Tag: history
member name: Nancy S.
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December 18, 2009 02:01 PM EST --
In my small town the American Legion has a small memorial for the local veterans. They just added these two silhouettes and had a local artist paint this picture on the side of the . . .
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September 16, 2007 08:02 PM EDT --
Spookville, Mo. May 6 1963
This town is marked by a small store, a deadend intersection and a "spook light" across the state line in Oklahoma.
Population varies from one . . .
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September 18, 2007 07:10 PM EDT --
When I bought my 12 acres in 1983, half the land was (and still is ) covered with trees. The most beautiful one was just off the hay field, over the edge of a shallow gully. It was a . . .
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March 29, 2009 05:36 PM EDT --
Moonshine, Illinois, population 2, is a unique place and quite famous. I had forgotten about it until my son reminded me of the bikers meet in 3 weeks. The bikers have their first meet . . .
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August 18, 2007 10:54 AM EDT --
Subject: The barn
A NY man retired. He wanted to use his retirement money wisely, so it would last, and decided to buy a home and a few acres in Portugal.
The modest farmhouse had been vacant for 15yrs.; . . .
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November 29, 2007 12:24 PM EST --
When I was a child I spent all winter on my ice skates and all summer on my bicycle. The summer of 1947 was very hot, but I still road my bike all day. When I started having leg cramps my . . .
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February 17, 2008 06:47 PM EST --
My youngest son left in January for a 4 to 6 month deployment in Afganistan. He doesn't like it very much because it's very cold and the poverty he sees bothers him. He sent these . . .
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February 21, 2008 10:32 AM EST --
Coming home last night, we watched as the moon eclipsed and stopped a few times to take a picture.
They say there won't be another eclipse . . .
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February 29, 2008 08:21 PM EST --
You can take a boat tour on Lake Michigan for a day, a dinner or even several days. They are wonderful but most people don't know about the river tours. Wendella boat tours. Tour . . .
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May 17, 2008 12:40 AM EDT --
The closest town of any consequence is 15 miles from me. A small town by most standards with about 7000 population. It has my family doctor, several gas stations,a couple of decent . . .
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August 25, 2009 10:20 AM EDT --
The town is nestled in the mountains with part of it built into the hillsides. The downtown is filled with quaint stores filled with art and crafts of all kinds. At the edge of town . . .
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November 15, 2009 03:52 PM EST --
I finally got the pictures of my daughter's visit to Rome. One great perk to being in the military, if you aren't in a war zone, is the chance to see the world. My daughter is much like me . . .
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October 03, 2007 10:11 PM EDT --
Last summer my great nephew graduated basic training in the Air Force. My granddaughter went with his family for the ceremonies and took these pictures.
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After the ceremonies and dinner . . .
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April 20, 2009 10:03 PM EDT --
Some of my son's friends met at the local Huck's, then they rode to a Days Inn where they met up with the rest of their cycle club. That's a lot of motorcycles to meet on . . .
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April 20, 2009 11:57 PM EDT --
When Dan & Beth finally got inside the store they checked out the souveniers. They brought home some great Pepper relish, just like the guy in the first picture.
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June 07, 2009 10:15 PM EDT --
The town I grew up in, about 40 miles from where I live now, has a celebration in the town park every June called the Pow Wow. It started Thursday night and ended tonight. A lot of . . .
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July 16, 2009 06:24 PM EDT --
There is a very small town ( only 150 Pop.) near my daughters town. The kids are bused to the bigger town for school. This town as small as it is, keeps a 6 to 8 twin average. . . .
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December 03, 2007 04:36 PM EST --
This is just the starter. With it you can make biscuits, bread, pancakes, & waffles.
2 cups flour
1 package dry yeast
2 cups lukewarm milk
1/2 cup sugar . . .
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January 03, 2008 12:55 AM EST --
In the early 1930's my dad went to a boxing match. It wasn't a big time kind of thing but it still looks pretty strange to me. He got these two pictures and I was lucky to find them in his . . .
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January 08, 2008 10:33 AM EST --
My dad and his baby brother in 1931. Quite a bit of age difference.
My dad and his baby brother 42 years later in 1973.
My grandfather died in 1938 when my Uncle Bill was 7 yrs old. . . .
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