Thanksgiving will soon be upon us again. This one is the 400th anniversary of the first feast between the Pokanoket people and the newly arrived English settlers. The version of this encounter we’ve taught school children for generations is a bit truncated and lopsided, but there really was a three-day feast in Plymouth, MA back in the fall of 1621. To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the event, the Sowams Heritage Organization is hosting a […]
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Suffrage Activist Susan B Anthony
Both future Suffrage Activist Susan B. Anthony and popular abolitionist Frederick Douglasss attended the 1848 Seneca Falls, NY convention. The event was the first convention dedicated to addressing women’s right. Douglass was the only African American in attendance. He had already established himself as a leader with the publication of his autobiography in 1845. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave is was a best seller in his lifetime and is still […]
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Susan B. Anthony
Much will be expected from the one who has been given much. Luke 12:48 – J.B.Phillips New Testament What drives a woman such as Susan B. Anthony to devote her life to improving the lives of others? Many women are born or marry into families with resources and connections to people of influence. Countless women come from families that value education for their daughters as well as their sons. Yet, only a few in any […]
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Getting Along, Then and Now
Thanks to LinkedIn, I met the Rev. Kathleen Panning who has a radio show called, “Aflame Ministry.” She interviewed me recently about getting along then and now, based on my historical novel, Mayflower Chronicles: The Tale of Two Cultures. It was a wonderful conversation and I’m happy to make our conversation available to you. We discussed how the encounters between the Pilgrims and the native population 400 years ago have connections to today’s cross-cultural issues and […]
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Matriarch Mary Brewster
Vacation is over for now. It it time for me to turn my attention to Matriarch Mary Brewster. Mayflower Chronicles: The Tale of Two Cultures is bobbing along peacefully on the book sales seas. The book stores I visited on our August trip either already had my historical fiction or eagerly agreed to stock it. This past Tuesday I had the chance to chat with Pastor Kathleen Panning on her Aflame Ministry radio show about how life […]
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