Serenity… refocus – seek joy – thrive

This is a pretty amazing picture. I love the scene, I love the sky; they just don’t seem like they would go together. Togo is a narrow country sandwiched between the West African nations of Ghana and Benin. It was afflicted by the slave trade. The population fled inland. Today, some of their descendents sell [...]

CHARLES GILBERT, Fleeing from Davis, a Negro Trader–Secreted under a Hotel–Up a Tree–Under a Floor–In a Thicket–On a Steamer. [Story/chapter synopsis from William Still’s “Underground Railroad”.]

I mentioned some time back that I was going to open up my “book writing and research” site but I don’t think I ever gave the address. Anyway it’s called The Book of Louis and while it’s still a bit scattered, it is open. I’ll pull it all together soon.

I saw a bloodhound the other day. Dang, are those things big. I guess I’d never seen one in person before, though I could have sworn I had. Droopy eyed,  loose-limbed pleasant and fairly harmless looking creatures, in my imagination (or possibly from cartoons or book descriptions). And some may indeed fit that description. Not [...]

I’ve just finished (well, all but a few pages) the underground railroad book. What a read, I don’t want it to end. Well, I do because I think it ends at the Civil War, but I’d love it if it was twice the size, with more stories of the various escapes and the workings of [...]

The problem with reading about historical events that you may or may not have had a previous interest in is – is the more you read, the more you realize how much you don’t know. And need or want to learn. Already I have been leafing through the extensive bibliography in this book, Bound for [...]