Monthly Archives: November 2011

La Vie en Rose-Colored Postcards

 My Grandpa Jim, who was short, energetic, and as a young man, fabulously charming, emigrated from Five-Mile-Town, County Armagh in 1910. Sometime over the next few years, he fetched up in Southern  California. Having been trained as something of a … Continue reading

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Christmas Market – New Braunfels Edition

 So, the Weinachtsmarkt in New Braunfels has been going on like a well-oiled machine for a good few years now: four days of serious Christmas shopping, at a wide variety of booths set up in the Civic Center  . . … Continue reading

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To Truckee’s Trail – The Very Roof of the Mountains

Chapter 12 – The Very Roof of the Mountains  From E.S. Patterson Interview, University of California Local History Archival Project 1932: “There was snow falling every day that we moved the wagons along the river. I don’t think we knew … Continue reading

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Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour: Great-Uncle Will

(A repost from the Daily Brief blog archives, just for today) It is a sad distinction, to be the first in three generations to visit France while on active duty in the service of your country, and to be the first to … Continue reading

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Thursday Two-Fer

It’s a double-play today, because the cover for Deep in the Heart is finished, and the book itself is actually being finalized, just in the nick of time to be launched at Christmas on the Square in Goliad, on December … Continue reading

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All Righty, Then

How about a picture of Santa Claus … riding on a long-horn! Just the thing to get into the mood for Christmas … or maybe a cute picture of a German Christmas angel? Yes – even though we are only … Continue reading

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Historical Humor – for Trafalgar Day

Just for fun – what would happen if Admiral Nelson was heading into battle today? The answer here, courtesy of Charlie Farrow.

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