Tag Archives: The Great Depression

I’ve Been Featured on “Story of My Life” Regarding My Discovery of Freedom Plus Battles with Schools

Many interesting things have happened since I began writing stories on the internet about a year and half ago. A number of stories have been published about me in newspaper articles in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Gainesville Times, Gwinnett Daily Post, DGC Magazine and two days ago, a very lengthy post on Story of My Life.
 
Additionally, I’ve [...]

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The Self-Rising Cornmeal of the Great Depression-Speckled Grits-Nora Mills (Issue 147)

My life during the Great Depression

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Celebrating Freedom And Mourning The Loss (Issue 63)

Here we are well into the month of July.  A time when we celebrate that great document—The Declaration of Independence.
 
A quote by John Adams on sovereignty:
“The Revolution was affected before the war commenced. The revolution was in the hearts and minds of the people, a change in their religious sentiments of their duties and obligations. [...]

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Royalty And Movie Stars In The Great Depression (Issue 7)

Growing up in the Depression years, money was scarce as hens’ teeth.
 
There was a little store in the school building. My parents would give me a bag of eggs to take to school to swap for candy from the little school store. The problem was that I had to walk almost a mile to catch [...]

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