Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Rudy Wiedoeft and the Popularity of the Saxophone

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  When one thinks of jazz, the instrument that readily comes to mind for most people is the saxophone.   The iconic silhouette of the soulfu...
Saturday, November 6, 2021

The Eccentric Substitute Teacher of My Middle School Years

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  Thomas Engleman (1945-2021) I haven't done a tribute page to an admired individual in my life for a while, but today warrants one.  In...
Wednesday, November 3, 2021

A Tale of Two Coal Communities

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  This is a comparison study of two coal/railroad towns on the upper Potomac River, one in Maryland and one in West Virginia.   While for th...
Saturday, October 23, 2021

Redrawing Boundaries

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 I recently came across a couple of articles that alluded to an effort on the part of some counties in the states of Maryland and Virginia t...
Wednesday, September 22, 2021

The Music Library - Year 39

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 Hello to all! It has been a while since I have been able to write much, and to be honest it has been extremely busy with my doctoral studie...
Friday, July 2, 2021

Rev. Claude Phillippe de Richebourg

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 Doing genealogical research is a rewarding but seemingly never-ending process.  I know that there are some who claim to have "complete...
Saturday, January 9, 2021

New Thoughts on a New Year.

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 As today gets started, we have made it through the first week of 2021.  It has been an interesting week for us too as a nation, but for man...