Essay by Rachael Sadinsky
Available from Amazon.com – Edward Fisk – American Modernist
When it comes to early twentieth century modernism, Edward Franklin Fisk (1886 -1944) is something of an odd man out. Although his art was championed and exhibited by several New York galleries, his reputation never attained the mixture of glamour and spirituality enjoyed by his close friends Charles Demuth, Stuart Davis, and Eugene O’Neill. Born in New York City, Fisk studied in Paris, where he joined in the soirees at Gertrude Stein’s apartment, and later he was an active participant among the intellectual circles of Greenwich Village and Provincetown. Having absorbed avant-garde styles and ideas, he moved in 1926 to Lexington where he taught at the University of Kentucky, raised a family, and struggled to maintain his artistic integrity in a setting far from the front lines of American modernism.
The bulk of Fisk’s extant works are oil paintings — gently abstracted, often intensely colored — that present the farms and towns of Kentucky and Vermont in a style that balances the influences of European expressionism with American realism. Devoted to red, blue, and green, Fisk developed a formalist rigor that emphasized the flatness and frontality of his subjects, whether an isolated tree beside the side of a house, a tabletop assortment of vases, flowers, and fruits, or a portrait of a model in his studio. When he was in his late 40’s, Fisk took on the printmaking media and mastered the difficult processes of etching and mezzotint, producing prints which are impressive for their range of tone and intimate subject matter.
NEW YORK CITY 1886 1912
Edward Fisk was born on October 17, 1886, in New York City to Edward Franklin Fisk (1858-1917) a map engraver in the family-run Fisk & Company, and Sarah (Sadie) B. Robarts Fisk (1866-1942)1 He was the oldest of four children: Helen (born 1889), Arthur (born 1891), and Dorothy (born 1893). During the 1890s the Fisk family is believed to have resided in Brooklyn although, around the turn of the century, they moved to Ridgefield Park, New Jersey. In 1907, the family moved back to New York City and took up residence at 213 West 106th Street.
By the time Fisk reached his late teens, he had already decided to pursue a career in the arts. Beginning in 1904, he commuted from his family’s New Jersey home to New York City to attend classes at the Art Students League. In 1909, he took the life class at the National Academy of Design and then spent two years studying with Robert Henri at his independent studio at 1947 Broadway2 At the Henri studio, artists received not only training but a decidedly modernist, even radical, point of view. Henri extolled freedom of expression — freedom from academic rules, from classical notions of beauty, and from formulaic subject matter. He urged his students to draw their inspiration from the people and places of their surroundings:
The development of an ability to work from memory, to select factors, to take things of certain constructive values and build with them a special thing, your unique vision of nature, the thing you caught in an instant look of a face or the formations of a moment in the sky will make it possible to state not only that face, that landscape, but make your statement of them as they were when they were most beautiful to you. 3
Fisk found more than encouragement from his years at Henri’s studio: it was probably here that Fisk first met Stuart Davis, and the two became lifelong friends, corresponding and visiting over the years. Davis studied with Henri from 1909 to 1912 and his autobiography, published in 1945, includes his assessment about the importance of Henri’s teachings:
The Henri School was regarded as radical and revolutionary in its methods, and it was. All the usual art school routine was repudiated. Individuality of expression was the keynote, and Henri’s broad point of view in his criticisms was very effective in evoking it. Art was not a matter of rules and techniques, or the search for an absolute ideal of beauty. It was the expression of ideas and emotions about the life of the time. . . . The idea was to avoid mere factual statement and find ways to get down some of the qualities of memory and imagination involved in the perception of it. 4
Henri’s impact was equally significant on Fisk, who, later in his career, incorporated much of Henri’s philosophy in his own classes at University, of Kentucky. Henri once wrote that school is where “individuality of thought and individuality of expression is encouraged.”5 Fisk, during his own years teaching, wrote that “young people, sensitive young people know much more than their teacher; all they really need is sympathy and direction.”6
In I912, after eight years of study in New York, Fisk traveled to Paris where he continued his art studies at the Academic Moderne under Fauvist painters Othon Friesz and Pierre Laprade. Fisk was particularly impressed by Friesz, who was then attracting an enthusiastic following in the Parisian arts community. Like fellow Fauvists Matisse, Derain, and Vlaminck, Friesz was known for vividly colored paintings of the Provencal landscape. In his own work and in his teachings, Friesz advocated the importance of the artist’s direct contact with nature, which then must be heightened and abstracted in order to reveal its truth. Citing the influence of the classical, orderly landscapes of Cezanne, Friesz maintained that “a painting from nature must be re-worked in the studio in order to acquire… ‘authenticity‘. 7
During his year in Paris, Fisk was close to other American painters then studying abroad: Stuart Davis, whom he already knew from Henri’s school; Charles Demuth, Fisk’s colleague at the Academie Moderne; and Marsden Hartley.8 In addition to these artists, the American contingent in Paris included Elie Nadelman, Edward Steichen, Alfred Maurer, Arthur B. Carles, and Jo Davidson, many of who gravitated to the salons hosted by Gertrude and Leo Stein at 27, rue de Fleurus. In the decade before World War I, the Saturday evening gatherings at the Steins’ served as an international meeting place and forum for modern art, attracting not only vanguard Parisian artists, but a mixture of students like Fisk and Hartley, wealthy collectors, and curious foreigners. For the Americans, these evenings provided friendship with fellow expatriates and also a chance to study the Steins’ art collection of the radical developments in Parisian modernism. Fisk later wrote of his visit to the residences of Gertrude and Michael Stein:
When I was in Paris, I met Gertrude & Michael. . . . I had heard a lot about the Steins long before I went. . . . Most of my friends had known them in Paris, had been to their evenings and seen their collections. just before I left New York, I heard a well known collector say that Gertrude Stein was the most remarkable woman he had ever met, that when he was at her studio, she had sat through a whole evening of heavy discussion on art, and had never once opened her mouth. . . . During my stay in Paris, one of my painter friends took me one evening to the Steins’ on Rue de Fleurus. There I met Gertrude who was shaped and draped like a Hindu idol. She was not the sphinx I expected but a very gracious & charming hostess & had a tinkling, humorous laugh that one would never forget. . . . I had not come, as most people had, to meet Miss Stein but to see their collection of modern painting. Painters who were at that time considered the wild men of Paris (Fauves) lined the walls of her studio: Matisse, Picasso & others. Cezanne, Renoir, & El Greco hung with these present day wild men. . . The room was filled with Americans drinking in Gertrude’s charm & modern French art. . . . The young man who brought me there was a Stein enthusiast . . . He invited me, a few evenings later, to see a collection of Matisse that was housed in the residence of Michael Stein. 9
NEW YORK CITY 1913-1914
Fisk’s appreciation for modernist artists remained high and their influence upon him strong. Often in the company of Demuth, Hartley, and other artists, Fisk regularly visited New York City’s avant-garde galleries, such as Stieglitz’s 291, Montross Gallery, and Daniel Gallery. Demuth described one of their gallery jaunts in his essay “Between Four and Five”:
The fore-noon had been this and that. The afternoon dragged through an exhibition or two, a saloon or two, –some art talk. Then, somehow, tired and discouraged, we found ourselves at Fisk’s suggestion, in a place, a gallery, that, I like the word place better than the word gallery, for this place.
‘May we see the new Picasso?’
It was brought into the room.
That was a moment.
‘What does it mean?’ –even with that felt by someone in the room, it was a moment. 10
Alfred Stieglitz’s Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession at 291 Fifth Avenue was a regular destination for Fisk and his friends. Stieglitz used his gallery, which later became known as “291” after its street address, to tirelessly campaign for the modern through the exhibitions he organized, the publications he edited, and the collections he formed. After a series of landmark exhibitions of work by Picasso, Matisse, and Brancusi. he turned his attention to American artists who were seeking to absorb the radical ideas of the European avant garde. Hartley, whose first exhibition was at 291 in 1909, described the gallery’s support of modernism as invigorating:
There was life in all these new things, there was excitement, there were healthy revolt, investigation, discovery and an utter-h new world opened out of it all. . . 11
Though he was living with his family on the Upper West Side, Fisk was drawn to Greenwich Village and the bohemian life among writers, painters, and actors. Among those who gave the community its spirit were the writers Mary Heaton Vorse, Hutchins Hapgood and his wife Neith Boyce, and Susan Glaspell and her husband George Cram Cook, as well as many of the political reformers and personalities from Mabel Dodge’s New York City salon, including the anarchist journalist John Reed, the activists Hippolyte Havel and his wife Polly Holliday, the artists Maurice Sterne and Marguerite and William Zorach. By I914, this nucleus expanded to include the editor Max Eastman and the staff of The Masses, a left-wing magazine with an invigorating mixture of politics, art, literature, and humor. (The magazine was later branded “dangerous” for its opposition to capitalism and to America’s participation in World War I.) Articles ranged from discussions of world politics to radical feminism and labor strikes to Freudian analysis, and were written by such authors as Walter Lippmann., Bill Haywood, and John Reed. Maurice Sterne, Stuart Davis, Robert Henri and others contributed cartoons and drawings. Though Fisk did not contribute to the magazine — nor, for that matter, did Demuth — both artists were well acquainted with these progressive circles through friends and social gatherings in New York and Provincetown. As Eastman described, life in the Village was vital and all-consuming:
There was a sense of universal revolt and regeneration, of the just-before-dawn of a new day in American art and literature and living-of-life as well as politics. 12
Source: Rachael Sadinsky, “Edward Fisk: A Modern Life,” from Edward Fisk: American Modernist (Lexington: University of Kentucky Art Museum, 1998). Exhibition catalogue available from the Museum.
A MODERN LIFE: NOTES
1. There is some ambiguity about Fisk’s year of birth. 1888 is the birth year listed on employee records maintained in the University of Kentucky Archives and Fisk’s faculty/staff biographical file; it is also the birth year listed on Fisk’s death certificate. However, Fisk’s personnel card, issued by the University of Kentucky, lists 1887 as the birth year. And 1886 is the birth year in the artist’s listings in Who’s Who in American Art, published during his lifetime. Family archives have photos dated 1891 of “Ted” at age 5-1/2 and a drawing dated ‘96 and inscribed “Thomas Robarts / Drawing by Ted / I0 years old,” indicating a birth year of 1886, although the drawing, the date, and the inscription are in different hands. According to his descendants, Fisk was born in Brooklyn, a birth location circumstantially confirmed by location of photographers who made early cabinet pictures of Fisk children. However, searches in Brooklyn and Manhattan borough records for a birth certificate for the years 1886, 1887, and I888 were inconclusive.
2. Fisk’s studies at the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design are confirmed by the schools’ records. His years with Henri however, remain unconfirmed. The artist himself made reference to Henri’s studio on his resume, in his University of Kentucky faculty/staff biographical file and included in other biographical records.
6. Edward Fisk journal, p.22 (p. 17 transcription). The Fisk journal is preserved in the Fisk family archives. It is a loose, disjointed series of reminiscences, thinly veiled fictionalized accounts of his past, teaching points for class and drafts of letters to friends. A microfiche copy of journal excerpts is in the Archives of American Art, Washington, D.C.
8. According to Emily Farnham, Fisk first met Demuth in Paris. See Charles Demuth (Univ. of OK, I97 I), p. 72. Milton Fisk, the artist’s son, owns a watercolor portrait by Demuth of Edward Fisk reclining on couch, inscribed bottom left: E.F. Fisk / C. Demuth / Paris 1912.
8. Hartley was in Paris from mid-April 1912 through April 1913. He was in Berlin through November I9 13, when he returned to New York City. He traveled back to Germany in March I9 14. See Barbara Haskell, Marsden Hart/ey (NY Whitney Museum, 1980) and Gail R. Scott, Marsden Hartley (NY Abbeville Press, 1988).
11. Marsden Hartley, “291-And the Brass Bowl,” in Waldo Frank, Lewis Mumford, Dorothy Norman, Paul Rosenfeld, and Harold Rugg, America &Alfred Stieglitz (NY Literary Guild, 1934) pp. 236-42, excerpt p. 239. Hartley’s essay, published in 1934, describes the New York milieu of twenty to twenty-five years prior: “We began to hear names like Matisse, Picasso, Cezanne, Rousseau, and it was from all this fresh influx that I personally was to receive new ideas and new education. Stieglitz recalled to me my pointing to a Picasso abstraction and saying, this is the way it will go from now on, only an instinctive reaction certainly.” Hartley goes on to note that the artist’s signature is irrelevant: “. If there is any personal quality, that in itself will be signature enough, and we have seen a sequence of unsigned pictures permeated with an almost violent purity of spirit” (p. 240). Fisk may have shared Hartley’s disdain for the signature: the bulk of his extant paintings are unsigned.


