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Said and Done
There are so many stories and thoughts I'd like to share. I consider them noteworthy, or, blogworthy if you will.
Posts are organized by categories, shown below, for easy access. Please use the Contact page to share comments and/or questions.
![Happy Birthday, Thornton Burgess](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/793301_5867a0af708648229025bdadfe3510fe~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_423,h_380,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/793301_5867a0af708648229025bdadfe3510fe~mv2.webp)
Jan 14, 2015
Happy Birthday, Thornton Burgess
Over 140 years ago a baby was born in my house at 6 School Street in Sandwich, Massachusetts. A fierce snowstorm made travel impossible...
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![Talking with Thornton Burgess](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/793301_65edf9cf79ab4a8e80e6c47e1238477e~mv2_d_1200_1600_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_470,h_627,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/793301_65edf9cf79ab4a8e80e6c47e1238477e~mv2_d_1200_1600_s_2.webp)
Nov 8, 2014
Talking with Thornton Burgess
Some years ago I had an assignment with Cape Cod Life to write an article on Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts. I spent more...
Oct 22, 2014
Thornton Burgess and The Bradford Washburn Award
Hi, I've taken a considerable break from this blog for diverse reasons, some more valid than others, but never lost my original intention...
![A Preschool Epiphany](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/793301_6e024e5a686b45c7ac3927dc7916c414~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_470,h_443,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/793301_6e024e5a686b45c7ac3927dc7916c414~mv2.webp)
Apr 16, 2014
A Preschool Epiphany
A few weeks ago I experienced an epiphany, the kind that lingers in your mind in the days that follow it... I had just dropped my...
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![What Goes Around Comes Around](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/793301_5a0c997ab9324ba999388ae9f12fe188~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_470,h_587,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/793301_5a0c997ab9324ba999388ae9f12fe188~mv2.webp)
Mar 19, 2014
What Goes Around Comes Around
What Goes Around Comes Around, Historically Speaking My grandmother Helen Moore was born in 1883 in Dumont New Jersey, one of the...
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![Live Radio Interview](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/793301_24aac2919e0c41178222b074f7b2acae~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_470,h_353,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/793301_24aac2919e0c41178222b074f7b2acae~mv2.webp)
Feb 4, 2014
Live Radio Interview
The prospect of being interviewed recently on live radio was exciting, but I felt a little nervous as I drove to Woods Hole and parked...
Nov 22, 2013
Thornton W. Burgess & JFK
Fifty years ago today, Thornton Burgess, then 89, learned along with the rest of the world the devastating news that President John F....
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![A Writer's Firsts!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/793301_f98f45f51ea8480bb7a17f00a65c5f41~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_470,h_353,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/793301_f98f45f51ea8480bb7a17f00a65c5f41~mv2.webp)
Oct 15, 2013
A Writer's Firsts!
Every writer has dreams. A few dreams of mine have become reality in recent months. Let me share with you writing "firsts" that have come...
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Oct 8, 2013
Who Named Peter Rabbit?
If you have been introduced to a delightful animal character named Peter Rabbit in the works of both Beatrix Potter and Thornton Burgess,...
Oct 1, 2013
The Naming of a Book
My original title for this book came easily after I began to research it: The Legacy of Thornton W. Burgess. The first time I wrote those...
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