#Miss Trumbull

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Crime & Christie: George Washington, Art, and Revolution

My inspiration…. Recently, on a whim, I reread the Miss Marple short story The Bloodstained Pavement. After finishing the story (for the umpteenth time), an idle thought crossed my mind: I wonder if an artist has ever solved a crime whilst painting a painting? Curiosity sparked, I plugged in some keywords into an old newspaper archive. It came back with: Diverted by this curious headline (mere…

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Carving knife, antique. (2) by David Diffenderfer

Via Flickr:

Purchased by my grandfather over 100 years ago. I admired it as a kid 80 years ago in his Brookfield Ohio home.

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Benjamin Tallmadge is a Pretty Boy

Because I have nothing better to do with my time, I have tracked down as many quotes mentioning Tallmadge's appearance. These come from months of research, and I know I definitely missed a few. I'm not trying to start another TURN sexy man war, I just have to share these because some of them are funny.

"Tallmadge is one of the most attractive and dashing figures of our revolutionary history… A sketch of him by Colonel Trumbull, shows, under the plumed helmet of the Dragoon, a high-bred sensitive face, clear-eyed, confident and gallant.” -The History of the Town of Litchfield, Connecticut by Alain Campbell White. Page 86

"The picturesque figure of Col. Tallmadge directs attention to him in particular. Henry Ward Beecher wrote of him: ‘How well do we remember the stately gait of the venerable Colonel of Revolutionary memory!’… Col. L. W. Wessells has also left us a boy's impression of him: ‘When a small boy, I have often seen him on horseback, a remarkably handsome figure and splendid horseman.’” White, Pages 135-136

“When Lyman Beecher came to Litchfield in March, 1810, he was entertained by the leading members of the parish. ‘Colonel Tallmadge has just arrived from [Washington],’ Beecher wrote to his wife, ‘to spend a few days. I was invited to take tea with him, and had an agreeable evening. He is over six feet in height, and large in proportion; in countenance and bearing resembling Washington. He is polite and acquainted with men, and his wife and daughters are pious and accomplished.’” -Benjamin Tallmadge by Charles Swain Hall. Page 262

" Col. William Smith Livingston possessed great physical strength, and with Col. Benjamin Tallmadge, had the reputation of being the handsomest man in the Revolutionary Army. They were second cousins” - The Talmadge, Tallmadge, and Talmage genealogy. Page 88

"His person was rather above the ordinary stature, well proportioned, dignified and commanding. His step even in last years was firm and elastic, his body erect, and his whole carriage possessed a military dignity, in which was combined the model of both the soldier and the gentleman.” - Sermon on Tallmadge's funeral. Found in Memoir of Colonel Benjamin Tallmadge edited by Henry Phelps Johnston. Page 145

“Tallmadge a bold and dashing officer, would run what today would be called a department of military intelligence. Tallmadge, according to one of his soldiers, ‘was a large, strong, and powerful man and rode a large bay horse which he took from the British. He was a brave officer, and there was no flinch in him. He was a man of few words, but decided and energetic, and what he was to the purpose.’” - George Washington, Spymaster by Thomas Allen. Pages 50-52

“He [Tallmadge] was over six feet in height, and large in proportion; in countenance and bearing resembling Washington, with whom he was a favorite.” - The autobiography of Lyman Beecher. Page 148

“In 1810 the spirit of '76 was not seriously dimin ished, and many of the principal actors in the stirring scenes of the Revolutionary struggle were still alive. Colonel Tallmadge, one of the most dashing and able cavalry officers of the army." - A biography of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. Page 35

“A young, handsome officer, attired in a dashing dragoon’s uniform, renowned for his combat exploits, Tallmadge was highly popular with the young women of Patriot disposition.” - General Washington's Commando by Richard Welch

“Tallmadge’s interests in women extended far beyond the issue of their education. Affable, good-looking and flirtatious, he had a keen eye for female beauty, and was attractive to and attracted by many young women, whose names, or descriptions, appear frequently in his letters.” ^ I don't have page numbers for these two because kindle is weird

“Benjamin Tallmadge, a gallant young major whose curls always seemed to be escaping beneath his sharp dragoon helmet, was still rather green, but his keenest of mind was apparent to everyone who met him.” - George Washington’s Secret Six, by Brian Kilmeade. Page 35.

In addition, are several novels and historical fiction that include Tallmadge and also call him pretty. I'm only going to put one here, but there are a few.

“Benjamin Tallmadge. A youth of seventeen years, six feet one inch in height, strong and well built.… His face was attractive” - Brinton Eliot: From Yale to Yorktown by James Farmer. Page 16.

And here are the links to Internet Archive

https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofl1920whit/page/86/mode/1up

https://archive.org/details/benjamintallmadg0000char/page/262/mode/2up?q=six

https://archive.org/details/talmadgetallmadg00intalm/page/88/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/memoirofcolonelb027409mbp/page/n239/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/georgewashington00alle_0/page/50/mode/1up

https://archive.org/details/johnharvardlibra0000barb/page/148/mode/1up?q=Tallmadge

https://archive.org/details/biographyofrevhe00beecuoft/page/35/mode/1up

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Boyden vs Bunty - NBC - May 18, 1959

A presentation of "The Award Theater" Season 2 Episode 15 *(1)

Sitcom

Running Time: 30 minutes

Directed by Don Taylor

Stars:

Robert Trumbull as Buford "Bunty" Perkins

Kathy Reed as Amy Porter

Bert Convy as Glen Lawrence

Jimmy Bates as Bill Davison

Raymond Bailey as Dean Gregory

Madge Blake as Mrs. Helen Biggs

Sandy Kenyon as Trevor Hastings

Robert Paquin as McGuire

Helen Kleeb as Miss Henshaw

*(1) The Alcoa Theatre and the Goodyear Theatre alternated weekly and operated under the umbrella title of Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre and was also known as The Award Theater. According to the listing under Alcoa Theatre this episode was listed as Season 2 Episode 33.

[ncytiri]

✦ last line / wip day

tagged by the lovely @nuclearstorms, thank you bones!!!! so i decided to go about this a little bit differently because i have not written anything in the past year or so, and as such, i genuinely have no last lines or wips to share sooooo i am instead gonna take the wip day prompt and use it to showcase some new ocs i made 💓

thanks to state of decay 2 community creation, they give you completely generated characters to start your community with and they all come with built in stats and traits and names so it makes fleshing out characters fairly easy!!! this is my new community i started a few days ago called "the ones left behind" (the communities are all given names too which is fun!)

so from left to right we have sergio "checo" may, farooq "brain cleaner" tarabey, and ángel "cupido" fuentes!!! they are currently residing in trumbull valley in a small military fort at the edge of the map.

sergio

23

bisexual

santa maya resident

college student before the outbreak (he was studying environmental sciences)

absolutely adores gardening shows and thus gains a morale boost if the base has a garden and he has the gardening skill!

tells bad jokes and is often the target of conflicts in the community (this gives the community a -3 morale 😭)

but he laughs easily which gives the community +4 morale boost so he makes up for it KDKLFJDS

him and farooq get into arguments a lot during the early days because of low resources and close quarters :/

farooq

38

gay

old sequelones resident

psychiatrist before the outbreak

leader of the community!

one cute trait he has is the "kind eyes" trait so i like to imagine he can just stare at people if they are overwhelmed or stressed out and it will help them center themselves (he definitely used this a lot during his psychiatrist days) which comes in handy with the world they are living in now (this gives him a 25% standing reward boost which helps towards how he is viewed by the group!)

he also has the medicine skill so i figure he probably gained a knowledge of first aid while in college because a close friend of his was studying to become a nurse. so he has basically taken on the role of doctor, nurse, pathologist, phlebotomist, and psychiatrist for the community 😭

he got the nickname "brain cleaner" not because of his penchant for knocking zombies heads off, but from college when he was the main person ppl came to to talk about their problems with and left their brains feeling "clean" after... dumb nickname, he knows :/

ángel

18

bisexual

turtle ridge resident

high school graduate (he played for his high school's basketball team)

during high school and the summer breaks, when he was free from sports and school, he was a dog walker for the rich residents of turtle ridge and nearby neighborhoods of whitney junction and squelones so he made BANK because he liked upcharge them DFJLSJD he also likes to brag that he could walk 10 dogs on one leash but never seems to tell the full story where they fully dragged him down the sidewalk and also dislocated his shoulder :/

a major basketball fan, he even thought about going to college on a scholarship since he was one of the best players in his high school's league! he misses the sounds of the court so much :(

he has the sports trivia skill which always comes in handy when doing their weekly game nights when they get to trivia time!!

got the nickname "cupido" because he was essentially the matchmaker at his high school???? he doesn't know how but every time someone asked to be introduced to a friend of his, that couple stayed together for at least 2 years and more. so people just took to calling him cupido because of his matchmaking abilities SLKFSLJDK

so that's my wip prompt fill and my little introduction to my new sod2 community!!!!! feel free to ask any questions abt them because i love them so much 🫶

tagging - whoever that wants to do this!!!

[tornadomacncheese]

Things in the Hamilton Workshop version I just think about a lot

Can't believe I'm having a resurgence of my Hamilton phase.

-I actually really liked in 'my shot' during the bridge the instrumentals didn't build up until after the rapping. (I'm past patiently waiting...) although I do get why it was changed

-Speaking of 'my shot' john laurens is going hard i love it.

-The guy who plays George Washington (Isaiah Johnson) brings such a different energy to the character I can't explain it

-Burr has a rap near the end of 'What'd I Miss" that was cut AND IT IS SO GOOD I THINK ABOUT IT SO MUCH

-Washington says Jefferson and Hamilton each have 60 seconds in Cabinet Battle #1 and in Cabinet Battle #2 he says its 45 seconds. Dude learned his lesson lmao.

-Say no to this is exceptionally good here, esp. Eliza's part, and Hamilton saying "how could you do this"

-One Last Ride is fun but One Last Time is better and the change was a good choice.

-Also, cutting "no john trumbull" was good.

-I really like 'Schulyer defeated' and 'let it go', I can understand they were cut due to pacing (at least I think that why??) but god. so good.

-Lauren's part in hurricane where he sings "or you could let it go". crying.

-The instrumentals in 'Blow Us All Away' are different and creepier and so cool, really gives you a sense of something terrible about to happen. I don't actually know much about music but go listen to it you will see what I mean.

-Hamilton's part in 'Ten Things, One Thing".

-The very last line where Eliza sings "It's only a matter of time" and Alexander joins her. Might be my favorite. Tear inducing. Wish they kept it so bad.

Here's the link to the workshop version if you want to listen!

[byneddiedingo]

Blade Runner has endured in part because it isn't over-infatuated with the technological whiz-bang of so many sci-fi films, especially since the advances in CGI. Its effects, supervised by the great Douglas Trumbull, have the solidity and tactility so often missing in CGI work, because they're very much in service of the vision of production designer Laurence G. Paull, art director David L. Snyder, and especially "visual futurist" Syd Mead. But more especially because they're in service of the humanity whose very questionable nature is the point of Hampton Fancher and David Webb Peoples's adaptation of the Philip K. Dick novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? It also helps that the film has a terrific cast. Harrison Ford can't help bringing a bit of Han Solo and Indiana Jones to every movie, but it's entirely appropriate here -- one time when a star image doesn't fight the script. Rutger Hauer makes Roy Batty's death scene memorable, and even Sean Young, a problematic actress at best, comes off well. (I think it's because when we first see her, she's dressed and coiffed like a drag-queen Joan Crawford, so that when she literally lets her hair down she takes on a softness we're not accustomed to from her.) And then there's Edward James Olmos as the enigmatic origamist Gaff, Daryl Hannah, William Sanderson, and especially Joanna Cassidy, who manages to achieve poignancy even wearing a transparent plastic raincoat.

Blade Runner (1982) dir. Ridley Scott

[yhwhrulz]

Streams in the Desert Devotional for October 18

"Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs; . . . they shall afflict them four hundred years; . . . and afterward they shall come out with great substance" (Genesis 15:12-14).

An assured part of God’s pledged blessing to us is delay and suffering. A delay in Abram’s own lifetime that seemed to put God’s pledge beyond fulfillment was followed by seemingly unendurable delay of Abram’s descendants. But it was only a delay: they "came out with great substance." The pledge was redeemed.

God is going to test me with delays; and with the delays will come suffering, but through it all stands God’s pledge: His new covenant with me in Christ, and His inviolable promise of every lesser blessing that I need. The delay and the suffering are part of the promised blessing; let me praise Him for them today; and let me wait on the Lord and be of good courage and He will strengthen my heart. -- C. G. Trumbull

Unanswered yet the prayer your lips have pleaded

In agony of heart these many years?

Does faith begin to fail? Is hope departing?

And think you all in vain those falling tears?

Say not the Father hath not heard your prayer;

You shall have your desire sometime, somewhere.

Unanswered yet? Nay do not say ungranted;

Perhaps your work is not yet wholly done.

The work began when first your prayer was uttered,

And God will finish what He has begun.

If you will keep the incense burning there,

His glory you shall see sometime, somewhere.

Unanswered yet? Faith cannot be unanswered,

Her feet are firmly planted on the Rock;

Amid the wildest storms she stands undaunted,

Nor quails before the loudest thunder shock.

She knows Omnipotence has heard her prayer,

And cries, "It shall be done"-- sometime, somewhere.

-- Miss Ophelia G. Browning

Copyright Statement This material is considered in the public domain.

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Book Signing & Surprise

A newsletter with secrets within!

READERS, Are you looking to get out of the house and meet some great authors? Bridgeport Book Bash is hosting an event that you don’t want to miss out on. 🙂 Name of event: Bridgeport Book Bash  Location: Trumbull Marriott, Trumbull, CT. Date: August 19, 2023 Time: 11am – 4pm Register on Eventbrite Are you still reading? (grin) If so, congratulations because I have a FREEBIE available. Head…

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One Month To RomantiConn!

We’re one month out from RomantiConn in Trumbull, CT and yours truly will be there, along with over 100 terrific Romance authors and specialty vendors. Last year’s event was a huge success and I had as much of a blast shopping my fellow authors as I did meeting my readers. If you’re in the CT/NY/NJ area, you don’t want to miss this! Check out this lineup: Along with your books, you can pick up…

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Crime & Christie: It's Complicated

Admittedly, unlike the painting in Agatha Christie’s short story The Bloodstained Pavement, which tangentially helped solve a murder, the Trumbull portrait clearly caused one. Nor did the Chicago police need Miss Marple’s hard-won acumen to solve Paul F. Volland’s murder. Yet there’s one question I still haven’t found a definitive answer to: Did Vera Trepagnier’s looks play a substantial role in…

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: The Raft Paperback By Robert Trumbull 1961 Paperback - Pyramio Books.

[crazy-pot-pourri]

[Books] Il mistero della vetreria di Margaret Armstrong (Miss Trumbull #1)

Titolo originale: Murder in Stained Glass

Autore: Margaret Armstrong

Prima edizione: 1939

Edizione italiana: traduzione di Tiziana Prina (Edizioni Le Assassine – Collana: Vintage, 2019)

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OH Girard - Tipple by Ken

Via Flickr:

Abandoned railroad tipple in Girard, Ohio.

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IMPORTANT PSA

MY FRIEND BRYAN AYALA IS STILL MISSING

He has been missing since May 2, 2019.

HE IS SUPPOSED TO GRADUATE NEXT WEEK.

PLEASE, if you hear anything about him or see him ANYWHERE, CALL THE NILES, OHIO OR WARREN, OHIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Here is a picture that is up on the wall in our high school that has more information.

NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, PLEASE REBLOG. SOMEONE THAT FOLLOWS YOU COULD HAVE SEEN HIM.

Please spread this around. Bryan is dearly missed by all of us and has his whole future ahead of him.