Carolyn E. CookApr 15 minBringing Them into the MainstreamStudents at Carlisle Indian Industrial School in 1882. The man in the center is identified as American Horse with his daughter Maggie...
Carolyn E. CookJan 163 min Great Books Countdown — Number SixBrighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry A shaggy young burro lay asleep in the gray dust of the canyon trail. Except for the slow...
Carolyn E. CookDec 10, 20204 min The Magi, The Star, and The Real StoryAfter Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the...
Carolyn E. CookNov 4, 20203 min Great Books Countdown – Number SevenTexas by James Michener At three-thirty in the cold morning of Sunday, 6 March, Galba Fuqua reached over and nudged his friend Zave...
Carolyn E. CookOct 1, 20203 min Great Books Countdown – Number EightJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë . . . I started awake on hearing a vague murmur, peculiar and lugubrious, which sounded, I thought, just...
Carolyn E. CookAug 28, 20203 min Great Books Countdown – Number NineA Christmas Memory by Truman Capote I was first introduced to this story in the fall of 1966. It was in the form of a one-hour tv movie...
Carolyn E. CookAug 1, 20203 min Great Books Countdown – Number TenThe Wolves of Willoughby Chase It was dusk – winter dusk. Snow lay white and shining over the pleated hills, and icicles hung from the...
Carolyn E. CookJun 30, 20203 minGreat Books Countdown – Number ElevenThird grade was a good year. My teacher was Mrs. Butte, a forty-ish woman with dyed red hair. She was mild-mannered, never raised her...
Carolyn E. CookJun 2, 20203 min Great Books Countdown – Number TwelveThe Bear That Wasn’t by Frank Tashlin Once upon a time, in fact it was on a Tuesday, the Bear stood at the edge of a great forest and...
Carolyn E. CookApr 22, 20203 minSaver's Treasure–1918 and Beyond, Part 2In the summer of 1918, the Great War in Europe was finally grinding to a dismal end. But unknown to people around the world, a new and...
Carolyn E. CookMar 30, 20202 minSaver’s Treasure — Edwin, Post-College, Pt. 1After graduation from Penn State, Edwin and Elizabeth were married in July, 1913, at a church in Philadelphia. Neither of their families...
Carolyn E. CookFeb 18, 20202 minSaver’s Treasure Trove — Edwin’s College DaysEdwin was a singer and at Penn State, he was a member of the Glee Club most years, besides performing with a quartet. He was the second...
Carolyn E. CookJan 30, 20202 minSaver’s Treasure Trove —Edwin’s College Costs Edwin was Grandmother’s husband, Uncle David’s and my mother’s father. I only knew him in those ways, never as Granddad. In 1918, he was...
Carolyn E. CookNov 8, 20194 min A Saver’s Treasure Trove—Edith’s Letter When relatives and friends lived far away and long distance phone calls were too expensive for everyday chats, people wrote long, newsy...
Carolyn E. CookOct 16, 20193 min A Saver’s Treasure Trove — Anna’s LetterAnna was Grandmother’s aunt. She was one of at least seven children born in Donegal, Ireland to Charles and Margery Williams. The eighth...
Carolyn E. CookSep 26, 20193 min A Saver’s Treasure Trove — Charles's Letter Denver, Colorado Aug 26, 1900 My dear Elizabeth, This is a picture of an Indian. I thought I should tell you as you have never seen one....
Carolyn E. CookSep 4, 20192 min A Saver’s Treasure Trove — PostcardsMy Grandmother Stoddard was a Saver, not to be equated with Hoarder, someone who keeps everything, important items as well as junk....
Carolyn E. CookAug 12, 20195 min Unforgettable People — BobHis full name was Robert Willis Jones, but of course, he went by Bob. He was bald on top, wore glasses, and had strong, muscular arms,...
Carolyn E. CookJul 24, 20195 min Unforgettable People — Mrs. StevensonWe like to remember people with admirable qualities, who treated others with thoughtfulness. But we also remember those who demonstrated...
Carolyn E. CookJul 7, 20194 min Unforgettable People — Mrs. CurryA powerful stare with eyes blazing, one brow raised high — that was Mrs. Curry’s stock-in-trade. She’d used that weapon enough times, the...