Progress and interesting views in the discovery process on Emmett Wilson’s life.
OK. So, you know I went to Charlottesville, Virginia yesterday to visit Katie Wilson Meade’s granddaughter, Elizabeth. It was a great visit. I promise to give you the details about what it was like, but I need to get something out of the way, off my chest first. It’s big. […]
Last week, I mentioned that Katie Wilson Meade’s granddaughter shared a seven-page narrative that Katie wrote about her (and Emmett’s) childhood when they lived in Belize. Katie, Emmett, and Julian were the only Wilson children born in Belize. They emigrated back to the U.S. in 1884. Emmett and Julian were […]
Next week is the visit with Katie Wilson Meade’s granddaughter in Charlottesville. I’m doing my homework, preparing questions, and putting together a collection of photos and documents about the Wilson family that she might not have. I’m interested to learn about the dynamic between Katie and her siblings. Was she […]
Guys, fantastic news! The New York Public Library released 180K historic images to a digital archive, and yes, instead of braving the frigging cold of 16 degrees (as it is outside right now), you and I can peruse in our pajamas! One very cool feature of the NYPL is this […]
I’ve not been posting much in the past week for a few reasons: Mostly, I haven’t had the time with the kids out of school for the past 10 days, managing all of their transportation to and from activities. And, as I was getting ready to head out to a […]
As of this afternoon, I was able to take down one of the road map wall hangings. Hooray! Writing progress! My office already looks a little neater, too. I’ve been rather quiet and slow with the posts this month. I’ve directed most of my time and energy to the second […]
I’ve been writing my arse off on Emmett’s second chapter all week. I have a goal to pull down one of the big writing charts that decorate the walls of the writing cave today (Or, tonight, more likely, as I have the usual distractions: Grading a few papers, teaching a […]
While I was in Mississippi last week, I had an experience that seems so typical of the research work on Emmett’s story; i.e., I discovered that Emmett’s uncle lived, literally, down the road from my ancestors in Vicksburg at the turn of the last century. Did they know each other? […]
I let this poor old blog — and Emmett — go for one week, last week, while I was on Thanksgiving break. That’s the longest time I’ve taken off from the research since I started this project over two years ago. This morning, it’s hard getting back into the swing […]
This paragraph didn’t mean much to me when when I first read The Velveteen Rabbit in third grade, in Mrs. Myer’s class, at St. Mary’s elementary school. I remember finding the book in the school library, looking at the cover, thinking how the story was about stuffed animals (which I […]
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