The Mockingbird outside my window, the lizard creeping down the tree, the dog sleeping in my arms—every blessed little creature that I see inspires me and brings me joy. I’ve seen bold, beautiful male cardinals pluck tiny seeds from a dish and...
Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to Alfred Hitchcock. He was born on August 13, 1899 and in his lifetime, produced some of the most creative and exciting thrillers in film history . Director and Producer Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was...
Exploring those movies we couldn’t resist watching late into the night when we were young, and the lives of the actors and actresses that made these films great. James Arness: Military Hero James Arness in uniform. I wrote...
Join me on my travels through the small towns and ghost towns, museums and libraries of Texas, New Mexico and Colorado as I explore the history, legends, and tall tales of the American Southwest.\ Lotta Crabtree, Protege of Lola Montez Lotta...
Laredo–Classic Western Fun Predictably Cliched Veteran actor Philip Carey played Captain Parmalee in Laredo. Gunfighters, heroes, villains–Laredo was one of many cliched, 1960s Western series that was popular with the...
Welcome to my new blog! I’d like to start by introducing my book, Colorado’s Deadliest Floods, a collection of stories on some of the most damaging floods in Colorado history. When I first started researching Colorado’s Deadliest Floods, I was...
Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920–November 6, 1991), an A-list actress from the 1940s, often seemed to be walking on a tightrope that divided the expectations of her parents and the public from her own dreams and desires. By her own admission...
Chewy was abandoned on our Texas property as a pup. Photo by Darla Sue Dollman. It Was a Dark and Stormy Night… It was a dark night in Texas and the weather service warned of hail and possible tornadoes. My stepson ran through the rain to the...
The Liberty Bell Shrine, with a replica of the Liberty Bell. The shrine is located in the basement of Zion’s Memorial Church, Allentown, Pennsylvania. An International Symbol of Freedom According to legend, the Liberty Bell was first struck on...
George Clymer was one of America’s Founding Fathers. He dedicated his life to serving the American People. George Clymer was born on March 16, 1739 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His mother, Deborah Fitzwater, was a former Quaker from...
