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2015-05-26 11:43
2015-05-26 11:43
We decided to forgo crossing today and followed James' route along the Potomac.~The next stop was Manocacy Aqueduct. James and Francis were stationed here before being sent to Edwards Ferry… Read More
2015-05-26 11:43
We started the day in Poolsville where James wrote the majority of his letters during the fall and winter of1861 into the early months of spring.This is the Poolsville Town Hall. Just across… Read More
2012-02-03 22:37
"Hollo blog, how are ya?""Long time no write!" "Yeah, that happens sometimes.""...it's been a while as you know so bare with me...""Oh? So don't expect much?""Oh do shut up and let me get o… Read More
2011-11-12 15:22
Today is a BIG day in our family history! What? What!! Did I just hear my children yawn??? Well, guess what, I'm gunna tell this story anyway and someday you will thank me for it when you ca… Read More
2011-08-29 16:24
I started out the day (yesterday) wondering if the new sump pump was going to last... Devin came home from a double shift so I let him sleep for a few hours while I monitored things. Then th… Read More
2011-08-17 14:51
Some time back I wrote a blog about Avon N.Y. Which included a poem about my childhood there. It was written in Ullans and featured the Cannons in the village square prominently as a motif e… Read More
2011-06-10 23:04
Say what you will. Some things you just have to take on faith alone. This story is one of them. I am not making this up but I have no proof. Well, there was at least one witness to the initi… Read More
2010-11-20 22:55
...terminus ad quem?One of the few things I miss about where we used to live was the proximity to work. We were 1/8 of a mile away and were able to sleep in until the very last minute and st… Read More
2010-11-14 19:47
On November 11th; a day of much importance in my mythology, (Veterans Day, My Dads Birthday and the day on which my progenitors progenitor arrived in this country 150 years ago) we hiked Ben… Read More
2010-10-20 15:32
This new house has been serendipitous to the weird from the start.(see previous Blogposts/FB notes)From the feeling I first had when I walked in the door to recently finding out that there w… Read More
2010-09-19 19:36
One of the things I have started to do is clear away all the brush that has built up along the foundation so I can repoint the stonework before winter sets in.There is a nice garden in the f… Read More
2010-09-16 04:11
Well... We decided to turn the Pantry into The Laundry Room. (Having worked every day and night running the V'ville Laundromat for the past umpteen years I never wanna have to go back once w… Read More
2010-08-22 18:33
Visited poet Gary Lawless at Chimney Farm today. Enjoyable conversation with bIRD, Gary and his wife Beth! ...headed home with some fresh garlic, some interesting books and a messa pictures!… Read More
2010-08-22 18:33
Visited poet Gary Lawless at Chimney Farm today. Enjoyable conversation with bIRD, Gary and his wife Beth! ...headed home with some fresh garlic, some interesting books and a messa pictures!… Read More
2010-08-20 21:04
MMMMMM, you know you're jealous! - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad.obeedúid~ Read More
2010-08-20 12:09
...into a small dark place:I'm thinking of sardines againHow the world changesHow things get lost from our lexiconLike Herring in a BarrelBecomesLike Sardines in a CanThey stopped using Barr… Read More
2010-08-02 19:45
If you haven't heard yet, we found a House. With luck we will be taking the "Last Train To Clarksville" and moving in mid September! :)~So, I'm waking up the other day, into that sleeping lu… Read More
2010-05-28 11:55
UGH! The title field took that U in and now won't let me type anything else in there!Yeah, until the bugs get worked out or I find something that works better I will not be risking any other… Read More
2010-05-27 12:31
The iPad has not been synced since we left last week and I think this my be causing problems here. I tried several times to post photos yesterday, here and on Facebook but it only resulted i… Read More
2010-05-24 13:20
As previously posted here; my Gilmour ancestors entered this country at Castle Garden. Some by way of Liverpool England and the rest via Moville, in Donegol, Ireland.This is the Dock at Movi… Read More
2010-05-22 03:46
Matthew 5:13 (New International Version) 13 "You are the salt of the earth,but if the salt loses its saltiness,how can it be made salty again?"~Song of my Seasoning:Oh salt of earthThat gav… Read More
2010-05-21 04:51
I have been trying to sort out the differing and contradicting information having to do with how James Gilmour and his Comrade Francis Perry came to enlist and make their way to Washington… Read More
2010-05-16 21:05
On Tuesday March 23rd Devin and I had the privilege of viewing the only existing flag from James Gilmour's Regiment: The Second New York State Militia (later redesigned the 82nd). Because th… Read More
2010-04-09 20:59
During the entire month of April there will be a showing of Digital Paintings from Mark O’Brien’s travels through Ireland at the Voorheesville Public Library. The Paintings are f… Read More
2010-01-20 22:09
Well, on Facebook anyways... Perhaps because they haven't acquiesced to "The-group-think-social-networking-in-the-21st-century-phenomenon "...I happen to think its just fun an… Read More
2010-01-18 22:46
This coming weekend, on Sunday January 24, I am the featured poet on home turf! I will be pulling readings from the vaults, some of which have not seen th… Read More
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