A tour of global practices that will inspire American parents to expand their horizons (and geographical borders) and learn that there's more than one way to diaper a baby. Mei-Ling Hopgood, a first-time mom from suburban Michigan-now living in Buenos Aires-was shocked that Argentine parents allow their children to stay up until all hours of the night. Could there really be social and developmental advantages to this custom? Driven by a journalist's curiosity and a new mother's desperation for answers, Hopgood embarked on a journey to learn how other cultures approach the challenges all parents face: bedtimes, potty training, feeding, teaching, and more. Observing parents around the globe and interviewing anthropologists, educators, and child-care experts, she discovered a world of new ideas. The Chinese excel at potty training, teaching their wee ones as young as six months old. Kenyans wear their babies in colorful cloth slings-not only is it part of their cultural heritage, but strollers seem outright silly on Nairobi's chaotic sidewalks. And the French are experts at turning their babies into healthy, adventurous eaters. Hopgood tested her discoveries on her spirited toddler, Sofia, with some enlightening results. This intimate and surprising look at the ways other cultures raise children offers parents the option of experimenting with tried and true methods from around the world and shows that there are many ways to be a good parent.
In 1974, a baby girl from Taiwan was brought to the United States, newly adopted by a loving couple in Michigan. Mei-Ling Hopgood had an all-American upbringing, never really identifying with her Asian roots or harboring a desire to uncover her ancestry. She believed herself lucky to have escaped a life that was surely one of poverty and misery, to grow up in comfort with her doting parents and brothers.
Then, when she was in her twenties, her birth family came calling. Rather than the rural peasants she always pictured, they are a boisterous, loving, bossy, complicated middle-class family who hound her daily—by phone, fax, and letter, in a language she doesn’t understand—until she returns to Taiwan to meet them. As her biological sisters and parents pull her into their lives, claiming her as one of their own, the devastating secrets that still haunt this family begin to emerge.
Spanning cultures and continents, Lucky Girl brings home a tale of joy and regret, hilarity, deep sadness, and great discovery as the author untangles the unlikely strands that formed her destiny.
“Enchanting . . . Hopgood’s story entices not because it’s joyful but because she is honest, analytical and articulate concerning her ambivalence about and eventual acceptance of both her families and herself.” --The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky)


