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Posted May 29th, 2011 by Thomas Norman DeWolf
We imbibed a long drink of history as we visited multiple relics of plantation life yesterday. My eyes opened in a frilly high rise canopied bed at Linden, the Conner family “town house” in Natchez, Mississippi. Fortunately, none of the ghosts who are said to inhabit the house made appearances during the night, which I […]
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Posted May 26th, 2011 by Thomas Norman DeWolf
As we reached Alabama yesterday, our first stop was with family in Tallassee. It was my first chance to hug the newest members of the Morgan clan. Although Morgan is my married name and I have been divorced from Mr. Morgan for many years, I continue to consider my in-laws and their children as part […]
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Posted May 19th, 2011 by Thomas Norman DeWolf
I just got back from the National Genealogical Society conference in Charleston, SC. I spent a week working the Coming to the Table exhibit booth. As the exhibit hall ebbed and flowed with people, there was quite a bit of down time; plenty of time for thought and reflection. One thing that really impressed me […]
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Posted April 25th, 2011 by Thomas Norman DeWolf
I just spent an amazing week attending a STAR seminar at Eastern Mennonite University. Tom DeWolf, who is a STAR alumnus, recommended that I attend. He thought it would be useful to our book writing process. He was definitely right about that! The STAR acronym stands for “Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience.” The one-week, […]
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Posted April 10th, 2011 by Thomas Norman DeWolf
My computer crashed last Friday. I cannot describe the sickening feeling in my stomach when I realized that my best friend was on its last legs. I immediately rushed it to the technology hospital where expert advice was rendered. Super technical efforts were employed at great expense to save its life. After two insufferable days […]
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Posted March 28th, 2011 by Thomas Norman DeWolf
Shoah is the Hebrew word for “calamity.” It is generally used to describe the holocaust that occurred in Europe during World War II as Adolph Hitler led the extermination of millions of Jews, Gypsies, African Germans, homosexuals and disabled people. There is no doubt that this was one of history’s most horrific events. But there […]
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Posted March 14th, 2011 by Thomas Norman DeWolf
When I was growing up, an oft repeated admonition was that black people had to run faster, jump higher and be twice as good as white people if we aspired to catch up (much less get ahead) in an overwhelmingly white world. Over time, I surmised that must be true. I cannot tell you how […]
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Posted March 4th, 2011 by Thomas Norman DeWolf
Tom and I will be hitting the road in May. We will drive more than five thousand miles, visiting ancestral locations in 15 states. Our tour will no doubt include plenty of sojourns in cemeteries. My uncle says I like digging up dead white people. It’s not that I “like” doing this, it is just […]
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Posted February 24th, 2011 by Thomas Norman DeWolf
A few days ago, Border’s filed for bankruptcy and began the process of closing down thirty percent of their stores in the United States. I can’t help but wonder what that will mean for people who love books, not to mention those who write them (like me). I am not doing the rah-rah for Border’s, […]
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Posted February 12th, 2011 by Thomas Norman DeWolf
Collaboration has never been my strong suite, at least not in the writing category. In my professional life (as a marketing communications consultant), collaboration is essential and I am known for being a good team player. But writing has always been a solitary pursuit. When it comes to writing, you will find me sitting alone, […]
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