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Musings on Route 66: ‘Show me’ – My state
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Musings on Route 66. A book is perking. Wanna be a writer? Sunday, April 29, 2012. 8216;Show me’ – My state. Or is it “’Show me,’ my state,” “show me my state” or some other combination of letters and punctuation? Only time will tell, I guess. On Saturday, April 28 at 12:58 pm, I crossed the Mississippi River at Hannibal, Missouri, one of hundreds of times I’ve crossed the Big Muddy on bridges barely big enough for two cars or large enough for several. One time, I went across on a ferry. Every time IR...
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Musings on Route 66: Commemorations don’t seem to matter as much right now
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Musings on Route 66. A book is perking. Wanna be a writer? Tuesday, November 19, 2013. Commemorations don’t seem to matter as much right now. Today is the 150. Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. Friday is the 50. Anniversary of the day President John F. Kennedy fell victim to an assassin’s bullet. Normally, as a history buff, I’d be all over those stories. For the first time since I entered the workforce a few days before my 16. More than one reason to give thanks. As I traveled with my husband to an...
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Musings on Route 66: Inspired in Illinois
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Musings on Route 66. A book is perking. Wanna be a writer? I was born on the prairies of Illinois, in a hospital just a stone’s throw from the Knox College site of Abraham Lincoln’s Galesburg debate with Stephen A. Douglas. The building still stands, and a plaque on it inspired Carl Sandburg to write a six-volume biography of Lincoln. Sandburg, too, was born in the ‘Burg, just a block from where my uncles have owned a grocery store for more than five decades. When the vets came marching in. Round trip ti...
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Musings on Route 66: Work clothes
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Musings on Route 66. A book is perking. Wanna be a writer? Monday, January 2, 2012. Work clothes - what does that word mean to you? Later, as a young teen, I babysat. Those work clothes were my jeans and a sweater in the winter, shorts and a t-shirt in the summer. Real' jobs, 'real' work clothes. That uniform later gave way to a series of smocks, none as flattering to a youthful figure as the green dresses, but able to hide a multitude of unwanted curves and bulges on an aging, out-of-shape bod. When I b...
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Musings on Route 66: November 2013
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Musings on Route 66. A book is perking. Wanna be a writer? Tuesday, November 19, 2013. Commemorations don’t seem to matter as much right now. Today is the 150. Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. Friday is the 50. Anniversary of the day President John F. Kennedy fell victim to an assassin’s bullet. Normally, as a history buff, I’d be all over those stories. For the first time since I entered the workforce a few days before my 16. More than one reason to give thanks. As I traveled with my husband to an...
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Links | The Abraham Lincoln Institute
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The Abraham Lincoln Institute. Dr Charles M. Hubbard, Executive Director. The Lincoln Institute at LMU. Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum. NOTE: The following websites are independent of the Abraham Lincoln Institute for the Study of Leadership and Public Policy and Lincoln Memorial University, and their content does not necessarily reflect the views of either institution. Lincoln and Civil War Blogs. All Not So Quiet Along the Potomac. Civil War Books and Authors. Civil War Emancipation Day. You are co...
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Musings on Route 66: Mother Road
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Musings on Route 66. A book is perking. Wanna be a writer? Let’s get this out on the table right now. I am not a Route 66 expert. What I know about the Mother Road – all the letters that spell out my knowledge – could fit in a thimble. I drove a 10-mile stretch of it for three-and-a-half years, I vaguely remember the TV show from when I was a child, and I knew a lady who was inducted in the Route 66 Hall of Fame. That’s pretty much it. Check out these blog posts:. Road trippin' next to Route 66. The Stat...
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Musings on Route 66: Sensational beings
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Musings on Route 66. A book is perking. Wanna be a writer? How often have you met someone and gone “Wow! What a cool person! It may be because of the zest he has for life, the way she treats people or the legacy he’s leaving through his passion or she through her life’s work. These are the type of people who are so excited just to "be" that it's as if you're in the midst of a fireworks extravaganza when you're with them. They just glow, don't they? Check out these posts:. Lessons from a patriarch. John F...
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Musings on Route 66: A return to Lincoln’s haunts
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Musings on Route 66. A book is perking. Wanna be a writer? Sunday, October 20, 2013. A return to Lincoln’s haunts. Nearly 100 years ago, Springfield, Ill. poet Vachel Lindsay penned a poem, “Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight.” In 32 lines of verse, the poet spoke of the President stirred from his grave, walking the streets of the city he called home for more than half of his life, restless even in death because of unrest in the world. Those of us who spend much time there, who study the 16. Because I liv...
