Tag Archives: Great Depression

Old Folks Say Life Doesn’t Get Easier

Posted on June 29, 2020 by unholypursuit

  When I hear the elders talk about the past the picture above is what I envision. When I think about those who lived through the Great Depression, World II, Korean War, Poverty of 1960’s, The Civil Rights Movements, Vietnam … Continue reading →

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#BookTour “The Black Cabinet” by Jill Watts

Posted on June 5, 2020 by unholypursuit

I haven’t read anything about this group outside of college history classes. This is a great book to read to understand how the Civil Right Movement was formed. The author highlights a very important part of the history of the … Continue reading →

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Migrant Mother’s Image Inspired John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath”

Posted on September 30, 2019 by unholypursuit

Sometime an image can be so powerful, so moving it inspire an author to write a back story. That’s what the famous image taken by photographer Lange (Dorothea Lange) of Migrant Mother named Florence Owens Thompson did for John Steinbeck. … Continue reading →

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Everything Smells Just Like Poke Salad by Linda Swain Bethea

Posted on June 2, 2018 by unholypursuit

First of all, it’s the title that caught my attention and also the man leaping over a fireplace. I’m curious as to what is a “Poke Salad”? If I’m correct a poke is a fish. Is it something akin to … Continue reading →

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