“TRAVESTY”
One-Word Wednesday: 6/29/22
Author: Neal Saye
T-Shirt Tuesday
May we continue to be free to read what we choose to read. Despite Nazi-like book banning throughout our nation.
Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 6/27/22
Marveling at our little potted sunflower that HR found …
The Difficult Truth of 1619 — #5
A blog category examining the difficult truth found in The 1619 Project.
In late August, 1619, 20-30 enslaved Africans landed at Point Comfort, today’s Fort Monroe in Hampton, Va., aboard the English privateer ship White Lion. In Virginia, these Africans were traded in exchange for supplies. Several days later, a second ship (Treasurer) arrived in Virginia with additional enslaved Africans. Both groups had been captured by English privateers from the Spanish slave ship San Juan Bautista. They are the first recorded Africans to arrive in England’s mainland American colonies. hampton.gov
Antebellum Plantations. Such Southern beauty!
But we need Truth in Terminology, Truth in Naming …
PLANTATIONS = FORCED LABOR CAMPS
If Men
Shhh … Silent Sunday 6/26/22
My Saturday Evening Post: 6/25/22 “If I Could”
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Five Friday Happy Bringers 6/24/22
1. Air conditioning! What a blessing.
2. Enjoying Pride month in our humble abode.
3. The ability to read and write.
4. Daughter Emily giving me this old picture she found at a yard sale. It’s special because we had the same one hanging above our fireplace while she was growing up.
5. Having eyes which can embrace truth. Even difficult truth.
May your eyes see a joyful weekend ahead.
