockings and rocks, but it’s a good tale, and the real story is just as strange.
The Invasion of Sandy Bay[image error]chronicles the events thathappened on the night when...
“Dalliance and too much familiarity”
Writ: William Row v. John Leigh; for insinuating dalliance and too much familiarity with his wife, drawing away her affections from her husband, to the great detriment both in his estate and the comfort of his life.
From theRecords and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts.
Testimony Mary Sparke deposed that being at William Rowe’s house, together with Thomas Day and his wife one Sabbath day at night, there...July 11, 2016
Beautiful Beatrice
Beatrice of Burgundy (1143-1184) was the second wife of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor. She used her position to encourage literature and chivalric ideals and often accompanied her husband on various trips throughout their kingdom. She definitely had influence on the King. The two had eleven children:
Beatrice (1162-1174)
Frederick V, Duke of Swabia (1164-1170)
Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1165-1197)
Conrad (1167-1191)
Otto I, Count of Burgundy (1170-1200)
Conrad II, Duke of...
Review ~ Is it something that we’ve left behind…
Victoria Adams' Reading Alcove
The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World. By Wade Davis. $16
This was a book that has been on my “someday” list for quite some time. Written by an anthropologist, this group of lectures is structured using a wealth of information Dr. Davis has accumulated over a lifetime of travels to distant corners of the globe. His travels have been funded by such organizations as the National Geographic Society and the Harvard Botanical Museum. Don’t l...
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Wreck of the Ada K. Damon, December 26, 1909
Ada K. Damon shipwreck photo from “Ipswich” by Bill Varrell
Christmas, 1909 witnessed the heaviest storm in many years and is known by sailors on the Atlantic Coast as one of the most fateful days in the history of these waters.The “Great Christmas Snowstorm” struck the North Atlantic States hard as far south as Maryland. Philadelphia had 21 inches in 23 hours. The storm did its greatest damage in New England, where winds gusted to 72 mph in Rhode Island.The gale assumed...
Grand Army of the Republic
TheGrand Army of the Republic, General James Appleton Post, at Market Square in Ipswich, all veterans of the Civil War.Photo taken by Edward Darling, circa 1900, courtesy of Bill Barton.
Van Morrison – Sometimes We Cry
‘There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love’ (Washington Irving)
‘Oh, I awoke in anger, so alone and terrified,
I put my fingers to the glass,
And bowed my head and cried’ (Bob Dylan – I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine)
Sometimes we cry. Sometimes we don’t know why. Sometimes (though we are loath...
