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Veeps, Vacancies and the 25th AmendmentPosted Saturday, December 10, at 10:38 AM I do believe that most people are familiar with the history surrounding the four assassinations of our Presidents; Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy. Some people may not realize however that we have had four other Presidents, who have also died while in office; William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Warren Harding and Franklin Roosevelt. ...
I have plenty of time to write in my retirement, but my most difficult issue is determining the topic. I had considered writing this week about the varied items I find on the beach as I walk through the surf. I have quite a collection of seashells and shark's teeth now for my new fish tank. ...
The first thing a person needs to know about being a Beach Bum is how to relax. There is a certain nothingness required for pure relaxation. For most people, the ability to do nothing doesn't exist. Most people are fixated on accomplishing something, adhereing to schedules and maintaining an image. These people cannot and will never be successful Beach Bums...
The Return of Ol' Simmons 2011 has been quite a year for this old boy. I find myself now in Venice, Florida living with my Mom and looking for a place to settle down for the remainder of my years. After retiring and selling my place in Scotland, I spent a few months in Carmel living with my older brother, Steve, and his wife, Sheila. ...
Someone commented to me about my research abilities the other day and it made me laugh. I once knew a couple of special people who knew how to perform historical research and made a good living doing it, but hated to write; to me, research is tough, tedious and time consuming, conversely, I just loved to read and write. ...
Recently, I decided to take a short hiatus from writing anything because I had just begun reading a book concerning my next subject, Louisa Adams. Historian Paul Nagle had previously written a decent book, "John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life", about our 6th President. ...
During one of my favorite episodes of "All in the Family" Archie Bunker said, "I got a lot of best friends. Some o' them I don't even hardly know!" I found this on You Tube after a lengthy search the other day because I wanted to get it right and also to make sure that I had not dreamed this up. ...
Over the past couple of weeks I've been doing a fair bit of reading and I wanted to share something with you. These last two books have been extremely good and both have been written by the same author. As a matter of fact they are the only two books written by her. She is Laura Hillenbrand and her personal story is as incredible as her two books...
A friend of mine asked me today if I had chimed in on the story about streaming live video of high school basketball games. I had to answer, "No sir Joe, I had not." Let me tell you what I think about high school basketball first. Back when I was of age to play this game and that was quite some time ago, I thoroughly enjoyed the game. There were definitely things which I didn't enjoy about the game, but as a whole it was a wonderful experience...
(Preface: For those of you who have been reading them, I'm taking a short break from the Presidential Family series I was writing for personal reasons; I'll get back to them shortly. For those of you who have not....shame on you.) I'm really not sure why I thought of Maggie today. ...
Of the first five US Presidents, John Adams was from Massachusetts and the other four were from Virginia. James Monroe, the 4th and last of the Virginia Dynasty, was born on April 28, 1758. Like Adams and Jefferson before him, Monroe would die on the 4th of July. ...
Dolley Madison only had two children, John Payne Todd and William Temple Todd, both with her first husband John Todd, whom she married when she was 21 years old. The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 in Philadelphia claimed the lives of her husband and young William, who was only 3 months old...
Much has been written about Thomas Jefferson and for good reason. Jefferson was a talented and intelligent individual who was not only a diplomat but an architect, inventor and horticulturist. Jefferson was our nation's first Secretary of State, our second Vice President and served two terms as our third President. ...
Imagine being an obstinate elderly gentleman with high principles who refuses to back down to your enemies and who has few close friends. Then imagine you are replacing the most popular man in the country as President of the United States. Abigail Adams wrote to her husband, "The task of the President is very arduous, very perplexing and very hazardous. I do not wonder Washington wished to retire from it, or rejoiced in seeing an old oak in his place."...
I have been negligent in writing anything for quite some time. Quite frankly, I wasn't sure if I would continue to do this until just recently. Regardless of my motives, I thought I would try something new; at least new for me anyway. This will be the first in a series of short articles on families of former Presidents. ...
Sick and Tired If you are a preacher and you have to carry a gun because your remarks have become sufficiently inflammatory as to receive death threats, isn't it time to back down a bit? This despicable, illiterate, idiot of a person is a threat to our troops, the security of our homeland and to our very existence...
I'm getting ready for another wedding. Whoa there, don't get too excited, it isn't mine. In just a few weeks, my son Jay is getting married. I really got to thinking about this wedding over this past weekend while I was reading some information about our 12th President, Zachary Taylor. ...
I'm not sure that I've ever been this cold before. Cold and wet...and feeling pain from everywhere now. It is difficult to concentrate...my mind is racing...going from the past and back to the present...I can't believe that I'm alive. How long have I sat here now? What do I do now? There's nothing left...it is all gone...
I had the door and window propped open. The rain would be here shortly and I love to lie on the sofa and read while it is raining. I could feel the breeze picking up and almost smell the rain in the air. I've been reading Halberstam's, "The Fifties", again; for maybe the third or fourth time. ...
A friend of mine asked me this past weekend if I would please write a golf story. After the way I have played lately, I'm not sure what ever gave him the impression that I know anything about that game. In my opinion games are meant to be fun and I've always assumed that was why you played them. ...
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