My great-grandmother was beautiful. Her given name was Margaret Mary, but she was known as “Pretty Marie” from the time she was a girl. Her curly hair was raven-colored, piled high on her head, her eyes large and deep brown in color. She had very defined lips, curved in a ...
Read More »Number Your Days!
In a Midwestern city there stands an old brick building set on a large, tree-filled property. In the 1920’s and 30’s, this now empty building was home for many Tuberculosis victims. All that remains today is that empty building, windows black, rooms empty except for broken pieces of furniture left ...
Read More »Navigating the River of Doubt
In early 1914, Theodore Roosevelt was looking for a new challenge after failing to win a third nomination for President. Along with his son, Kermit, and Brazilian explorer Candido Rondon, Roosevelt set off to explore the River of Doubt in the Amazon forest of Brazil. If the former President wanted ...
Read More »Bible Versions Or Proper Interpretation?
I recently interacted with a person online who uses only the King James Version and said that all other versions are satanic. Not only did this person make a very extreme and blatantly false statement, but he failed to realize that translation is not the only determining factor for accurately ...
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My great-grandfather was a conductor on our city’s streetcar line for about five years, starting in 1913. My hometown has a rich history that includes many wealthy barons of enterprises such as railroad lines, theaters, and even the distilling of whiskey. Most of its citizens during that heyday were respectable, hardworking ...
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