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1860: Millerstown, Pennsylvania
His child would be a Boal, free of the clutches of the Thompsons, at least in name.
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Mar 5, 20204 min read
1860: Malone, New York
“The Union is strengthened when men like you are willing to put your shoulders to the wheel.”
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Feb 27, 20204 min read
Cotton Hill, Illinois -- 1860
Benjamin scanned the faces of his brothers and sisters, wide-eyed and silent. He wondered, “What happens to my family now?”
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Feb 20, 20204 min read
AFTER THE GOLD RUSH: Echoes from Coloma
Ellen fretted that the log cabin and the hearth, the farmhouse and the orchards, were likely little more than a bréag, a fairy tale.
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Feb 13, 20205 min read
AFTER THE GOLD RUSH: Echoes from Coloma, 1849 - 1860 (excerpt)
David would remember that fleeting sense of independence and his premonition that it would not last.
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Feb 6, 20205 min read
AFTER THE GOLD RUSH: Echoes from Coloma, 1849 - 1860
"Are you goin’ to stand there like an idiot or are you going to ask me to dance?”
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Jan 30, 20203 min read
AFTER THE GOLD RUSH: Echoes from Coloma, 1949 - 1860
1850 Thompsontown, Pennsylvania Sunday, June 23rd David Boal’s stepfather cleared his throat and the room quieted. Even the younger...
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Jan 23, 20206 min read
hike-u, January 19
sierra high mass birdsong paddle strokes heartbeat may you go in peace
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Jan 19, 20201 min read
AFTER THE GOLD RUSH: Echoes from Coloma, 1849 - 1860 (intro)
" ... death is coming; life moves on."
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Jan 16, 20205 min read
AFTER THE GOLD RUSH: A Family and a Nation Heading West (speculative nonfiction)
"It is their story. It is our story, the American story."
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Jan 10, 20203 min read
much abides
downed buckeye toppled by an unexpected storm defiant it throws flower plumes toward the sky in death life
bdonahoe
Jun 10, 20191 min read
hike-u, March 24
shedding my ear buds i hear a new symphony heart beat and birdsong why have I waited the world has been there ready for this moment now
bdonahoe
Mar 24, 20191 min read
SECURITY QUESTIONS
Who is your favorite author? Did I answer after a morning walk with birdsong and woodpeckers? Mary Oliver? After our trip to Spain?...
bdonahoe
Mar 11, 20191 min read
hike-u, March 3
stone mud leaves heart soul penitent and celebrant this trail this life now
bdonahoe
Mar 3, 20191 min read
TURNING OFF MORNING JOE, I OPEN THE WINDOW
Turning off Morning Joe I open the window The call of the owl hoo hoo hoo He repeats himself too. Above the chimney Jupiter Above the...
bdonahoe
Feb 23, 20191 min read
PHASES
I've forgotten the whys and hows of the waxing and waning moon. I know the when and where the reflection on still water the silhouette of...
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Feb 16, 20191 min read
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