Telling Stories on the Love Boat by "Smurfette"
One day last year, about a month before my dad died, I told him, "Dad, I'm sorry you're hurting." he said, "Everybody is. It can't be helped". Even in his illness, he was a great and honest man.
My dad, Jim Wehe, was a mechanical engineer who loved-loved-loved new people and new stories. He collected both. I think he spent his 86 years collecting and sharing people, stories, and knowledge. Having met a new person and gotten their story, years later, he would delight in retelling it with just the right comedic timing. An interesting part of my dad’s own story happened when my family moved from Baton Rouge to Dallas in 1968. He bought a little thirteen foot sailboat - a Lone Star 13 - and at the age of 40 taught himself, and later his youngest son, the art and science of sailing. It's a science because: wind, angles, water, ropes, etc.; It's an art because... well... wind, angles, water, ropes! He knew the ropes and he knew the knots. At play and also at work, he studied and learned all the rules. He set an example of industry, exactitude, and integrity for my brother, his fellow sailors, all of his co-workers, and especially his family. My dad kept these precise practices of an engineer all his life, but if you asked him during his last months what his favorite thing was, he would answer with one word, the least rule-bound thing in his world: "Daisy".
My mother Daisy was not precise. She was a colorful Southern Belle born in Dixie, Georgia. She was the consummate hostess, and she loved to drink coffee and talk with friends. She was a nurse and a devoted wife to my father, whose habits and beliefs were hard to know. My mom just loved all people. All of her life, she gave all of herself to anyone who needed anything. She was a helper. If you needed help, she was there. If you needed a cup of sugar, or a pair of pliers, or some scotch tape, or a new calendar, she had it and would give it to you. She loved me, my three brothers, and her oldest grandson, who was like her fifth child, so very much.
My dad stayed with us until the November morning of their 57th wedding anniversary. Precisely at 11 am, he left. Then shockingly, the following month, my mom passed. I know they would feel most honored for our family to receive this beautiful gift.
They are now sailing peaceful waters. They were both the most beautiful humans to ever walk this earth. I miss them so much I can hardly breath sometimes. Everybody tells me not to be sad, because they wouldn't want that, and I do know that but, well, I guess in a way "It can't be helped".
As an artist, I love creating and telling stories through my work, so I really wanted the piece that I created for the Wehe family to tell a story, to tell their story, so here is how their bowl came to be...
I loved Susan's description of her dad teaching himself how to sail, so I found it only appropriate to use a sailboat to represent him. Sailing holds a special place in my heart, and from her words, I imagine that a boat suits him well....strong and flexible, precise and unpredictable.
As far as her mom, Daisy, I decided to represent her with nothing other than~daisies. I imagine with a name like that, she was gifted with many daisies throughout her life. But aside from that, I imagined that her soul was beautiful and giving just as flowers are to the world. I purposely put the flowers beneath the boat because I felt that from Susan's stories, that Daisy was a big part of holding her family up, and being a wonderful support.
I wanted to also incorporate all of Jim and Daisy's children, so I created 5 separate sun beams. As a parent myself I consider my children my light, and can only imagine that Susan and Jim felt the same way.
I specifically made the rim with a broken edge because to me there is nothing more beautiful than something real. And from Susan's beautiful recollection of her parents stories, I absolutely loved how the realness of her family shined through.


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The Mystery at Turkelton Manor
Twelve-year-old Nathaniel Jones wants to be a detective. Though his imagination tends to run wild, Nate knows something strange is going on and he is determined to figure it out.
Hearing noises at night, the young detective sees a strange figure lurking about. The Turkeltons are rich and Nate's grandfather is their groundskeeper. As a result, Nate gets to spend the summer on the manor grounds.
With priceless art and expensive jewelry in the mix, and someone creeping around at night, Nate becomes determined to catch a thief. There's just one problem; nothing seems to be missing.
A Collection of Twisted Tales
Most of these stories have one thing in common, death. Although death is the common thread, there is nothing common in the way it comes about. This collection is chock full of interesting characters scattered among various settings that inspire the imagination, such as a lavish English mansion or a dark interior of a rundown home.
This collection is inspired by and written in the style of Edgar Allan Poe.
Skorch: The Bounty Hunter
Commissioned to capture or kill the son of a notorius crime lord, Skorch, the bounty hunter sets out to find his man. Marcus is going to take over the family business, but Skorch is determined to shut them down.
Skorch spent the majority of his life bringing people to justice, but after a friend is murdered, he decides that justice isn't going to work the traditional way.
Bounty hunter turned assassin turned fugitive, this man finds himself on the run, but he is determined to finish his mission by whatever means necessary.
Search for the Lost Realm
Search for the Lost Realm is an epic journey in which a young man named Varan wants to find a power which has been missing from the world of Kantania for thousands of years.
Varan sets out, but soon discovers his true mission is to save the world's creator from a spiritual bond placed upon him by the powerful demon, Eldrok.
From demons to dragons and sorcerers to soldiers, battles erupt and Varan must hurry or the world could be lost to darkness forever.
This story does not consist of action alone as Varan faces dilemmas of the heart, struggles of the flesh and complex issues of the mind.
The Rise of the Reaper: Duty Calls
The “Organization” works outside the confines of the American Government: A terrorist cell has set up shop in and around New York City, waiting for the precise moment to strike. The “Organization” must investigate to find out who is involved and they soon realize the list is extensive, containing players both foreign and domestic.
Simon Wheatley lost his parents to a terrorist attack just two weeks after graduating high school. Once a promising young athlete, Simon decided to give up sports to fight terrorism.
A new recruit to the “Organization”, Simon sets out to prove he’ll stop at nothing to keep innocent people safe while doing everything in his power to take out those who would bring harm to others.


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Friends Summer Film Festival: Based on the Books
Friends Summer Film Festival will screen at the Hershey Public Library at 2 p.m. Sundays in July. Enjoy family friendly movies based on books. Registration is not required and everyone is welcome. Snacks are provided by the Friends of Hershey Public Library. The schedule includes:
July 7: “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” Rated PG
July 14: “Mr. Popper’s Penguins,” Rated PG
July 21: “Hugo,” Rated PG
July 28: “Night at the Museum,” Rated PG


Over the years, I've come upon my fair share of recommended resources for those on this journey. Some of them have been lifesavers, others I could have done without. Below is a running list of resources I've found useful. This page is a work in progress.
Books: -What To Do When You Can't Get Pregnantby Daniel Potter and Jennifer Hanin. A good place to start for those who are newly diagnosed and wondering what their options are. -Conquering Infertility by Alice Domar -Navigating the Land of IF by Melissa Ford -Silent Sorority by Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos -Sweet Grapes by Jean and Michael Carter
Support: -RESOLVE: http://resolve.org/ -Bitter Infertiles Podcast: https://bitterinfertiles.wordpress.com/ Adoption: Books: -The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoptionby Lori Holden; with Crystal Hass -Hospitious Adoption by James Gritter - Adopting: Sound Choices, Strong Families by Patricia Irwin Johnston
After many blissful years of marriage, my husband Grey and I decided to toss the birth control and take the plunge into parenthood. What we've encountered instead is a diagnosis of unexplained infertility and an inability to stay pregnant. Now, after two losses, a failed FET, a diagnosis of APA syndrome and an early delivery & NICU experience, we are finally parenting our miracle twins. This is our story.


