Category Archives: history

Where to Start

… With Reading WW2 Military History By Jeff Salter After the global privation and suffering of the Great Depression during the entire decade of the 1930s (and at least a year on either end), World War 2 worsened (and continued) … Continue reading

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Behind the Times

I offered this topic for consideration: “Have you ever visited a part of the country where things were done in an older time, or were far more modern than you are accustomed?”  It doesn’t seem like others here have lived in … Continue reading

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Original Ruins and Restored Forts and Villages

I’ve Seen a Bit of This and a Bit of That But I’ve Never LIVED in One By Jeff Salter Topic: Have you ever visited a part of the country where things were done in an older time, or were … Continue reading

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Old Way vs. New Way

Our Friday Fox asked, “Have you ever visited a part of the country where things were done in an older time, or were far more modern than you are accustomed?” Since most of the stories I write take place in … Continue reading

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In Time, In Love, In the Money

If you could only have one, which one would you choose and why: Your soulmate,  100 million dollars,  or a time machine?  Oh, let’s get it over with, People throw the word ‘soulmate’ around and it bothers me.  If I had a … Continue reading

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Selecting One Option

Out of Three Improbable Choices By Jeff Salter First of all, let me wish each and every one of you a Happy Thanksgiving. Most of us have received so many blessings that we can hardly count them. Yet… too often, … Continue reading

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Family Jewels

I posed this topic: “Are there any surprising (and happy) things that you have found out about an ancestor or other family member?”     I am dealing with a sinus infection and frankly, don’t remember what ‘happy’ things I wanted to … Continue reading

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Interesting Family History Details

To Pass Along to the Next Generations By Jeff Salter Topic: Are there any surprising (and happy) things that you have found out about an ancestor or other family member? When I focused on this week’s 4F1H topic, I wondered: … Continue reading

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Not As Old As You Think

Gettysburg Was a Bit Before My Time By Jeff Salter On a mid-September morning six years ago (2017), while I was “baby” sitting our youngest granddaughter (in first grade, at that point), we had several interesting conversations. One of these … Continue reading

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First Published Novel Now Re-released

The Overnighter’s Secrets — an Excerpt By Jeff Salter My seventh completed novel was the first to be published — by Clean Reads [then Astraea Press] in 2012. Along its journey, it got a new cover (by J. Gunnar Grey), … Continue reading

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