Monthly Archives: December 2011

Happy New Year

Posted on December 31, 2011 by

Thank you to my good friend Kent Sorensen for permission to use his beautiful photo in my blog. He’s not only a superb photographer but a gifted author. Watch for his novel The Dark Horse of Shanghai later this spring. Photo … Continue reading →

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Christmas in New York, 1898, by Arletta Dawdy

Posted on December 20, 2011 by

Thank you to my friend, Arletta Dawdy, for permission to copy & post her blog about Christmas in New York in the year 1898. Arletta is the author of The Huachuca Trilogy of historical fiction set in the southwest. December … Continue reading →

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On The Wrong Track

Posted on December 9, 2011 by

Here’s a book review I wrote back in 2010. A most amusing must read! On The Wrong Track by Steve Hockensmith finds Big Red and Old Red Amlingmeyer working as professionals “detectifying” for the Southern Pacific Railroad in the year 1893. … Continue reading →

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Patsy and the Permanents

Posted on December 6, 2011 by

Here’s a guest post from our good friend Phillis Ballew in Oklahoma. I asked her a while ago to tell me about her photo (above). Knowing she has stick-straight hair, like me, I wondered about the permanents. Below is Phillis’s explanation: Patsy was … Continue reading →

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