by Jessica James | Sep 14, 2009 | Blog
Shaping up to be a beautiful September day. Walnuts are starting to fall – loudly when they hit the tin roof of the shed. Hummingbirds are still here, but I expect them to leave any...
by Jessica James | Jan 17, 2009 | Blog
“Never have so many paid so much to dance so little.”– Lyndon B. Johnson, about the overcrowded 1965 balls Our president-elect plans to attend 10 Inaugural balls. Do you know when the first Inaugural ball was held? Visit my blog to find...
by Jessica James | Dec 14, 2008 | Blog
It’s sad how we travel from Point A to Point B these days, our eyes focused on the road ahead, with no thought of the landscape surrounding us. But as I drove to a mall to do some Christmas shopping last weekend I paid attention to the landscape. My shortcut...
by Jessica James | Dec 5, 2008 | Blog
I ran across this interesting tidbit and, though it’s a strange time of year for it, thought I would share. See if you can answer the following question: After 1863, in which southern town was the Fourth of July holiday not officially celebrated again until...
by Jessica James | Nov 3, 2008 | Blog
I came across an anecdote about Lincoln meeting General George Pickett’s wife and baby, and thought I would share it. It was found in the book “The Heart of a Soldier: The Intimate Letters from General George E. Pickett to his Wife,” and is told by...
by Jessica James | Oct 27, 2008 | Blog
Since I’m pressed for time this week, I thought I’d pull up some old posts that readers might find interesting. This one is about General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson – a man most people would not think of as being a “softie.”...
