Today we visited Ivy Green,the birth place of Helen Keller. Her grandfather had bought the plantation in the antibellum and her father had been a Calvary officer in-the confederate army. She was born and healthy until the age of 19 months,when she contracted what was probably scarlet fever. When the fever abated she could no …
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Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)and The Center for Peace and Justice
It rained last night and is continuing this morning. Scurrying through a downpour we entered the SPLC’s Civil Rights museum. This is an organization that Marlina has supported for the last 35+ years. It’s nice to see where some of the donations have gone. It is a beautiful building with a gracious staff. The rain …
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You Don’t Get To Feel Like This Everyday
Yesterday we started the day by going to The Muscle Shoals Recording Studio also known as the home of the Swampers. 1st let’s back track. In the late 1950’s a guy named Rick Hall starts a company called Florence Alabama Music Enterprises or the FAME studios. He gathers a group of young( less than 24 …
Honoring your ancestors
Yesterday we drove out to the Natchez Trace Parkway. This Parkway runs for over 400 miles from Natchez Mississippi to just south of Nashville Tenn. It is a wide two lane road surrounded by trees and greenery.No buildings except for picnic sites , or park service buildings and bathrooms . There are exits where you …
ROCKS
On Thursday we spent the day at various areas on Lookout Mountain. This is a mountain just south of “Nooga”. (Slang for Chattanooga) It was pivotal in the Civil War as who ever controlled it had control of the city. To look at it from the city you see a completely forested mountain. One of …
The BlueRidge Parkway and Beyond
We left the home of our friend Nancy in Asheville after a very nice stay. As we headed to the parkway it was overcast and misting. We were not sure how the views would be, but we got lucky with the sun occasionally breaking through and getting panoramas like this. There is a definite reason …
Back and Forth
When we were in Raleigh we went to the NCMuseum of Art and saw some interesting pieces. The piece below was done by Ellsworth Kelly. The idea came from a plastic lid. I get feelings of fun from it. Description of above tunic. Wouldn’t it be nice to have this in your backyard? This was …
Beginning at the start
Yesterday we visited Greensboro North Carolina, Where on February 2 1960, 4 college freshmen decided to sit down at a segregated lunch counter. This action taken by young men ignited the modern civil rights movement. There is an International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro. They have preserved the original lunch counter and developed …
Heading to the south
This is the third attempt to write a post on this web site We are traveling for 5 weeks checking out Civil Rights sites, Botanical Gardens, Book stores, friends and more We started by stopping in a Denver for Lunch with our friends Charlotte and Rae Home Thank you Charlotte for a delicious lunch, a …
My First Blog Post
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.
