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Frank’s First Ladies: Sinatra & Jackie, Nancy, & Eleanor
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Remembering a Dog Who Helped Me Forget: Yeager the Weimaraner
June 3, is what I only half-jokingly call Yeager Memorial Day. Two years ago today, my great canine companion, 90-pound 16-year old Yeager the Weimaraner died. Despite the fact that the absence of his large presence still lingers as a… Read More ›
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Sweet, Cool Taste of Arkansas Summer: Watermelon Pie
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In Memory of Old-School Memorial Day: Photo Essay
As reported in the previous post, for the first century of Memorial Day, from 1868 to 1971, the holiday was always marked on the originally-designated day of May 30. Today being May 30, there’s a valid opportunity to briefly remember… Read More ›
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Memorial Day: Still a War Between the States
It was the expression those in the southern states called the Civil War, but a “War Between the States” still rages on about where the national holiday which resulted from that bloody conflict first started. In fact, just like the… Read More ›
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First First Lady in Newsreels: Florence Harding’s Jazzy Moves & Love of Hollywood
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Media Alert: Carl Anthony on C-Span First Ladies Show, Monday, May 20
As part of the extraordinarily weekly “First Ladies Show” series, I will be appearing as the guest on C-Span‘s episode this coming Monday evening, May 20. The two Administrations and three women who will be covered are: *Lucretia “Crete” Garfield,… Read More ›
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Michelle Obama’s Chicago Speech in Historic Context
Michelle Obama’s greatly-anticipated Chicago speech Wednesday, addressing the issue of gun violence in the city where she was born, raised and returned to after law school was a significant moment n her tenure as First Lady for several reasons. Foremost,… Read More ›
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Happy Easter: Sponsored by Nature, in Blue & Purple
No matter how enjoyable the process of storytelling, not even pecking out patterns of words while chained indoors to a little electrified box of plastic and metal can trump the pleasurable sights discovered while strolling the streets of San Francisco… Read More ›
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