I had a political epiphany this week about secession and the U.S. Civil War. I had an authorial epiphany about where and how I write.
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Museums and Galleries on My Bucket List
Another post in the WWBC series, this one about “Museums or Galleries I’ve Visited or Want to Visit.”
May Memorials
When did the last escaped German POW surrender?
An Eclipse, A Good Book, & Searching for Galveston’s Lost
Bob shares his lukewarm anticipation for the upcoming solar eclipse, delves into a genealogical mystery possibly tied to the Galveston Hurricane, and reviews “The Reluctant Coroner” with appreciation for its depth.
Family History: A 70-day Marriage in The Great War
There’s such a contrast in the handwriting on historical documents. I found the marriage license for one of my cousins, a cousin twice removed, or 1C2R. Clara Reynolds McKee, born in 1876 in Galveston, married George Edward Fay in 1894. The names on their marriage license are very elegant, as if the clerk knew to Read More