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Interesting History: West Virginia Coal Mine Wars (Podcast Link)

June 6, 2023
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Book, Media and Movie Commentaries

Yesterday my son sent me a link to this podcast–very interesting history from an actual war involving what was called the “Red Neck Army” in 1921. The US Army had to step in, and this war (which I knew nothing of), involved thousands of people and included machine guns and bombs. There is a ton of interesting history in this podcast about coal mining, company stores, miner’s march, “Mother Jones,” and a variety of descriptions of appalachian coal mining culture...

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By eileenslifer
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Various Thoughts About Generational Blessing and Cursing

May 9, 2023
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Family Outlines and Assorted Collectibles, Life Stories, Personal Writings, Writings

I’ve been thinking on these things for quite awhile. Those who have been in various Christian settings have likely heard references to a number of scriptures that indicate that both spiritual blessing (legacy) and spiritual cursing (legacy) can flow through families in a variety of ways. It feels daunting in my mind to lay out too many different scriptures (let alone connect them to family specifics) that one should seek to better understand regarding these things, so I will try...

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By eileenslifer
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When Peculiar People Decide That You Are Acting Peculiar!

November 21, 2022
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Family Outlines and Assorted Collectibles, Life Stories, Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

(written 11/5/22 to 11/2022) In April of 1946, three of my mother’s siblings decided my mother was acting peculiar. Peculiar enough to permanently end her college pursuits and dreams (it is appearing she was interested in getting a degree in music rather than business), by withdrawing her from West Virginia University without her consent when she was a student in good standing, gainfully employed and a twenty-two year old adult. Peculiar enough to be violent with her. And peculiar enough...

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When the Spaces in Between Words Do Not Add Up

October 24, 2022
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Family Outlines and Assorted Collectibles, Personal Writings, Writings

As in most families throughout human history, the passing and preserving of family stories is considered a worthwhile pursuit. For me, family stories seem to hold a critical space and I mean this in two ways. Critical as in essential to me in my continued understandings of my own life and self, and critical as in information to deeply analyze, explore, interpret and otherwise not simply take at face value. This morning, as I muse through a writing in a...

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Vindicating Margaret

July 22, 2022
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Family Outlines and Assorted Collectibles, Life Stories, Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

Since Sunday afternoon (July 3) of my recent trip to Buckhannon, I have had a somewhat unusual internal experience and process that seems to be unfolding within me, in an unexpected and potentially interesting and healing way. They say we must pursue truth, wherever that leads us.It sometimes seems everyone has their own truth. Even Pilate said to Jesus, “What is truth?” In all human conflicts there seems that one person’s truth is pitted against another’s. Or one political group...

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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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