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All this Fall and Back-to-School activity around me showed up in my unconscious last night. I dreamed that I went to Emmett’s alma mater, Stetson University in DeLand, Florida! DeLand is, unfortunately, way out of my way on this next research trip down to Florida, but I’d love to see […]
Classes started yesterday at the University of Maryland, so I spent most of this past weekend tying up a few loose ends here and there, getting ready for the new semester. I look forward to seeing students on campus and in classrooms each Fall. To me, the first day of […]
Early this morning, I saw this hanging in the back yard. Impressive, isn’t it? Beautiful, actually, especially as it catches the sun. There’s symmetry and purpose in this spider’s construction. As I got close to snap the photo, it looked like she was doing a little repair work in […]
Here’s an update on the improvements taking place at the Wilson-Myers House, Emmett’s boyhood home, in Chipley. The photos are courtesy of the owner’s son, Kevin R. Thanks, Kevin! Looking forward to seeing you in September!
Somewhere out there, in the universe, I hope Nan Britton is fist-pumping in satisfaction, and telling her now-fellow-spirit detractors who denounced her, calling her a degenerate, a pervert, and a social-climbing wannabe harlot: “Told you so.” I’m talking about a story reported in the news this afternoon, namely that DNA evidence […]
Last week, NPR’s History Department had a great story about flirtation cards. Ever hear of them? The fellow who had to use flirtation cards to meet eligible young ladies strikes me as having been a little desperate, you know? The young man may not have been invited to dances or […]
I heard back from the archivist at the University of West Florida, Dr. DeBolt, about the half-editorial written by CHB Floyd in the Pensacola Evening News for 1912. Dr. DeBolt checked the hard-copy holdings and the reserve film. Unfortunately, the bound copy and the reserve film showed that the editorial is […]
For three weeks, I’ve been working through a set of microfilm generously on loan to me from the University of West Florida, specifically, the Pensacola Evening News for 1912. I just finished the last reel this afternoon, and my library will send the film back to UWF tomorrow. This set […]
Yesterday, I came across this interesting graphic of character defects, courtesy of The Writer’s Circle: Based on my understanding of the different personalities in Emmett Wilson’s story (and of what I’ve learned about character defects in the AA world), it seems that most of the time, people have combinations of defects. […]
Last Thursday, as I was driving around in D.C., I was listening to The Diane Rehm Show on WAMU. It was a rebroadcast of an interview she conducted with E.L. Doctorow (one of my favorite writers) who had recently died. The subject was Doctorow’s book, “Homer and Langley.” Doctorow’s book […]
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