Donna Everhart is full of surprises and a pleasure to talk with!
We covered lots of topics, including her writing process, what she's been reading, what's on her to be read list, what she's working on, and lots of encouraging words for fellow writers.
Donna is the USA Today bestselling author of authentic, vivid Southern fiction, including the Southeastern Library Association Award-winning The Road to Bittersweet, Indie Next Pick and Amazon Book of the Month, The Education of Dixie Dupree, The Forgiving Kind, The Moonshiner’s Daughter, and her most recent, The Saints of Swallow Hill. Her sixth novel, currently untitled, will be released February 2024.
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I”m so excited this week to feature guest blogger: National Best Selling Author, playwright, musician and professor Sands Hall on Integrity. Check it out!
Have you ever done something you’re ashamed of? Something that’s made you squirm when you think of it, a little mental shudder, as you try to make your mind hop away from the memory?
The word comes from integer, meaning a whole number (not a fraction): a thing complete in itself. And when we are operating with integrity we feel complete. We return the $20 bill to the person who dropped it; we don’t tell the lie that would excuse our absence; we don’t kiss the man who is married to someone else. We feel whole. We don’t feel as if there’s something we’d like to shove under the rug and pretend is not there—even though we can feel the bump in our mental carpet every time we pass by.
Brenda invited me to write about integrity, and I am honored to have this opportunity, as a play of mine that deals with the subject, called FAIR USE, is being given a staged reading in Boise on June 4th. (Ticket information here) I’m particularly excited that FAIR USE is having an outing in Boise, as it concerns some deeply respected Boise citizens, and it’s where a very important part of the play takes place.
Mary and Arthur Foote, both from the east coast, settled in the Boise area in the 1880s. Mary was a well-known, popular illustrator and writer, Arthur a brilliant engineer who had the idea of creating what is now the Lucky Peak Dam and the canals that bring water to the Boise Valley. It was a huge vision, so huge that Arthur couldn’t pull it off (it took the U.S. Government to accomplish it), and the decade they spent trying to make it work was the nadir of their lives. Mary eventually wrote about that decade, and the rest of their remarkable lives, in her memoir, A VICTORIAN GENTLEWOMAN IN THE FAR WEST, THE REMINISCENCES OF MARY HALLOCK FOOTE, which were published by the Huntington Library in 1972.
But before the manuscript was published, it fell into the hands of Wallace Stegner, who based his 1971 novel, ANGLE OF REPOSE, on the Footes’ lives. (Stegner names them Susan and Arthur Ward.) And here’s where integrity comes in. He not only used the Footes’ lives (which is fine, as far as it goes—writers often borrow elements of people’s lives as they create their fictions); he also used those reminiscences, quoted verbatim, without attributing them to Mary Hallock Foote. He also used, also verbatim, letters that Mary wrote to her best friend, Helena (named Augusta in the novel), who lived in New York. Again, without acknowledgement.
Stegner has defended himself, saying the memoirs weren’t published when he used them and so had no copyright; and he says he had permission from the family to use the letters (that is true; but he also told them he’d use “no direct quotes”). So legally he was within his rights. But ethically? I find it very troubling, that a man of his supposed integrity could convince himself that he could use all that material written by someone else, and call himself the author.
In those days, it wasn’t a matter of highlighting a chunk of text and dragging it from one document to another (not that that makes it any less wrong); Stegner had to sit with those letters and that manuscript to one side of his typewriter and type them, word after word, into his manuscript. (His biographer, Jackson Benson, estimates it’s at least ten percent of the novel.) I wonder how he convinced himself it was all right to do that. Even with the lack of copyright making it “okay”; even with the family’s permission (and that is a complicated): he planned to call himself the author not only of the Footes’ amazing lives, but of so many pages he simply had not, himself, written.
All that is bad enough. But worse still is what he does with the memoir and the letters: as he puts it himself, in a letter to the family after the novel was published, “bolstering” a “false portrait” that he paints of “Susan’s” character, including an affair Susan has with one of her husband’s assistants, as a result of which her youngest daughter Agnes dies.
This is what most troubles the Foote family, and the publication of ANGLE OF REPOSE was traumatic for them. Not so much the copying of their ancestor’s words, without attribution, but the portrait he painted of her, using them. Many people who knew the Footes—and they were very well known, all over the west—assumed he’d unearthed a skeleton from the family closet: because so much of the historical section of the novel was based on their actual lives, they assumed the rest of it was true as well. Or—as was the case with most readers—they assumed all those letters were written by him, that he’d created the authentic “voice” of those reminiscences, and the arc of the Footes’ extraordinary lives.
I grew up appreciating Stegner, especially his environmental work. So it was personally distressing to discover this blot on his character. I kept wondering what Mary Hallock Foote would think of what he’d done with her life and words, and pondering that—imagining them talking to each other—led to FAIR USE: where better to have two dead people talk to each other than on a stage? I wish Stegner could apologize, at least to the family, but that of course is wishful thinking. Still, I can’t help but imagine that for the rest of his life, he was aware of that bump in his mental carpet: not only the harm he caused the family—the credit he took, the money he made, the awards the novel won, including the Pulitzer Prize, for so much that simply wasn’t his.
Who knows how or if he made his peace with it. I just know that the story makes me aware of my own integrity—as well as a desire to give credit where credit is due! But that’s a whole other blog post.
SANDS HALL is an author, professor, and musician. You can find more about her at www.sandshall.com, and on Facebook at Sands Hall Writer. Information about the staged reading of FAIR USE in Boise on June 4th can be found here and on Facebook here.
The reading is a benefit to support the Foote Park Project: http://www.footeparkprojectboise.org/
Photographs provided by Sands Hall and may be found on Sandshall.com
Thank you, Sands, for guest blogging today. I deeply appreciate of your thoughts on Integrity – and fair use.
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Scroll down for some of our favorite books, in no particular order. Eventually I’ll categorize them but for now I’d like to just start collecting. Note: any Amazon links are no longer active but we haven’t had time to update them.
Also, in the meantime, also check out these specific lists:
“Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match / Marisol McDonald no Combina”
By Monique Brown
Illustrated by Sara Palacios
A lovely bi-lingual book (Eng & Span), in all respects: wonderful illustrations, and the story and sentiment is spot on. I cried on the first read, as did parent friends in non-mixed families.
“Whoever You Are”
By Mem Fox
Illustrated by Leslie Staub
A fundamental truth put into a fun illustrated book: underneath it all we all human, bleed red and have many of the same wants, needs and values.
“We Came to America”
By Faith Ringgold
We are all Americans! From many places, for many reasons, bringing many uniquenesses, all of which come together to make America what it is.
“Same, Same but Different”
By Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
Through two young penpals, this fun book compares the similarities and differences of the lives of a young boy in rural India to a young boy in urban USA.
“We’re Different, We’re the Same”
By Bobbi Jane Kates
Illustrated by Joe Mathieu
Using our favorite Sesame monsters and friends, this book points out via rhyme, the wide variety in how features may look, though they all function the same.
“Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions from Around the World”
Written by Selby B. Beeler
Illustrated by G. Brian Karas
Such a cool concept to take one human happening and compare related traditions from around the world. Love!
“What Do You Believe?”
Published by DK Publishing
I personally love to geek out over this sort of book, but it’s also a great resource when we want discuss holidays or traditions we see around us. We first took it out from the library and have since bought a copy.
“Don’t Let Auntie Mabel Bless the Table”
Written & Illustrated by Vanessa Brantley Newton
Love this one for the depictions of a diverse family, a tradition and the reminder to count blessings together. Fantastic illustration and fun rhyming story.
“Mango, Abuela, and Me”
By Meg Medina
Illustrated by Angela Dominguez
This one hits close to home for us, where grandma & grand-daughter bond over teaching each other their languages.
“Atlas of Adventures (A Collection of Natural Wonders, Exciting Experiences and Fun Festivities From the Four Corners of the Globe”
Illustrated by Lucy Letherland
Written by Rachel Williams
The picture book version of a world travel bucket list! Fun to flip through with the kiddos to dream of far away adventures, or inspire learning about or even trying out far off traditions right at home.
“Hello World (A Celebration of Languages and Curiosities)”
By Jonathan Litton
A particular fav of my 4 year old son. He brought it into school, proud to show everyone places he’s been or knows of, and how they say hello. Little fingers love the lift-the-flaps, and adults know that learning “Hello” in other languages is just the beginning…
“A Year of Stories: 52 Folktales and Legends From Around the World”
Written by Angela McAllister
Illustrated by Christopher Corr
I’d been following Christopher Corr‘s brilliant art via Instagram for a while, but hadn’t realized he illustrated books until we received this last Christmas! Fun collection of stories from around the globe with fantastic illustrations.
“Bindi Baby: Colors (Telugu)”
Another beautiful (and much needed) Telugu book to add to our collection. Unlike those that came before it, it also helps learn structure along with cementing words. (e.g. “What color? Yellow color! Yellow sun.” …but in Telugu script and English phonetics). One of the go-to gifts for expecting cousins! [also available in Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Punjabi & Tamil.]
“Bindi Baby: Animals (Telugu)”
Along with it’s sister “Numbers,” it was the very first Telugu language book we came across (and after SO much searching, and even creating our own for learning and as gifts). Beautiful and simple, and a great way to learn/teach language. One of the go-to gifts! [also available in Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Punjabi & Tamil.]
“Bindi Baby: Numbers (Telugu)”
Along with it’s sister “Animals,” it was the very first Telugu language book we came across (and after SO much searching, and even creating our own for learning and as gifts). Beautiful and simple, and a great way to learn/teach language. One of the go-to gifts! [also available in Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Punjabi & Tamil.].


