November 19, 2023
Deep Gratitude
Thanksgiving is this week. I think I am always very aware and grateful for my blessings, but this year it feels like a more acute awareness.
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November 12, 2023
It’s in the Stories
It's in the stories. We find a way back to where we first dreamed. We enter that spot where we first were silenced, where we first stopped sharing our own longing, fairy tale.
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September 17, 2023
‘Tis the Season!
The following is from the Irish Times back in 2020. Since it is the season, and we all need a bit of levity from time to time, I will share this today.
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September 15, 2023
A Reminder
If you are in the neighborhood please join us for a little reading and book signing at Maria's next Saturday from 4-6.
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September 10, 2023
She was a Bronc Busting Marine!
I want to share one such amazing woman today who has a chapter in They Roared. I hope she inspires you.
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September 1, 2023
She Was a Natural Aviatrix!
Betty was the squadron leader assigned to the 2nd Ferrying Group at New Castle Army Air Base in Wilmington, Delaware. She was the first woman to fly the P-47, a fighter plane produced by the American Aerospace Company from 1941 to 1945.
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August 31, 2023
“The Motorcycle Queen of Miami”
What we know is that when she was sixteen years old, Bessie acquired her first motorcycle, a 1928 Indian Scout, and taught herself to ride. Three years later she began traveling across the United States...
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August 27, 2023
She Was a Semi-Pro Pitcher and a Physician!
What he saw left him speechless. When she pitched her 15th strike out in the first game and 9 in the second, it didn’t take the manager long to prepare a contract for her.
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August 20, 2023
The Great Cross Country Ride of 1916
Addie and Gussie navigated poor or non existent road, deluges of rain and thick mud, natural barriers in the Rocky Mountain range and western deserts. There were also social barriers that they contended with, local police who took offense at their choice of clothing and arrested them.
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August 13, 2023
Pirate and a Patriot
When we speak of pirates, we think of swashbuckling men, like Jack Sparrow, not women. However, there were a few women pirates. While I am certainly not a fan of violence and plunder on the high seas - or anywhere else - there is one woman who has intrigued me for many years.
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