Tag: history
member name: ChrisJerri S.
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June 17, 2008 03:31 PM EDT --
The first response I got from a few people who had known Sally was that she was scared of black people. Perhaps this story got handed down because she spent a good deal of her life among Caucasians. . . .
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April 02, 2008 12:21 PM EDT --
A life in the public eye is celebrated with magnification of every victory or every fault. But what of the billions of lives lived out in a seemingly mundane existence. How do we celebrate those? . . .
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June 15, 2008 08:20 PM EDT --
Friends and family filled adjoining rooms spilling out through the screen door into the yard. Men discussed politics and farming with noses turned towards a culinary mix of aromas filling the . . .
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August 17, 2008 11:53 AM EDT --
A Wonderful Birthday
I've been absent from Gather for awhile. It's summer. There is gardening, outdoor activities and work, etc. On August 6th I celebrated . . .
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September 02, 2008 01:04 PM EDT --
This is a rewrite.
History Mystery
(Will the Real Sally Barnes Please Stand Up?)
By Jerri Schlenker
In February 2008 I began exploring the life of a Lewis County citizen. Was . . .
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June 21, 2008 02:16 PM EDT --
The more I discover about Sally's life, the more I admire it and want to emulate it in certain respects. One thing that I aspire to is the self-sufficiency. I think this aspect . . .
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June 20, 2008 10:59 AM EDT --
I was recently privileged to find another person who had done some research into Sally's life. He had thought so highly of "Miss Sally" as he called her that he worked her . . .
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March 29, 2008 03:37 PM EDT --
I have been neglecting usual activity as of late consumed with making events of the past reappear, or at least some record of them. My newest hobby, genealogy, has taken over. I have stacks . . .
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November 01, 2008 01:49 PM EDT --
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/441070 (If anyone would like to join me as a buddy)
Sally, A Historical Fiction
Sally had heard the stories all her life. The grown-ups talked about . . .
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August 29, 2007 05:08 PM EDT --
Today as I was taking my daily hike in the woods I listened to the Diane Rehm show on NPR. Beverly Lowry, an author, was being interviewed about a biography she had written on Harriet Tubman, . . .
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September 24, 2009 01:34 PM EDT --
Lincoln’s Logs – Progressing with the Cabin
By Jerri Schlenker
Over the course of summer a project has been going on at Carter Caves State Park – building a facsimile of . . .
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August 31, 2008 12:33 AM EDT --
Pictures from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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November 30, 2008 05:47 PM EST --
Introduction to Sally
I’ve been working on the NaNoWrite Month - not sure if I’m going to make the 50,000 word deadline yet, but this is my introduction. The story is about a lady . . .
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November 18, 2009 07:27 PM EST --
Lincoln’s Logs – A Power Point Presentation
Lincons Logs 6
Please click on the link to see a power point presentation of the project “Lincoln’s Logs” . . .
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