WWII: LETTERS HOME from Guam 1942-1946
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My new book for my family and for WWII history buffs.
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Oct 231 min read
"Best of the Pluff Mud Chronicles" book launch
Following up on the "Best of the Pluff Mud Chronicles" book launch , we have established Monday, Nov. 25, 2025 from 3-8:30 at South...
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Oct 21, 20231 min read
Hopsewee Plantation, Georgetown, SC
We had a lovely lunch at Hopsewee's Tea Room this afternoon on the way from Charleston, SC to the Wooden Boat Show in Georgetown. The...
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Oct 14, 20231 min read
October 14, 2023 Eclipse Charleston, SC - video!
I took these photos and video from my back yard today. The last good eclipse in Charleston, SC was in 2017. I will admit I did take 2...
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Sep 12, 20231 min read
Pot Hole Winner of the Week: George Street, Charleston, South Carolina
This one is fairly epic. It lives between King Street and Meeting Street, right in front of the crazy expensive surface parking lot, in...
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Sep 5, 20231 min read
Pot Hole Winner of the Week: 200 block of Coming Street, Charleston, SC
This pot hole is in the right hand lane (at Cannon and Coming to be exact) and is sort of triangular in shape, dropping off gently to the...
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Aug 29, 20231 min read
Pot Hole Winner of the Week: James Island Connector Ramp to Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC
This one will really surprise you. You've just finished watching "Barbie" at the Terrace Theater, and blam-o, this sucker is square in...
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Aug 21, 20231 min read
Pot Hole Winner of the Week: 240 block of Coming Street, Charleston, SC
I find this pot hole amusing. If pot holes had a sense of humor or irony, this would win the Nobel Peace Prize. Hark and behold, it lurks...
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Aug 14, 20231 min read
Pot Hole of the week = Lockwood and Calhoun, Charleston SC
This one is a doozy! Your SUV is in danger of being consumed here. Just as you exit the James Island Connector, blam! Left lane, before...
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Aug 13, 20231 min read
New posts coming soon = Pot Hole of the Week, Charleston, SC
Hi there. And now for something different. I live in Charleston, South Carolina. We have possibly the worst city roads ever. I will be...
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melges450
Mar 23, 20231 min read
November 11, 1935
115 North Oxford Los Angeles, California Dear Miss Jeannie, You were always the prettiest woman I ever knew, and now my dreams have come...
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Mar 19, 20232 min read
January 1, 1919
115 North Oxford Street Los Angeles, California Dear Miss Jeannie, Nineteen messages to you from the little “white haired gal”. I wonder...
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Mar 15, 20233 min read
January 29, 1915
213 Fourth Street Redlands, Calif. My dear Miss Jeannie, January is about to slip away from me before I write to you, so now is where...
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Mar 10, 20232 min read
March 26, 1914
March 26, 1914 1735 West 6th Street Los Angeles, Calif. My dear “Miss Jeannie”, Your delightful letter bringing me the news of your...
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Mar 7, 20232 min read
January 1, 1914
The next 6 letters are from my great-grandmother's student, Elizabeth Page. She became a teacher, and her dream was to move from Western...
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Sep 5, 20221 min read
Witty T-Shirts
Frustrated with current events? Air your opinion with my witty shirts from Zazzle. <a href="https://www.zazzle.com/store/welcome_to_the_1...
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Jun 24, 20221 min read
Coming soon - summer 2022
Letters Home from Guam 1942-1946 250 pages of letters from an enlisted teenager in the US Marine Corp during WWII to his mother and...
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Jun 22, 20221 min read
Awesome reviews on Amazon
And I'm not making this up. See my reviews on Amazon for yourselves.
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melges450
Jun 22, 20221 min read
The Missing Boston Terriers of Smith Street
An inspiring tail of courage. Scout is an only dog and sometimes lonely. But he has some dog friends in his neighborhood and when a pair...
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