11234 (Setting: Johann Hermann Schein)
11554 (Setting: Melchior Vulpius, alt.)
Meter: 6.6. 7.7. 7.7.
Source: Jacob Regnart, Kurtzweilige teutsche Liedlein, Nürnberg, 1574
Proper Text: In God, My Faithful God (Auf meinen lieben Gott)
This tune has its origins in a secular composition by Jacob Regnart to accompany the text “Venus, du und dein Kind seid alle beide blind,” printed in the collection Kurtzweilige teutsche Liedlein, Nürnberg, 1574. From there it swiftly passed into sacred use. It appeared in two chief melodic forms, with the incipits 11554 and 11234, respectively. It is the latter that continues to be used in the Missouri Synod tradition through its association with the text “In God, My Faithful God (Auf meinen lieben Gott).” The setting used for the Free Lutheran Chorale-Book is that by Johann Hermann Schein. The 11554 variation, which is in fact closer to the secular original, has come to be traditionally associated with the Danish hymn “O Bride of Christ, Rejoice (Fryd dig du Kristi brud),” which in the Missouri Synod tradition is sung to a later tune, “Wo soll ich fliehen hin,” which dates to 1679, nearly a century after the Danish hymn’s composition. For the Free Lutheran Chorale-Book, the setting of the 11554 version is that by Melchior Vulpius, with some alterations.


The Words follows young writer Rory Jansen who finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There’s only one catch – he didn’t write it. As the past comes back to haunt him and his literary star continues to rise, Jansen is forced to confront the steep price that […]
John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed […]
Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton, handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray becomes obsessed with maintaining his youthful appearance, and commissions a special portrait that will weather the winds of time while he remains forever young. When Gray’s obsession spirals out of control, his desperate attempts to safeguard his secret turn his once-privileged […]
HDThe Big Wedding
To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin are once again forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son’s wedding after his ultra conservative biological mother unexpectedly decides to fly halfway across the world to attend. With all of the wedding guests […]
HDThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
This time around Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their pesky cousin Eustace Scrubb find themselves swallowed into a painting and on to a fantastic Narnian ship headed for the very edges of the world.
HDThe Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
One year after their incredible adventures in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Peter, Edmund, Lucy and Susan Pevensie return to Narnia to aid a young prince whose life has been threatened by the evil King Miraz. Now, with the help of a colorful cast of new characters, including Trufflehunter the badger and Nikabrik […]
A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future – blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window.


Issue 10 of FRESH ROMANCE includes the second chapters of three stories – One Lucky Bride by Julia Hutchinson, Under The Oak Trees by Sally Jane Thompson, and Walk It Off by Suzana Harcum and Owen White – and 4 pages of behind the scenes content from Sally Jane Thompson’s Under the Oak Trees! Cover by Sally Jane Thompson.
Issue 11 of FRESH ROMANCE includes the third chapters of three stories – One Lucky Bride by Julia Hutchinson, Under the Oak Trees by Sally Jane Thompson, and Walk It Off by Suzana Harcum and Owen White – and 4 pages of behind the scenes content from Sally Jane Thompson’s Under the Oak Trees! Cover by Suzana Harcum.
Issue 12 of FRESH ROMANCE includes the final chapter of One Lucky Bride by Julia Hutchinson and the penultimate chapters of Under the Oak Trees by Sally Jane Thompson and Walk It Off by Suzana Harcum and Owen White! Cover by Julia Hutchinson.
Issue 13 of FRESH ROMANCE includes the final chapters of Under the Oak Trees by Sally Jane Thompson and Walk It Off by Suzana Harcum and Owen White! Cover by Sally Jane Thompson.
Tora intends to petition the powerful Loop boss Stratios for a cure, but circumstances intervene. A terrorist attack and a rising demagogue threaten to sweep the Loop in a maelstrom of violence. To stop a war and find a cure, Tora must venture deeper into the Loop, a journey that will sow the seeds of her salvation or her doom.
Jelly Vampire features the radical life of Lulu Lulusen, an imaginative and unusual girl who embarks on countless darkly humorous adventures, from disemboweling bullies to traveling to a planet made entirely of the soft underside of a cat’s belly.
“Jelly Vampire is a complete masterclass in fun, exciting, and beautiful cartooning, with every page showcasing Neverdahl’s talent and spirit.” – Nerdist
For Eugene and Gigi, true love was always right in front of them, but time and circumstance always seemed to get in the way. Written by Cecil Castellucci and with artwork by Sarah Winifred Searle and Irene Koh, “The Only One” is Eugene and Gigi’s love story, spanning decades, told in ten pages.
For readers 17+
Zana finds herself in the city as Bisa is taken hostage by the anti-apartheid rebels. She finds shelter with surprising new allies, but must soon put it all at risk again in order to save Bisa’s life.
Enter a beautiful fantasy kingdom with writer Marguerite Bennett, artist Trungles, and letterer Rachel Deering! A young woman and her lover risk everything to be together. Readers will find a very different retelling of the classic fairy tale, although this version has many beasts and a few beauties!
Issue 7 of FRESH ROMANCE includes three 10-page comics stories, an exciting and illuminating look at the health benefits of sex, a process peek at Beauties, and more!
30+ pages of content for $2.99! Cover by Kris Anka.
For readers 17+
Get the complete The Ruby Equation now! 50 pages of comics, 70+ pages of content, all for $6.99. For ages 12+


The Terra Debacle by Marcha Fox is a highly entertaining, suspenseful and thought-provoking sci-fi novel surrounding the exploits of Thyron, a mutant form of sentient plant life with highly-developed thought processes and limited extra-sensory perception. It comes as a quasi-prequel to the author’s Star Trails Tetralogy, where the character appears as a protagonist in the Brightstar family saga. Set in the late 70s northwestern USA, it uses the controversial Air Force investigation of UFOs as part of the storyline. Gabe Greeley, an exobiologist at NASA, is contacted by Colonel Jenkins at Hill AFB in Ogden, They request his opinion on an exotic lifeform discovered by personnel at the base. Greeley arrives at the base and is introduced to Thyron, and there the adventure begins.
Fox could not have selected more fertile ground for such a cross-genre romp. This is easily comparable to a dark version of ET – The Extraterrestrial, though the author herself evokes Little Shop of Horrors in her preface. One thing for sure is that Marcha sets the tone with a humorous phone chat between Greeley and Jenkins. Greeley’s parrot in the background lets us know where this is going, and we are quick to follow. Thyron is not merely mimicking human thought, he conveys concepts of time and space that the Earthlings can only struggle to grasp. As Gabe establishes a psychological bond with Thyron, the author’s message becomes clear. The resources of this world and beyond are not meant solely for man’s exploitation. Understanding their nature and respecting their needs and purpose helps us truly develop our universe to its utmost potential.
This becomes a landmark novel for Fox fans who are witnessing a significant step in her evolution as a science fiction author. The Star Trails Tetralogy was an essential indie lit sci-fi contribution, standing comfortably alongside Star Wars and Star Trek in the space opera genre. This novel takes us in a new direction as we consider not only the possibility of life in space, but that of being able to communicate and learn from it. We may not find aliens anywhere beyond our national borders, but we have discovered water on other planets. Water being the source of life, can it possibly be supporting plant life somewhere among the stars? It makes you wonder whether your trees and flowers are doing more than drinking and breathing out there. And people talk to flowers, don’t they?
Pick up a copy of The Terra Debacle by Marcha Fox and prepare for some unique and titillating sci-fi entertainment. It will definitely give you topics for discussion and food for thought to share with fellow readers and science lovers alike.
Reblogged this on Marcha's Two-Cents Worth and commented:
Thanks for the pre-release review, John! Current release date is December 1 and it should be available for preorder sometime before that. Stay tuned!
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So we are just starting out and don't have many books as yet. But we will build and they will come!
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Thank You For The Shoes
The story of an extraordinary ordinary man.
Based on a true story, Thank You for the Shoes reads like literary fiction. Spanning 80 years, two continents and several U.S. states, it follows a 13-year-old, fatherless Italian youth’s remarkable and psychologically challenging journey into manhood as he embarks on a solo journey to find his father’s grave, a man he never knew. Through flashbacks, we come to understand the circumstances and challenges faced by the boy’s father and millions of others who were part of a 30-year migration to the Americas in the late 1880s and the early part of the 20th Century. The young man's journey is fraught with detours, challenges, loss and tragedy, and enriched with love, joy and a triumph of spirit—an imperfect, ordinary man, with an extraordinary helping of faith, hope and family commitment.


