8 favorite memoirs worth reading.
8 Favorite Memoirs in Time and Place
8 favorite memoirs worth reading.
Happy Birthday, Biddy Chambers!
It’s birthday week for Biddy Chambers as I write this post. Born July 13, 1883 in Woolwich, Kent, England, Gertrude Annie Hobbs grew up to become Biddy Chambers. Henry and Emily Gardner Hobbs gave their third of three children a popular and conventional first name and a family name for the middle. Coming in at #22 out of the top…
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An Amateur, Passion and the Civil War
The word amateur comes from the Latin base, amator, to love. We’ve taken that word and turned it into a person who loves something so inordinately passionately that they don’t care if it has any monetary value. Amateurs love something for the sake of loving it–and they usually want to share that passion with everyone they meet. Civil War amateurs…
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In America with Biddy and Oswald Chambers
America held a special spot in Biddy and Oswald Chambers‘ hearts. Oswald Chambers visited the United States four different times. Biddy visited twice. They loved Americans and they enjoyed traveling in the country. The new world gave Oswald and Biddy their first international publication opportunities. His first two books, Biblical Psychology in 1912, and The Sermon on the Mount in…
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An Old-Fashioned 4th of July in Maine
Remembering an old-fashioned fourth of July in Maine!
Google Maps–Valuable for Research, Too!
Using Google maps for detailed research
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