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The Mad Hatter
11 May 2022

The Mad Hatter

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 0

Few people know much about President Lincoln’s assassin’s assassin.

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Lincoln, Corbett, Mad Hatter
Blaming the Victim
7 May 2022

Blaming the Victim

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 0

Enter, a villain. Most family stories have one, they come in many forms.

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Elna Bekker, Lyman, South Dakota, Villain, Victim
VOLTS
2 May 2022

VOLTS

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Grains of Truth, History, Travel | 0

Sierra, X-Ray, Sierra, Billings Tower. Are you declaring an emergency?

Click VOLTS above and Download in PDF
– photo courtesy Gervais Goodman

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Montana, Billings, Volts, Airplane
The Yellow Brick Road
1 May 2022

The Yellow Brick Road

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Grains of Truth, History, Travel | 7

We are going to Kansas, Toto.

Come along for the ride. Click on “The Yellow Brick Road” above, and download your invitation.

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The Yellow Brick Road, Helen Shepherd, Walt Disney, American Mid-West, Kansas
The Tribe
21 Apr 2022

The Tribe

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, Grains of Truth, History, Science and Reason, Travel | 1

“Nobody sits or stands before him in the canoe.” – Chief Wickaninnish

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Tofino, Wickaninnish, Potlatch, The Tribe
Emoji
3 Apr 2022

Emoji

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Grains of Truth, History | 5

Two of Messerschmitt’s heads were stolen by Nazi Soldiers.

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Messerschmidt, Emoji
Nai Tebe Kachka Kopne!
31 Mar 2022

Nai Tebe Kachka Kopne!

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, Grains of Truth, History | 2

Forty years ago this week, I got kicked by a duck.

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Ukranian, Christmas
Old Man and the Sea
31 Mar 2022

Old Man and the Sea

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Grains of Truth, Family History, History | 0

Life, in an Upright Position.

Click on JFK’s crutches for details…

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Hemingway, J.F. Kennedy, Dolly Parton, Winston Churchill
Second-Best Haircut
31 Mar 2022

Second-Best Haircut

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Grains of Truth, Family History, History | 0

“Any Haircut that ends with two ears is a good one”. – Grandpa Billy Paton

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Acres of Shade
5 Mar 2022

Acres of Shade

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Science and Reason, Travel | 0

I think that I will never see
A poem lovely as a tree.

Joyce Kilmer – Trees

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  1. Russ Paton on Win the War19 January 2026

    Thank you. The story has been repeated many times with proper noun substitutions.

  2. Autumn Downey on Win the War19 January 2026

    Thanks. Good lessons once again.

  3. Russ Paton on Win the War19 January 2026

    It shall, I don’t think the “Athenians” have the stomach for this much longer”….

  4. Judy Darvill on Win the War19 January 2026

    Sounds scarily familiar! Thanks for the history lesson and hope that this too shall pass.

  5. Russ Paton on Immortality18 January 2026

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