The following is from an interview with Bridgeview's founding pastor , Reverend Irby Tranum, by Syble Farr in 1991.
Following his ordination to the Gospel Ministry by Second Baptist Church of Montgomery in October 1947, Irby Tranum received a call from Christian friends to preach in the Bridgeview community. He accepted the call and challenge to organize a Baptist church.
He preached a tent revival for three weeks on the
Following the revival they held services in the Martins' barn until the church was organized with Blount Davidson and Lee Gallman of the Montgomery Baptist Association and a total of thirty-nine members. Brother Tranum was pastor and baptized thirty-five members in the
The church prospered with several Bible study groups being held in different homes while the men of the community volunteered in the building of a permanent church, a cement block building. Revivals were held regularly with some of the leading pastors bringing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with great power, as much prayer was held in many of the homes in the Bridgeview Community. "God blessed
Family names represented in the original thirty-nine members were: the Hughes family, who ran a dairy; the Martins, who first tried to interest Brother Tranum in pastoring the new church; the Manns; Ruth and J.T. Brooks, who move their membership from Chisholm Baptist Church so Ruth could become the first pianist; and Leon and Gertrude Butler, described as pillars of the church. Both Reverend Tranum and Mr. Martin worked at the U.S. Post Office in Montgomery, and it was there where Mr. Martin approached Brother Tranum about pastoring after having learned that Brother Tranum was recently ordained. Mr. Martin invited him to help organize a Baptist church in the Bridgeview Community and pastor it; Brother Tranum accepted the challenge.
After leaving Bridgeview, Brother Tranum went on to pastor Liberty Baptist Church, Greenville, AL; Pigeon Creek Baptist Church, Greenville, AL; New Ebenezer Baptist Church, Highland Home, AL; Santuck Baptist Church, Wetumpka, AL; County Line Baptist Church, Prattville, AL; and Ashville Baptist Church in North Carolina where he was pastor from 1976 to 1978.


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Make truly delicious French Toast in under 2 minutes using the most amazing culinary invention since the toaster: the mighty microwave oven!
Microwave French Toast! FAST School Holiday Workshops
The CNRL Library Innovation Studio is open to adults and ages 16+ upstairs at Tamworth City Library at the times listed below, with special events and after-school clubs at other times for younger ages (see our events page). Schools can also book excursions to the Library Innovation Studio.
@ Tamworth Library
3.30pm - 6pm
10am - 12pm
1pm - 5pm
We are closed on Public Holidays and most School Holidays - full details here.


Even the most solidly constructed, beautifully finished bookcases can easily become dust collectors — but it doesn’t have to be that way. You already know that reading is one of the most important skills and disciplines your child can gain. After he or she initially learns to read, the goal is to empower him or her to read to learn.
A main ingredient in a successful learner or reader is enjoyment. People who find satisfaction from reading and learning are not only more apt to pursue those endeavors, but they’re also more likely to benefit greatly from them. Not all kids are naturally the “bookworm type,” but there are things parents can do to help foster enjoyment in reading. While during the school year, school during the day and homework in the evenings might leave little time for pleasure reading, summer is a great time to help your kids discover the unique joys that can come through the pages of a good book.
The first way to encourage kids to read for pleasure is to celebrate reading and learning! Celebrating it is so much more fun than requiring it, anyway! Maybe your child or children will enjoy different topics or types of literature than you do, but your own excitement about reading is important. Why? Enthusiasm is contagious! Have you read something inspiring, humorous, or even challenging lately? If so, talk about it! If you enjoy reading and learning yourself, that probably comes naturally to you. What books or stories did you love as a child? Tell your child about those, too. Classics are never out of date.
In addition to expressing personal enthusiasm, you can enhance the experience of reading by going “on location” or otherwise adding sensory elements to time set aside for reading. For instance, maybe you could bring a picnic lunch and spend the day by a river to set the scene for “Huckleberry Finn,” or go to a botanical garden to venture into “The Secret Garden.”
Even staying home to read can seem like a treat when you make a special place to read, like these DIY pallet seats or this literary sign for a “reading garden.” You could also light candles or reserve special snacks just for reading. After all, that’s what many people enjoy most about going to the fair or a ball game. You’ll want to stay away from cups that easily spill or foods that get hands messy, of course! Some writers have special writing socks or other rituals that you could easily incorporate into reading time.
The goal is to enhance the mood in order to make it seem more like a special celebration and the stolen pleasure that it is — instead of a boring item on the must-do list.
Continue reading with Part 2.
From The Bedroom Source Blog
- Are Dust Mites in Your Child’s Mattress?
- Valley Collection – Long Island Children’s Bedroom Furniture
- Types of Children’s Beds Available at The Bedroom Source
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Contact the friendly staff at The Bedroom Source by calling (516) 248-0600 or by visiting www.BedroomSource.com. When you buy from The Bedroom Source, you are buying from a family owned, local mom & pop furniture store; when you shop at The Bedroom Source, you are dealing directly with the owners. We professionally assemble everything we sell. We deliver to Long Island, the 5 Boroughs of New York City, Rockland, southern Connecticut, and northern New Jersey.
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Forrest Hall Farm Shop is happy to announce a new snack product by a new, young, entrepreneur, Tyler Ledman. Tyler is working to start his own kettle corn business using his own personal recipe. It’s delicious and we are happy to be able to offer it to our customers. It comes in $1.00 single serve bags and $5.00 family size bags. The kettle corn is also available at the Charlotte Hall Farmers Market on the grounds of the Charlotte Hall Library. Welcome to the world of business, Tyler!
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Bienvenidos a Diablitos Hablantes
ABOUT DIABLITOS HABLANTES
Diablitos Hablantes is an Open Educational Resource (OER) that was created specifically for the Span 204 course here at WSU. We wanted to offer students a free, interactive web-book that brings Spanish to life in an easily-available online format. The OER consists of two parts:
1. The web-book, where students can find instructional videos with grammar explanations, authentic readings and video interviews, a plethora of cultural features (e.g. music, food, slang, traditions), as well as activities to practice the language.
2. Canvas LMS, hosts the Online Homework Suite of the OER. Students’ tasks are automatically graded in this platform.
The OER is designed based on the principles of the 21st century skills to help students communicate, collaborate and develop creativity and problem solving abilities together with technology literacy.
Collin Shull is a Spanish instructor at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. A native English speaker, Collin became enchanted with Latin America and its diverse cultures while a student at The Evergreen State College. Since that time, Collin has traveled regularly to South America and graduated with an M.A. in Spanish from Washington State University in 2019.
Priya Panday-Shukla is a PhD student in the Language, Literacy, and Technology program at Washington State University (WSU). She has a master’s degree in Foreign Languages and Cultures from WSU. Her research and teaching focus on communicative language, cultures, and educational technology.


