tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959367476151293718.comments2022-03-27T04:56:46.091-07:00Confederate CavalrymanMary Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07400432205420144128noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959367476151293718.post-53156006520843886942009-04-27T15:31:00.000-07:002009-04-27T15:31:00.000-07:00Why thank you Dan. You flatter me. Have the name o...Why thank you Dan. You flatter me. Have the name of a good agent?Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07400432205420144128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959367476151293718.post-31453692678602271312009-04-27T05:01:00.000-07:002009-04-27T05:01:00.000-07:00Hi MB! I'm amazed at all you've done with this bl...Hi MB! I'm amazed at all you've done with this blog - have you thought of making a book of it?Dan Duttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07393495592817564935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959367476151293718.post-81155045767836314702009-02-24T15:50:00.000-08:002009-02-24T15:50:00.000-08:00My family will sellabrate 200 years in ohio in 201...My family will sellabrate 200 years in ohio in 2011 . I hope we do something special to sellabrate it .<BR/>We didn't come from Europe to Ohio we came from Pennsylvinia to Ohio . We were German imigrants who got land grants from presidents Adams , Jackson, and Madison our family name is WortmanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959367476151293718.post-58977244951983793272008-11-24T18:22:00.000-08:002008-11-24T18:22:00.000-08:00Thank you Dan! Your praise is a honor most high!Thank you Dan! Your praise is a honor most high!Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07400432205420144128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959367476151293718.post-62207987634929807012008-11-24T17:24:00.000-08:002008-11-24T17:24:00.000-08:00This is great, MB! I'm going to forward it to fam...This is great, MB! I'm going to forward it to family members. Thanks! DanDan Duttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07393495592817564935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959367476151293718.post-83985745341341077572008-11-23T15:42:00.000-08:002008-11-23T15:42:00.000-08:00Thank you, Sir, for such kind compliments.Thank you, Sir, for such kind compliments.Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07400432205420144128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959367476151293718.post-75282203408500954122008-11-23T14:39:00.000-08:002008-11-23T14:39:00.000-08:00this is quite a different type of blog, very schol...this is quite a different type of blog, very scholarly; well donethis too will passhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07529943050957255020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959367476151293718.post-15234893574696330062008-10-18T09:57:00.000-07:002008-10-18T09:57:00.000-07:00Thank you Dan! Today I am thinking of the intercon...Thank you Dan! <BR/><BR/>Today I am thinking of the interconnectedness of all things: Your Pete watching the battle my James was in, an Old Irish folksong living and reverberating through 200 plus years, Dia de los Muertos looming and the arrival of a macabre cut and paste letter from father telling me he “does not wish to communicate.”<BR/><BR/>When we try to pick anything out by itself, we find it <BR/>hitched to everything else in the universe.<BR/>- John Muir<BR/><BR/>The Web of Life, The Dance of Death ~ Is there really any difference? The veil of illusions so often covers my mortal eyes! Oh to reach that centered, all seeing, eternally balanced spot within while the world swirls about me in chaos! <BR/><BR/>How can we fret and stew sub specie aeternitatis - under the calm gaze of ancient Tao? The salt of the sea is in our blood; the calcium of the rocks is in our bones; the genes of ten thousand generations of stalwart progenitors are in our cells. The sun shines and we smile. The winds rage and we bend before them. The blossoms open and we rejoice. Earth is our long home.<BR/>- Stewart W. Holmes, 1973Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07400432205420144128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959367476151293718.post-45815119506647819472008-10-18T09:18:00.000-07:002008-10-18T09:18:00.000-07:00This is fascinating & concise Mary Beth. The h...This is fascinating & concise Mary Beth. The heading reminded me that my Rhode Island folksinger friends, Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly are busy making a new recording that includes several songs that I composed, including "Soldier's Round" - an assemblage of traditional lyrics and tunes connected by "Johnny Has Gone For a Soldier" and "Soldier's Joy." http://www.atwater-donnelly.com/<BR/><BR/>Aubrey sang in 2 of The Secret Commonwealth performances, and on 3 of the recordings.Dan Duttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07393495592817564935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959367476151293718.post-68156405354501903302008-10-14T09:43:00.000-07:002008-10-14T09:43:00.000-07:00Thanks Mary Beth, I'm sure that the work you've do...Thanks Mary Beth, I'm sure that the work you've done will ease the way for me, and many others, who have an interest in this period of history.<BR/><BR/>If you haven't already read it, I recommend "Slavery and Freedom on the Middle Ground; Maryland during the Nineteenth Century by Barbara Jeanne Fields. Although her history is mainly concerned with Maryland, there are so many similarities and comparisons with the so called "border state" situation in Kentucky that, for me at least, reading it has been very enlightening.<BR/><BR/>I recommend it for another reason - of all the books I've encountered about the Civil War, Ms. Fields is the best written - the ONLY one that I would have read for its excellence even if I hadn't needed information about this subject.Dan Duttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07393495592817564935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959367476151293718.post-19606188107473759132008-10-13T14:42:00.000-07:002008-10-13T14:42:00.000-07:00Thank you Dan. Your generous words of support embo...Thank you Dan. Your generous words of support embolden me to continue with this task of telling.<BR/><BR/>Please do follow the blog. Perhaps some of my research will be helpful in your “You’ll Always Come Back” project.Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07400432205420144128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959367476151293718.post-23409875361235756402008-10-12T14:29:00.000-07:002008-10-12T14:29:00.000-07:00Hoorah for Climbing the Family Tree! Mary Beth, I'...Hoorah for Climbing the Family Tree! Mary Beth, I'm so honored to have played any small part in encouraging you to share your stories with all of us. <BR/><BR/>I once listened to a man explain a painting I'd done, of John Henry, to an impromtu gathered round group of hotel staff (no one there knew that I had painted it.) - he spoke eloquently of how the image spoke of the struggle of African Americans for freedom, and the strength that grew out of the struggle. Afterwards I thanked him, and told him how mortified and out-of-my league I felt in daring to approach John Henry's story, given the history of racial divide in our country. He replied; "It's the fear of sharing our stories that keeps us apart."<BR/><BR/>So here's to telling all we can muster the courage to tell! I'm looking forward to following your blog!<BR/><BR/>DanDan Duttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07393495592817564935noreply@blogger.com