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Lucien Fewell shot James Clark after he apparently ran off with Lucien's 16-year-old sister. The murder trial that followed featured two Confederate generals and a former Virginia governor. What was the verdict? (also on Amazon.com)
Tag Archives: Family
Clean Up Your Room Day
I have a litany: Laundry, dishes, trash, misplaced. This is how I clean rooms. I look for and deal with each of those things in turn. There’s almost always a lot more “misplaced” than any of the others, which is … Continue reading
Alphabet Magnet Day
I loved these as a kid. When I was 2, I got a little green Playskool desk for Christmas. It had a desktop that was also a chalkboard and then when you lifted it up, it was a magnet board … Continue reading
Melanoma Day
Growing up, my dad was always the one who burned to a crisp if he spent any time outdoors. It seems odd, then, that he never got any kind of skin cancer. My mother’s family, on the other hand … … Continue reading
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Tagged Cancer, Family, Health, Melanoma, Recognition Day, Skin Cancer
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45s Day
For a long, long time, records were a big part of my life. My parents had gobs of 33s—so many that my mother commissioned a friend to make her a piece of furniture to serve the dual purpose of holding … Continue reading
Paranormal Day
A million years ago, I wrote a book about a murder trial. You can still buy it (just look to the right). The year the book came out, the historic site where the murder (and the trial) took place held … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Family, Ghosts, History, Recognition Day, Writing
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Oatmeal Cookie Day
Today is also Honesty Day, when you’re supposed to answer all questions honestly. So here’s the truth: I like oatmeal cookies. I really like them with chocolate chips (but not raisins, which is not the oatmeal’s fault). But I never … Continue reading
Cubicle Day
I have worked in any number of spaces, working my way up to the office-esque gold standard of an office with a door I could close. Concession stands, cashier stations, copydesk bullpens, and cubicles, pretty much in that order. (I … Continue reading
Historic Marker Day
When I was a kid, my parents insisted we were too poor to fly anywhere, so we took a lot of road trips. Mostly, we went from California to Illinois and back to visit family. I don’t remember a lot … Continue reading
Bucket List Day
As my Bucket Day approaches, my list has (happily) gotten much shorter. This is partly because I’ve done a bunch of the things I always wanted, but it is partly because I get lazier and less imaginative as I get … Continue reading
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Tagged Bucket List, Family, Life, Recognition Day, Travel, Writing
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Arwen Adams Bicknell 