If you’re a history buff or have an interest in the indigenous people of North America, you may have come across the name “Choctaw City” in your research. what leflore county town was once known as choctaw city Choctaw City was a town located in Leflore County, Mississippi, and it was once a vibrant hub for the Choctaw Nation. In this article, we will take a closer look at the history of Choctaw City, how it came to be, and what happened to it over time.
The Choctaw Nation
Before we dive into the history of Choctaw City, it’s essential to understand the Choctaw Nation. The Choctaw people are indigenous to what is now the southeastern United States, including Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and Florida. They were one of the “Five Civilized Tribes,” a group that also included the Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole nations.
The Founding of Choctaw City
Choctaw City was founded in the early 1830s, during a time when the Choctaw Nation was being forcibly relocated to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) under the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The town was located on the north bank of the Poteau River, near the present-day town of Poteau, Oklahoma.
The idea behind Choctaw City was to create a central location where Choctaw people could gather before heading west to Indian Territory. The town was designed as a self-sustaining community, complete with a church, school, blacksmith shop, and other essential businesses. Choctaw City quickly became a bustling center of commerce and culture for the Choctaw people.
The Decline of Choctaw City
Unfortunately, Choctaw City’s success was short-lived. The town was located on land that was still claimed by the state of Mississippi, and tensions between the Choctaw Nation and the state government soon boiled over. In 1837, Mississippi authorities ordered the Choctaw people to leave Choctaw City, and the town was abandoned.
The Legacy of Choctaw City
Although Choctaw City only existed for a few years, its legacy lives on today. The town is remembered as a symbol of the resilience and strength of the Choctaw people, who faced enormous challenges during the Indian Removal era. Today, Choctaw City is recognized as a historic site by the state of Mississippi, and efforts are underway to preserve and protect what remains of the town.
Choctaw City was a town founded by the Choctaw Nation during the Indian Removal era. The town was meant to be a central gathering place for Choctaw people before they were forcibly relocated to Indian Territory. Although the town was successful for a few years, tensions with the state of Mississippi led to its abandonment. Today, Choctaw City is remembered as a symbol of the resilience of the Choctaw people.


Place : Tourist Attractions such as Deoksugung, The Anglican Church of Korea, Baejaehakdang(덕수궁, 성공회, 배재학당등의 시청 주변의 관광 명소)
Time : From 10:30 am to 4:00 pm
Meeting Spot : Plaza in front of main entrance gate of Deoksugung(덕수궁 대한문 앞 광장) near the City Hall subway station
아름다운 계절 6월의 모임은 많은 명소가 모여있는 덕수궁 주변을 택했습니다. 자주 스케치해오던 장소입니다만 계절에 따른 다양한 모습에 매료되는 곳이기도 합니다. 회비는 없으며 사용하실 도구를 지참하고 오셔서 자신만의 스케치 세계를 여러분들과 나누시기 바랍니다.
Friday, July 1, 2011
Creative Sketch Workshop at Dasom Gallery (1), July 1st, 2011
During Exhibition we held a Creative sketch workshop at the gallery. 15 sketchers-to-be participated in. YH Lee lectured how to understand and to begin sketching for an hour. After that participants began to sketch in and out of the library for next hour. After finishing sketching we hung them on the wall and took a photo. What a valuable experience for both of us it was! We'll hold the second workshop tomorrow before we end the exhibit on coming Sunday. Hope many sketchers-to-be to enjoy sketching itself! Thank you all!!!


As parents, you are the most influential teacher in your child’s life. At Corner Canyon Academy, we encourage you
to look for daily opportunities to help your child gain skills in reading in order to help them thrive in their school years and life to come. As you create daily opportunities for your child, you are helping lay a foundation for a successful reader.
Learning to Read
Helping your child comprehend a printed word helps them create awareness when it is time to write. As they to learn to read, there are 4 things that enter their awareness.
- Speech: This is the spoken word.
- Phonemes: Small units of sound that speech is broken into.
- Letters of the alphabet: Set of symbols that represent sound patterns.
- Phonics: Sound of the letters combining to form a word.
We have compiled a list of suggestions and activities that can help you get your child ready to read.
- For at least 15 minutes each day, read out loud to your child.
- Get a library card for your child and allow your child to choose books to check out and read.
- Attend and participate in a children’s story hour at the public library.
- Have a variety of options to read to your child from – magazines, picture books, comics and story books, fiction and nonfiction.
- Read about topics they’re interested in.
- If or when your child has a favorite story, reread it, leaving out keywords and ask your child which word is missing.
- While reading, point out the direction of the print and how we read from left to right.
- Allow your child to turn the pages, this is another way to show the direction from left to right.
- When reading ABC books, Dr. Seuss books, have your child “read” or say the repeated lines along with you.
- For comprehension, ask your child what their likes and dislikes of the story was.
Helping your child be prepared for reading and teaching them within the walls of your home sets the tone for years to come. The basics of reading will lead to writing and soon your child is off to learning bigger things, all because you instilled a foundation of reading during their childhood years.
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THE TEACHER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- How does the scandal involving the student-teacher affair impact the dynamics within the school community?
- How do the rumors and gossip surrounding Addie shape the way she is perceived by others?
- Explore the character of Addie. What motivates her actions, and how does her backstory contribute to her behavior? Do you sympathize with her, or do you view her as a villainous character?
- In what ways does "The Teacher" address issues of trust and betrayal?
- Reflect on the significance of secrets in the novel. How do the secrets held by various characters drive the plot forward, and what consequences do they face as a result of keeping or revealing these secrets?
- Discuss the portrayal of power dynamics in the teacher-student relationship depicted in the book. How does the imbalance of power influence the interactions between characters, and what commentary does the novel offer on this issue?
- Analyze the role of gossip and rumors in "The Teacher." How do these elements contribute to the atmosphere of the story, and what commentary does the author make about the nature of rumors and their impact on individuals?
- Explore the theme of redemption in the novel. Do any characters undergo a process of redemption throughout the story, and if so, what prompts this transformation? How does the theme of redemption tie into the overarching narrative?
- Consider the portrayal of morality and ethics in "The Teacher." How do the characters navigate moral dilemmas, and do their actions align with societal norms and expectations? How does the novel challenge traditional notions of morality? Do you think Eve is as morally culpable as Nate?
- Reflect on the ending of the book. Were you surprised by the outcome? How does the resolution of the story reflect the themes and character arcs explored throughout the novel?


AN ANALYSIS OF TWITTER CONVERSATIONS TO UNDERSTAND REACTIONS TO A CRISIS
The impact of social media during crises has been an increasingly debated topic. In the last months, Europe has experienced several emergencies and social media, especially Twitter, have been a main channel citizens and authorities alike have used to react.
The “Brussels Attacks – Crossover between research and reality” document, authored by Nicolas Vanderbiest, analyses recent crises in Europe and concludes to the following 6 stages of reaction: the information phase; the phase of emotion; the transition phase; the organisational phase; the phase of interest; and the disorganisation phase.
Take a look at the publication to read more about how people react in crises using Twitter and what lessons were learned from the reactions to the Brussels attacks.
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NEWS & EVENTS
Margot Dillard and Demetrias Rodgers provide a potent dose of motivation through ‘It's All Inside’
Mechanicsville, Virginia (Issuewire.com) - The world is changing rapidly, and so is the lifestyle of people who are in dire need of motivation to make a living. Margot Dillard and Demetrias Rodgers have joined forces to create this amazing literary piece to fulfill that need, known as ‘It's All Inside: Inspiration For Daily Living’. This book is masterfully crafted to make sure that every individual person, whether from youth or middle age, everyone can find motivation. Offering a tool for accessing inner strength for everyone. This book is currently available on Amazon in the paperback option, with a hardcover edition available soon.
Margot Dillard is well known for her nonfiction works, and this time, her interest is revolving around Demetrias Rodgers and his ventures for motivation who has also co-written the book. Demetrias is a national technology guru and a great motivator who has helped to empower many people through his thoughts and perception. There are a fair amount of people around the world who are struggling to make a living regardless of their financial condition. This book can offer a potential amount of inspiration and spirituality channeling through the mass. The idea of succeeding lies within every individual, and this book helps to spark that feeling.
Margot and Demetrias have worked together to come up with this 365-day inspirational journal with different inspirational thoughts for each day. There are a total of 18 chapters in the book ‘It's All Inside: Inspiration For Daily Living’ and each of the chapters caters to readers' attention with a stream of success. If the journal is followed thoroughly while implementing the practices, there is a good chance of winning the game of life. The encouragement program offered in the book helps to counteract all the negativity in life. Whether it is on the social media news feed, newspaper headlines, or the surrounding environment, negativity can come from anywhere, and this book can pave the path to cut it out.
Demetrias Rodgers was well revered as an IT leader for the Commonwealth of Virginia as well as a Technology Mentor who inspires people as a National Speaker. His journal can be used as a book to gain success in life, and this book is the greatest example of that. No matter what kind of circumstances or hurdles occur, ‘It's All Inside: Inspiration For Daily Living’ can create a pursuit to success with healthy physical and mental health. There are a lot of people around the world who are suffering and struggling to make a living due to a lack of motivation. All they need is proper guidance and a friendly push to proceed in life. This book is masterfully crafted to offer that through its 18 amazing chapters.
Each of the chapters from this book focuses on the virtues that help to build a fruitful way for self-improvement. It embarks on a journey of new thoughts that helps create a positive mindset while improving inner strength. Right after the Introduction, the book initiates the journey with the chapter ‘Your Path’ and soon proceeds with the chapters like ‘Working Towards Success’, ‘Yesterday’s Price, Today’s Value’, ‘Being Present’, ‘Determined and Driven,’ and so on. Offering a pipeline of success, this book is truly a game changer for everyone. Demetrias’ voice and thoughts of motivation are reaching every corner of the world with this latest book, ‘It's All Inside: Inspiration For Daily Living’. The book has been published on December 10, 2022, and currently, it is empowering individuals around the world.
Margot Dillard’s literary arsenal is filled with a diverse range of books that showcases her dynamics as a writer. Her readers rely on her knowledge and the books that help to make a healthy living. Previously, she published ‘A Flippin' Good Way To Earn Money’ which is helping readers to find a suitable way to work for themselves. Whether a side hustle or a full-time work routine, the book helps to learn the steps of earning money.
Her diversified collection of books does not fail to captivate readers worldwide. Each book is specially crafted, addressing the important aspects of life. Margot is working rigorously to pave the path for a more healthy, successful, and sustainable lifestyle that everyone deserves. The latest book ‘It's All Inside: Inspiration For Daily Living’ is one of the best creations by this author that is channelizing energy and motivation among all. Based on Demetrias and his motivational journal of thoughts, this book is the ultimate guide for everyone.
Margot Dillard is looking forward to coming up with more amazing books in the coming days of her successful career as an author that empowers readers with fruitful knowledge. Margot believes that a book of thoughts is capable of changing people’s lives and she keeps publishing such books in a consistent manner. ‘It's All Inside: Inspiration For Daily Living’ is just another milestone and a successful joint project with Demetrias Rodgers, which is putting another layer of shine on her career as an author. Written to empower the mass people through motivation, determination, and dedication, the book is already gaining much attention from global readers.
‘It's All Inside: Inspiration For Daily Living’ is an amazing choice of gift in this festive season that can truly empower the readers through its lines. Purchase the paperback version of the book from Amazon and witness a change in your life.
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Noo Saro-Wiwa is an author of Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria (Granta, 2012). The book is an irreverent but moving travelogue that chronicles Saro-Wiwa’s trip around the country of her birth, a journey she made following the murder of her father, the human rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa.
Looking for Transwonderland was selected as BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week in 2012, and named The Sunday Times Travel Book of the Year, 2012. Shortlisted for the Author’s Club Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award in 2013, it was also nominated by The Financial Times as one of the best travel books of 2012. The Guardian newspaper included it among its 10 Best Contemporary Books on Africa in 2012.
Looking for Transwonderland has been translated into French and Italian, and in 2016 it won the Albatros Travel Literature Prize in Italy.
Noo was awarded a Miles Morland Scholarship for non-fiction writing in 2015. She also wrote for the anthology An Unreliable Guide to London(Influx Press, 2016), and contributed to A Place of Refuge (Unbound, 2016), an anthology of writing on asylum seekers.
She has written book reviews, travel, opinion and analysis articles for The Guardian newspaper, The Independent, The Financial Times, The Times Literary Supplement and Prospect magazine, among others. Earlier this year she launched her new blog, The Slow Release.
Born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, and raised in England, Noo attended King’s College London and Columbia University in New York. She lives in the UK.


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Writing research papers is not a kid’s play and therefore many students find it intimidating. They may even be worried that they will fail the course. Well, it does not have to punctuation checker be this difficult if you understand comma check in sentence what exactly you should avoid while writing your own research documents.
One of the most common problems faced by students is the inadequate formatting. When writing research papers, you need to keep your work simple and should avoid any unnecessary additions. In any case, you ought to use proper spellings and grammar. As you study online, you will realize how important it is to pay attention to the small little things matter a whole lot. You can easily avoid these drawbacks if you follow a few tips.
You can learn how to avoid these pitfalls by getting a support from an expert. As an example, in case you’ve got a buddy who is a fantastic writer, then you can ask him to get help in writing research papers. You could also take help from the university’s English department. Even though this is one of the effective techniques to write your research documents, you will need to pay a hefty price for this.
If you would like to learn a lot of things about the different fields, you’ll need to read a lot of books. There are many different university libraries where you are able to access books on several subjects. But if you can’t afford to buy books, you can borrow them from the library. But prior to borrowing from the library, make certain that you have checked out whether the research paper is written according to the university’s requirements or not.
Something else that students don’t pay attention to is checking the citations. Citations are needed for each and every research paper. It lists the name, address, contact information and date of birth of the author. It needs to be unique and shouldn’t be reproduced from any other study paper. If you aren’t able to read the citation properly, the research paper won’t be accepted. Be sure that each of the citations are correct and there are no grammatical mistakes.
Last but not least, you have to attempt to focus on your main topic. Most students spend the majority of their time considering just one topic when they research papers. Ensure your study papers are varied and cover a broad range of topics. Your professor won’t punish you in the event that you don’t write about a wide-ranging topic.


Updated: Aug 14, 2020
The recent events surrounding the spread of the Covid-19 strain of the coronavirus has led to many questions about the continued enforceability of real estate contracts under the circumstances. Rather than risk an uncertain outcome in court or arbitration over such disputes, Buyers and Sellers may elect to address the unanswered issues contractually. The following materials will assist with potential issues in contracts and other issues related to best practices under the current conditions related to coronavirus. The following are the most updated showing guidelines, signage for posting on properties, standards of practice and legal guides to situations REALTORS may run into during these times.
The C.A.R. COVID-19 forms are all available in zipForm® Plus in the C.A.R. forms library, and can be easily located by searching the library under the “COVID-19” category.
C.A.R. Document PRE (Pictogram Sign for Posting at Property Entry)
Stay-At-Home Orders for Cities and Counties as of 5/4/2020
Eviction Moratorium Chart revised 5/7/2020


Government has supplied the first batch of furniture to primary schools in the Hohoe Municipality to enhance teaching and learning.
The items include 180 dual desks, 12 teachers’ tables, 112 library chairs, 18 library tables, two file cabinets, 12 bookshelves and three notice boards.
Hohoe Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Andrews Teddy Ofori who supervised the distribution and visited some of the beneficiaries gave the assurance that more furniture would be provided.
He noted that the distribution was made based on the needs of the schools after a study carried out in the municipality.
Mr Ofori said the items would enable students to have a comfortable and conducive environment for studies and also reduce the burden on parents amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.
Desmond Korby Vorvor, the headmaster of Akpafu Mempeasem E.P Primary School, a beneficiary school, expressed gratitude to the government for its support in such pressing times.
He said the school received 70 dual desks, a teacher’s table, 27 library chairs and five library tables.
Mr Korby Vorvor noted that the items have been distributed to various classes and the school’s library.
He gave the assurance that the items would be used to enhance the academic activities of the students.