Category: History
Posted on May 19, 2020
by Lisa Coleman
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fog feels the air with unknown
bequesting rhythm with the tone
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Category: History, music, nature, poetry, Uncategorized, weather, Writing PromptsTags: #writephoto, @oureyesopen.blog, dance, ghost, poem, poetry, prayer, sing, stones
Posted on May 18, 2020
by Lisa Coleman
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Hiking up the ridge about two miles from the visitors center parking lot, I heard my first coyote howl. It was like he gave everybody else permission to start singing. I have no idea how many coyotes there were that night and I never saw a single one.
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Category: History, mountains, nature, travel, UncategorizedTags: #anniversary, #coyotes, #hiking, #history, #mountains, #volcano, #washington, Mt. St. Helens
Posted on May 17, 2020
by Lisa Coleman
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The Battle of New Orleans wasn’t the final time the British and American forces would exchange fire.
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Category: History, Military, music, Songs, Uncategorized, Writing PromptsTags: #1814, #battleofneworleans, #british, #countrymusic, #gulfofmexico, #jackson, #johnnyhorton, #neworleans, #star-spangledbanner, #warof1812, @oureyesopen.blog, History, Song Lyric Sunday
Posted on May 10, 2020
by Lisa Coleman
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Once when I was stationed at Camp Pendleton, California, me and a few of the guys took a trip down to Tijuana. It was safer to drink the tequila than it was to drink the water, so we indulged except for the one driving.
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Category: History, Love, music, Songs, Uncategorized, Writing PromptsTags: #alcohol, #countrymusic, #drinking, #Marines, #Tex-Mex, @oureyesopen.blog, Jose Cuervo, Ralph Emery, Shelly West, Song Lyric Sunday, tequila
Posted on May 3, 2020
by Lisa Coleman
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Once when I was stationed at Camp Pendleton, California, me and a few of the guys took a trip down to Tijuana. It was safer to drink the tequila than it was to drink the water, so we indulged except for the one driving.
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Category: History, Military, music, Songs, Uncategorized, Writing PromptsTags: #alcohol, #countrymusic, #drinking, #Marines, #tequila, #Tex-Mex, @oureyesopen.blog, Jose Cuervo, Ralph Emery, Shelly West, Song Lyric Sunday
Posted on April 26, 2020
by Lisa Coleman
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my interpretation leaves me with a longing to help someone who is depressed and fighting the demons within the soul.
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Category: History, music, Songs, Uncategorized, Writing PromptsTags: #alcohol, #alone, #countrymusic, #depressed, #drinking, #joenichols, #keithwhitley, #lorriemorgan, @oureyesopen.blog, Song Lyric Sunday
Posted on April 22, 2020
by Lisa Coleman
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Today’s square is looking at the top of the Black Raven Pirate Ship in the historic district of St. Augustine, Florida. We typically stay away from the tourist things, but with every trip to St. Augustine, I would see this ship taking people out…
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Category: History, photo challenge, Ships, travel, Uncategorized, waterTags: #AprilSquareTops, #fun-filled, #historic, #ship, #SquareTops, #staugustine, #vacation, @oureyesopen.blog, Black Raven Pirate Ship, florida, photography, water
Posted on April 16, 2020
by Lisa Coleman
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These vintage stoves are on display for the public to view in a museum at Fort Christmas Historical Park in Christmas, Florida with several others. The entire collection takes you through decades of progression and changes. It also makes you appreciate the modern conveniences…
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Posted on March 8, 2020
by Lisa Coleman
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This week Jim Adams has prompted us with North/South/East/West for this weeks Song Lyric Sunday. The first tune that came to mind for me was Johnny Horton’s “North to Alaska”. Alaska was admitted into the Union as the 49th state in 1959 and the…
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Category: History, music, Songs, travel, Uncategorized, Writing PromptsTags: #countrymusic, #goldrush, #history, #honkytonk, #johnnyhorton, #johnwayne, #movie, #northtoalaska, #rockabilly, Song Lyric Sunday
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