Snowbrush

This is my bedroom. The walls of my bedroom are pink, and the walls of Peggy's bedroom are green. Every two weeks, we clean house, and i...

Since Donald Trump's inauguration; the beauty of my bedroom; the solace of nearby Mt. Pisgah; and the affection of Peggy, our cats, an...

  Peggy, our five cats, and I, live in a modest 69-year-old house in a slowly deteriorating neighborhood. In the past five months we’ve spen...

Today is Sunday. On Wednesday, Peggy left on her fourth vacation of the year. I kid her about only leaving home when the house needs cleanin...

Emma Kline   Hundreds of women served at Vicksburg in one way or another. A Confederate woman named Emma Kline was arrested for smuggling , ...

Ironclads Running the Batteries at Vicksburg Abraham Lincoln called Vicksburg “the key to the war,” and his Confederate counterpart, Jeffers...

  As I start this post, eight men are tearing the roof from my house with square-pointed shovels. The noise from yesterday’s shingle deliver...