Category Archives: Uncategorized

Season’s Greetings

I hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday and a happy new year. I thought that I would share with you some pictures I took of animals on my recent trip to Alaska. I hope you have the … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Some Thoughts on Reading

I wanted to share some of my wife’s postings on reading. Please pass these thoughts to your family and friends. Even better, read a story to a child.

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Allen and Chase – Classmates and Adversaries

Ebenezer Allen and Salmon Chase were classmates and graduates of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. They renewed their friendship in January 1853 in Washington, DC.  Chase was a Senator from Ohio (1849−1855) and later a Justice of the U.S. … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Really?

Today Governor Abbott (Republican – Texas) asked the Texas Education Agency to form a task force to develop solutions to the state’s teacher shortage. This may be the worst announcement that the governor made during his time in Austin. A … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.

“If I hadn’t been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up a piano player in a bawdy house.” – Harry S. Truman Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Teacher of Civil War Generals mentioned in Civil War Books and Authors Blog

Civil War Books and Authors Blog mentioned Teacher of Civil War Generals in a July 31, 2015 post Booknotes III (July 2015) Teacher of Civil War Generals: Major General Charles Ferguson Smith, Soldier and West Point Commandant by Allen H. … Continue reading

Posted in Scratch Pad, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment