Yavapai Dances
Among our time travelers is a sibling group (Zach, age 10, and twins, Helena and Yelena, age 9) who are one quarter Jewish and one quarter Native American, from the…
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Turquoise
A sky blue gemstone found in only a few places in the world. Including Egypt and Arizona. Turquoise is a blue-green copper-aluminum phosphate mineral much associated with ancient Egypt…It is…
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How to Speak Like a Baptist
Two of my point of view characters are siblings Phoebe and Malcolm. Their dad, Irving, has (non-practicing) Jewish parents. Their mom, Pam, is Baptist. Pam is black and grew up…
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Baptist Church Life: Houston and Beyond
This post contains foundational research which I use in the followup, How to Speak Like a Baptist. The Baptist Faith Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing believers only…
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The Mosquito Fleet of Galveston
Galveston and Galveston Bay is a long-standing shrimping area just south of Houston, Texas. The rich marine resources of Galveston Bay and offshore waters were as important in the development…
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Phoebe’s Hair
One of my viewpoint characters is Phoebe, a 12 year girl from 1995 Arizona with a black mom and a European Jewish dad. Her, her mom, and her older brother…
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Native Peoples of Yavapai County
Among my child characters from Barberry Lake, Arizona, are 3 siblings. Zachery James, age 10, and his twin sisters, Helena and Yelena James, age 9. Their maternal grandmother is Jewish,…
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