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January 15, 2023

Someone Confused Rat Poisoning With Baking Powder

January 15, 2023
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Family Outlines and Assorted Collectibles, Life Stories, Personal Writings, Writings

My maternal great-great grandfather, Thomas Kennedy, came to the United States around age 25 which likely dates his immigration to 1846. Like many in this country, our ancestors came from Ireland during the Potato Famine. This famine began in 1845 and lasted until 1852. According to his daughter, Margaret Jane Kennedy (my great grandmother), her father married five years later. Thomas’ own father had died when he was a young boy and he didn’t much remember him. At some point...

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Decatur Distance

January 13, 2023
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Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

Thirteen years ago if someone had told me I would live in Decatur, Alabama I would have not only had to look at a map to see where it was, I would not have believed them. Thirteen years from now, if God gives me the good fortune to see that day, I will probably remember Decatur, Alabama almost like the back of my hand.It can feel emotionally jarring at times, like some time-turned-tornado of my internal world. There are places...

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Understanding the Art of Sharing a MEME

January 10, 2023
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Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

There is a phenomenon I’ve noticed on social media where some people share memes with certain themes or ideas, some with regularity as though they are fixed on the same advice-giving platitude. When sharing a meme, we should be aware of our audience. On social media, it is highly likely that at least 1 in 10 of your friends may be struggling with forms of despair–loss, repeated loss, grief, hopelessness, rejection, self-rejection, and more. Some may even be wondering if...

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The Carter Family Overview, History and Memorabilia

January 9, 2023
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Family Outlines and Assorted Collectibles

The following genealogy is adapted from the book The CARTER, ALKIRE, KENNEDY, WILLIAMS and Related Families, by Judge James M. Carter, published 1977. The Family of Jacob Albert Carter and Margaret Jane Kennedy (Carter)1 Jacob Albert Carter, (born September 20, 1850; died December 27, 1893), son of Robert Marshall Carter and Catherine Rebecca Alkire (Carter)2 married Margaret Jane Kennedy (born November 29, 1851; died March 20, 1939), daughter of Thomas Kennedy and Sarah (Sally) Williams. They were married on March...

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Margaret Ruth Linger (Slifer)

January 9, 2023
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Family Outlines and Assorted Collectibles

October 21, 1923 to November 29, 2001. Married January 31, 1948. MY MOTHER’S CODED DIARY MESSAGE MADE THE TRANSLATOR BREAK OUT IN A SMILE WHEN SHE FIGURED IT OUT! (January 2, 2023) MY MOTHER REFERENCED ‘CONFUCIUS’ IN HER HIGH SCHOOL POETRY ASSIGNMENT (January 2, 2023) VINDICATING MARGARET (July 22, 2022)...

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A Woman Named Emma

January 9, 2023
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Family Outlines and Assorted Collectibles, Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

As I was thinking on this piece today there were several different scripture texts that popped into my mind and I almost wanted to start with one of them, but when I read the surrounding context I’m not sure it is well-suited to the main theme of this piece. On the other hand, perhaps it is a perfectly-suited opener. My fear is that readers may become diverted with all the controversial mess-and-mucky interpretations/applications/conversations that have likely been surrounding this chapter...

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Political Parrots as Talking Heads: Bye Bye Jon Stewart

January 4, 2023
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Religion, Politics and Current Events, Uncategorized, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

I used to love Jon Stewart. I thought he was pretty funny. I now think differently, and it isn’t just this one glimpse of his darkening viewpoints. This is just the kicker to the occasional clips I hear of him these days. The world has gone mad. Bewitched before our very eyes…I pass on this YouTube I just listened to, and a second one I heard this afternoon that seems to be, in a sense, a companion piece. In the...

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Teachers With Savior Complexes, Hubris and ‘Sticking it to Mom’

January 2, 2023
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Religion, Politics and Current Events, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

When I remember back on various kind, insightful and helpful teachers in my village from kindergarten through my senior year of high school, there are several that I will especially never forget. It think of Mrs. Morton–a third grade teacher but not my homeroom teacher–that when I was in 4th grade learning to crochet and had brought a blanket I was trying to make as a Christmas gift for my Daddy from scraps of yarn a neighbor gave me and...

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My Mother Referenced ‘Confucius’ in Her High School Poetry Assignment

January 2, 2023
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Family Outlines and Assorted Collectibles, Life Stories, Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

In part of laying the groundwork for future subjective writings about my mother’s young life and a variety of events, in connection with not only telling my own life story but hers (which is intrinsically interconnected with my own), I am making a variety of observations about my mother through her young writings. Perhaps it is unfair and biased but as I glanced over the collection of classmate poems that she typed for her junior class as part of an...

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My Mother’s Coded Diary Message Made the Translator Break Out in a Smile When She Figured it Out!

January 2, 2023
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Family Outlines and Assorted Collectibles, Life Stories, Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

It would be fair to say that over the years my mother did in fact utilize forms of coded messages (or other overtly odd notes, statements, instructions, letter-writing and documents) in a variety of her writings. That said, what was contained in her young diaries/writings which I have in my possession, provide a basis of both intrigue, statements open to interpretation and clear evidences of both her high intelligence, wit, musical abilities and interest in forms of word-play. It doesn’t...

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Eileen Slifer

I am a visual artist who works in a variety of mediums - producing fine art, illustration and design commissions/products for clients. I have been creating since childhood and sharing my giftings for hire since 1989. I also love to write and have been expressing in this way for a number of years in private poems, stories and journals that have been shared with treasured friends or publicly. Thank you for visiting my blog. I value the time and interest you spend on my expressions, and I read every comment.

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