Rue Growing in Jacki Kellum’s Garden – 2023 Apparently, rue is the only plant that the former occupants of my house planted. Rue is a an old, Biblical-times plant that was essential at that time. In the USA, it has lost favor among most gardeners, but the former occupants of this house moved here from…
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My Family’s Duvall Connection from France to Virginia to Southeast Missouri
I. Marc Duval de la Semee Born 1550 Died 1628 II. Jean Duval du Coudray Born 1590 Died Married Marguerite Fouqueron III. Jean Duval Born 1600 Married Novembre 27, 1617 Married to Jeanne Petit IV. Antoine Romine Duval Chambéry, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France Born 1620 Died 1665 Married 1645 Married to Marie Chanlier Born 1620 V….
Theora Hamblett – I Remember
Hamblett, Theora. I Remember. Theora Hamblett, 1971. “Why am I willing to write ‘I Remember’? “As a youngster, I enjoyed listening to older persons tell about their experiences, and their experiences became part of my memory. Though of course I do not remember all that they told me, details of their lives lodge here and there…
Jacki Kellum Watercolor Paintings
The Raven – Jacki Kellum Watercolor Sold Janis Joplin – Jacki Kellum Watercolor Sold Little Napoleon: The Rooster – Jacki Kellum Watercolor Sold The Last Rose of Summer – Jacki Kellum Watercolor Sold Boy with Curls – Jacki Kellum Watercolor Sold Consider the Lilies: How They Grow – Jacki Kellum Watercolor Sold Fiesta – Jacki…
#14DayPBChallenge – Day 3 – February 2023 – Tips for Writing the First Draft of Your Picture Book
Today’s Priorities: Write the First Draft of Your Picture Book Write the First Draft of Your Picture Book In A Stream of Consciousness. Don’t over-analyze as you write. Don’t stop to correct your spelling or grammar. Just write. Write in a Stream of Consciousness to Hush Your Self-Editor Something about writing seems to intimidate…
A Daisy A Day – #stradaeasel Challenge 2023
2 Daisies in a Jelly Jar – Jacki Kellum Oil on Panel #stradaeasel Challenge Day 10 2 Daisies in a Jelly Jar – Jacki Kellum Digital Painting Created on Wacom Cintiq 16 #stradaeasel Challenge Day 12 Beginning on January 1, 2023, I jumped into the Strada Easel Challenge for 2023. For the previous 2 years,…
Story of the Bible Animals by J. G. Wood
Story OF THE Bible Animals: A Description of the Habits and Uses of every living Creature mentioned in the Scriptures, WITH Explanation of Passages in the Old and New Testament in which reference is made to them. Lions pg.19 Leopards pg. 42 Cats pg. 52 Dogs pg. 55 The Wolf pg. 69 The Fox or…
Sheep in the Bible
The bulk of the following text is from The Story of the Bible Animals by J. G. Woods. “Story of the Bible Animals by J. G. Wood.” Project Gutenberg, gutenberg.org/ebooks/44685 THE SHEEP. Importance of Sheep in the Bible—The Sheep the chief wealth of the pastoral tribes—Arab shepherds of the present day—Wanderings of the flocks in search of…
October – The Month that Has Inspired Many, Many Books
“First of all, it was October, a rare month for boys.”s ― Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes Very possibly, Ray Bradbury has written more about the month of October than any other writer. Even when he is not specifically writing about October, visions of that month seem to be lurking somewhere within his consciousness. “The…