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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)
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Alice in Wonderland Day
You know how one of those “getting to know you” things that people do is ask about your favorite movie/band/book/whatever? I kind of hate that, because whenever I’m put on the spot, it’s like my brain just goes into a … Continue reading
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Scavenger Hunt Day
Does anyone remember the book Masquerade? It came out in 1979, and it was a gorgeous book of pictures telling the story of Jack Hare carrying a treasure from the moon to the sun, but the gimmick was that if … Continue reading
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Let’s Laugh Day
Three evergreen jokes—short, medium, and long—that work in almost any situation: 1: A dog limps into a bar, orders a whiskey and announces, “I’m looking for the man who shot my paw.” *************** 2: A duck walks into a pharmacy … Continue reading
Read Across America Day
Read Across America Day was created to encourage children to read more, and it is celebrated on or near Dr. Seuss’s birthday. If pressed about what my favorite Dr. Seuss book is, I will betray my un-PC roots and tell … Continue reading
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Tell a Fairy Tale Day
My favorite request of people is for them to tell me a story. It can be an anecdote, it can be a recounting of their favorite meal. But I do like when people tell me made-up stories. We are not … Continue reading
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Indian Summer
(A short story to kick off the new year, based on a snippet of a story in an 1872 newspaper.) John Wheeler was 22 when he declared only death would part him from Mary Elizabeth Wright. He was 34 when … Continue reading
Arwen Adams Bicknell 