Monthly Archives: November 2019

Pimento Cheese and Venison

Posted on November 23, 2019 by admin

I’ve been preparing for Thanksgiving Day for over a week. We won’t have family at our house but will join everyone at my mother-in-law’s house. As I was doing this, I began to remember the Thanksgiving Dinners I have hosted … Continue reading →

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Tree Climbing

Posted on November 20, 2019 by admin

Twenty years ago, Melva Geyer, then editor of the Greenville Herald Banner, and I discussed the need for a column regarding the W. Walworth Harrison Public Library. Since I was the Genealogy and Local History librarian, I became the columnist. … Continue reading →

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Old Concord Church and Graveyard

Posted on November 10, 2019 by admin

A doctor in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, asked to meet me at the Old Concord Graveyard adjacent to Concord Baptist Church at noon on Halloween. The church is one of the oldest churches in Hunt County, if not the oldest. Founded by … Continue reading →

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Whose Idea Was the Time Change?

Posted on November 3, 2019 by admin

This weekend we will religiously change all our clocks back one hour, except for those that are digital like cell phones. At our house we have a number of clocks with pendulums that must be wound every eight days. I … Continue reading →

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