Category: History

  • #Write Photo – Daybreak

    #Write Photo – Daybreak

    fog feels the air with unknown bequesting rhythm with the tone

  • Mount St. Helens – 40 Years Later

    Mount St. Helens – 40 Years Later

    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.

  • SLS – “1814 Battle of New Orleans”

    SLS – “1814 Battle of New Orleans”

    The Battle of New Orleans wasn’t the final time the British and American forces would exchange fire.

  • SLS – Happy Together by The Turtles

    SLS – Happy Together by The Turtles

    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.

  • SLS – Tequila

    SLS – Tequila

    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.

  • SLS – I’m No Stranger To The Rain by Keith Whitley

    SLS – I’m No Stranger To The Rain by Keith Whitley

    my interpretation leaves me with a longing to help someone who is depressed and fighting the demons within the soul.

  • SQUARE TOPS – Black Raven – St. Augustine, FL

    SQUARE TOPS – Black Raven – St. Augustine, FL

    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 in the Matanzas River and I wanted to do it. Frank…

  • SQUARE TOPS – Stove Tops

    SQUARE TOPS – Stove Tops

    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 that we all enjoy today. Click the panel below to visit…

  • SLS – North to alaska – johnny horton

    SLS – North to alaska – johnny horton

    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 relevance of this song was historically perfect for the time that…