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Renaissance Musings Blog Re-Launch
If you followed my blogs in the past, you would know that I have covered many topics—topics of interest to me and about which I can write with some degree of first-hand knowledge, or at least based on traditional and … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, camping, history, museums, road-trip, Spam, travel
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Paths – We Follow Many Paths
There are many kinds of paths; woodland, winding, historical, paved, and virtual–We all follow many paths throughout life. Here are some of my favorite types of paths for this week’s Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge with the topic of Path.
Posted in Photo Challenge
Tagged Cedars of Lebanon, dune, exploration, Florida, Fort Pickens, history, path, paths, Photo Challenge, Port St. Joe, unknown, Virginia, Yorktown
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One Retired Veteran’s Story
And you wonder why Donald Trump won the election…? I received the following email from a friend who is a Retired Marine Officer. He and I enlisted in the military about the same time, during the midst of the Viet … Continue reading
Posted in The View from Pelham
Tagged broken promise, history, medical care, medicare, military, promise, retirement, Va, veterans
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Visiting the Botetourt County Historical Museum
When it was first established in 1770 Botetourt (pronounced “bot-te-tot”) County extended from its current location in the mountains of southwest Virginia, all the way to the Mississippi River, and included all or part of what are now the states … Continue reading
Posted in Renaissance Bucket List
Tagged Botetourt, county, courthouse, Fincastle, history, map, museum, Stereograph, Virginia
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DeSoto Falls, Alabama – Witness to History
After lunch at the Wildflower Café, we followed the signs to DeSoto Falls. I hate to pass up a chance to visit any waterfall. The falls are immediately below a dam across the Little River that runs along the top … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, dam, DeSoto Falls, history, Little River, Mentone, state park, waterfall, wildflower
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Does History Repeat Itself?
“Dog-eared Bartletts” There are several fellow bloggers “out there” who must have really dog-eared copies of Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, or a “pithy quotes” macro search function on their keyboards. I say this in admiration, because I had editorial responsibility for … Continue reading
Mariners’ Museum Part 1 – The Monitor Center
A Rude Awakening I last visited the Mariners’ Museum in Newport News, Virginia, in 1957—in conjunction with the 350th anniversary of the Settlement at Jamestown. I have only vague memories of what the museum actually looked like then, and have … Continue reading
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Tagged battleHampton Rhodes, Civil War, CSS Virginia, history, ironclads, Mariners' Museum, Merrimack, Monitor, Newport News
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Fort Pickens, Florida Camping Experience
Prologue Everything that happens on a camping trip—whether in a resort campground in a fully equipped motor home, a small camper, or tenting—begins in and is often colored by the campground experience. Have you ever heard camping summary comments that … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, bird, campground, camping, coast, Culf, dune, eagle, fishing, For Pickens, fort, Gulf Breezes, Gulf Shores, gun, hiking, history, National Park, Pensacola, Riverside RV, turnstone, watching
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Fort Pickens, Florida – 118 Years and Two Battles
To suggest that Fort Pickens Campground on Santa Rosa Island, part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore, offshore from Pensacola, Florida, is a well-kept secret may not be accurate—there were many visitors and campers there—but it was certainly new to … Continue reading
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Tagged camping, cannon, casemates, Civil War, fort, Fort Pickens, Geronimo, Gulf National Seashore, history, Pensacola
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Six Reasons to Check Out a Local Museum
How many times have you driven by that little museum on the corner? For me, it was nearly seven years—the museum had an attractive front, well decorated, and a name that should have forced me to turn in the first … Continue reading
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Tagged arrowhead, doll houses, history, local museum, model trains, six reasons, surprise
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