The Alamo with John Wayne Yesterday, I woke with a song running through my head, which then led to thoughts of the movie from which it came. “The Alamo,” filmed in 1960, starred John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Richard Boone, Frankie Avalon, Patrick Wayne, Linda Cristal, Ken Curtis, Chill Wills and a cast of […]
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Three Dog Night: The Show Must Go On
Three Dog Night: The Show Must Go On The rock band Three Dog Night, with 12 Gold albums to their credit, and 21 consecutive Billboard Top 40 hits, began in the late 1960s and became one of the most successful bands in the United States. Their hit recordings were due in large part to their […]
Why Is Maureen O’Hara Buried In Arlingto
Photo Credit Rest In Peace, Maureen O’Hara, 1920-2015 Maureen O’Hara, beautiful talented actress, passed away on October 24th, 2015. The news stated that her burial is to be in Arlington National Cemetery. Many people, including this author, wondered why she would be buried there, since she was not a veteran. First, let’s learn a bit […]
Throwaway People
I never felt I was any different from other people throughout my life. I went through marriage, having children. Then I served four years in the Women’s Army Corps, and after my discharge I worked at various jobs, including writing for a newspaper and writing publicity for local companies. When I was diagnosed with emphysema/COPD […]
John Wesley Hardin: Bad or Misunderstoo...
John Wesley Hardin, Bad or Misunderstood? John Wesley Hardin was born near Bonham, Texas on May 26, 1853 to parents James “Gip” Hardin and Mary Elizabeth Dixson. Hardin’s father was a Methodist preacher, and in those days, preachers often had huge territories to cover to save souls, so they were known as “circuit riders.” In […]
Double Life of William Brodie
Photo Credit Double Life of William Brodie In the late 18th Century, a man named William Brodie was greatly respected in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. Brodie hobnobbed with society and other uppercrust folks of the city. Known citywide as Deacon Brodie, wherever there was a prestigious event, he was inevitably there, holding court. […]
Susan Deppner: A Life Well Lived
When we open an account on Facebook, we’re offered the opportunity to connect with people as friends. We get many friend requests, and some we accept, some we don’t. We also have the ability to ask others to become part of our friends list. Back in the days when I wrote for Squidoo, I had […]
Death of Meriwether Lewis
Photo Credit Courageous Ventures Into The Unknown Captain Meriwether Lewis and 2nd Lieutenant William Clark led an expeditionary group to explore the far reaches of the wild country of the North American continent. In this quest, they became the first white people to cross what is now the Western portion of the United States. Commissioned […]
In Life There Are No Do Overs
In Life There Are No “Do-Overs” I posted this photo once on Facebook as a Throwback Thursday photo. In doing so and looking at the faces of the people in it, I realized one thing, in life there are no “do-overs.” What you are living at the moment will never occur again in the exact […]
Dying To Be Healthy
Dying To Be Healthy In 1910, Earl Edward Erdman, a City of Seattle Civil Engineer had a good life. Still, he had a few aches and pains and became convinced that through the process of fasting, bodily toxins would be removed. Erdman was dying to be healthy, he wanted happiness and a long rewarding life. […]