#edward c briggs

[sonofcoulson]

Here, have another chapter. Don't say I'm not good to you.

Chapter 48 up. Cybil welcomes Harry to the station and resolves to get help.

Story: Silent Hill

[bobchakar]

The Historic Anniversary of Brown v Board of Education

As we are five months into the 70th anniversary of the initial Brown decision, I would be remiss to not identify in some detail the court cases that helped paved the way for desegregation.  The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown was one of the most pivotal opinions ever rendered by that body. This landmark decision highlighted the court’s role in affecting changes in national and social policy. Often when people think of the case, they remember a little girl whose parents sued so that she could attend an all-white school in her neighborhood. In reality, the case of Brown was far more complex.  The Brown case originated in December 1952, when the U.S. Supreme Court had on its docket four separate cases from South Carolina, the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Delaware, all of which challenged the constitutionality of racial segregation in public schools. The case of Briggs v. Elliott was from the Eastern District of South Carolina, Bolling v. Sharpe was on certiorari for the District of Columbia Circuit, Davis v. Prince Edward County was from the Eastern District of Virginia, and Gebhart v. Belton was on certiorari from the Supreme Court of Delaware.

The U.S. District Court consolidated these four cases with the Brown case under one name, Oliver Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka. The justices believed that it was better to have representative cases from different parts of the country “so that the whole question of segregation would not smack of being a purely southern one.”380  Although the four other cases were combined with Brown, the cases were premised on different facts and different local conditions, but all contained a common legal question that justified their consideration together.

380  Brown v. Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954). 

For this post, I would like to draw attention to the South Carolina case.  In the South Carolina case, Briggs v. Elliott, the plaintiffs were black elementary and high school children living in Clarendon County. 381  

381  Briggs v. Elliott, 132 F. Supp. 776 (1955).

The parents brought action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina “to enjoin enforcement of provisions in the state constitution and statutory code,” which required the segregation of blacks and whites in public schools. The Briggs case was named for Harry Briggs, one of twenty parents who brought the suit against R.W. Elliot, the president of the school board of Clarendon County, South Carolina. Initially, the parents only asked the county to provide school buses for the black students as they did for whites. When their petitions were ignored, they filed a suit challenging segregation itself. A three-judge U.S.  District Court convened under 28 U.S. C. @ 2281 and 2284 and denied the requested Relief.  The plaintiff’s appealed to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and it found that the black schools were inferior to the white schools and ordered the defendant school district to begin immediately to equalize the facilities. The court of appeals, however, sustained the validity of the contested provisions and denied the plaintiffs admission to the white schools during the equalization program. The court of appeals vacated the lower district court’s judgment and remanded the case back to the district court for the purpose of obtaining the district court’s views on a report filed by the defendants concerning the progress made in the equalization program. On remand, the district court found that substantial equality had been achieved except for buildings and that the defendants were proceeding to rectify this inequality as well.  Next post will be Bolling v. Sharpe, 344 U.S. 873 (1952).

[sporadiceagleheart]

Thursday edits rest In Peace to those old angels Thomas Jefferson Tiller, Mecy Tiller Perdue, John Talbot Hanks, Eleanor “Ellen” Perdue Hanks, John Perdue, Nancy Elizabeth Hanks Lincoln, Thomas Lincoln, Sarah Bush Lincoln, Elizabeth Johnston Hanks, Dennis Friend Hanks, Abraham Lincoln, Rev Henry Sparrow, Lucy Nancy Hanks Sparrow, Mary Eunice Harlan Lincoln, Thomas “Tad” Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln, William Wallace “Willie” Lincoln, Edward Baker “Eddie” Lincoln, Mary Ann Todd Lincoln, Powell Waits “P.W.” Ward, Mrs Vera Valentine Ward Beckwith, Warren Wallace Beckwith, Mary Harlan Lincoln “Peggy” Beckwith, Mrs Jessie Harlan Lincoln Randolph, Edward Everett Beckwith, CPT Warren W Beckwith, Robert Todd Lincoln “Bud” Beckwith, Abraham “Jack” Lincoln II, Frank Edward Johnson, Catherine Bodley “Kittie” Todd Herr, Elodie Breck Todd Dawson, 1LT Robert John Randolph Jr., Sophia Hanks Legrand-Lynch, Sarah “Sally” Hanks, John D Johnston, Harriet Ann Hanks Chapman, John Perdue, Captain Abraham Lincoln, Elbridge Gerry, Catherine Gerry Austin, Ann Gerry, Thomas Russell Gerry, Elbridge Thomas Gerry, Thomas Mifflin, Sarah Morris Mifflin, LT John Adams, Jonas Russell Adams, William Byrd II, Jane Byrd Page, COL William Byrd III, Maria Taylor Byrd Carter, Maria Taylor Byrd, Col Landon Carter, Carolianna Carter Hall, Frances Parke Custis Winch Dansie, Frances “Fanny” Parke Custis, Lucy Parke Byrd, Evelyn Byrd, Anne Byrd Carter, William Evelyn Byrd I, Abigail Smith Adams, John Adams, John Walker, Joseph Evan Davis, Samuel Emory Davis, William Howell Davis, Varina Anne Banks Howell Davis, Varina Anne “Winnie” Davis, Margaret Mackall “Peggy” Smith Taylor, Sarah Knox “Knoxie” Taylor Davis, Baby Monster, Aethel McMullen, Laura C Hedgecoke, Little Eva Hedgecoke, Gracie Perry Watson, Wales J. “W J” Watson, Margaret Frances Waterman Watson, Inez Briggs, Anna Glinberg, MANIA HALEF, Louis XVII, Lois Janes, Madame Royale, Marie Thérèse of France (1667–1672), Sophia Hanks Legrand-Lynch, Nancy Lynch Davison, John Potter Davison, Omie Elizabeth Pruitt Davison, James Anderson Davison, Julia Josephine “Jessie” Harlan, John Walker, and rest in peace to Rev. James Cleveland behind the song God is

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﹒﹒   male   names   masterlist     !

in honor of my third milestone on here ( thank you sm ) , i’ve decided to release a master list of 400+male names i personally love and think could be used more in the community . this was also requested by a few anons and names will be added to the list frequently . the names are sorted by first letter but not alphabetically within each letter category . if you found this useful , feel free to like or reblog to spread this !

A : alston, ander, adamo, alex, austen, ace, arian, adrian, atlas, augustus, axel, archer, angel, archie, aaron, abel, asher, amir, adriel, andrew, ace, alejandro, arlo, adonis, atticus, abram, ambrose. 

B : bryce, bryson, benji, bellamy, banks, bear, beau, bentley, barrett, brody, brayden, bennett, braxton, bowen, briggs, baker, bruce, benson, bristol, boston, brycen, bryant, brock, brendan, bruno, byron, braden, bronson, braeson.

C : colton, cartier, cyrus, caleb, carter, cedric, carson, cohen, calvin, callum, casper, caspius, chase, cole, connor, camden, colt, caden, cash, crew, chance, clayton, cruz, cairo, corbin, colson, cesar, clark. 

D : damon, damien, darren, dylan, dominic, declan, dean, dario, drew, dimitri, dakota, dawson, daxton, dante, desmond, denver, dax, deacon, drake, derrick, darius, duke, deandre, dash, dilan, dayton, duncan, dior. 

E : eduardo, edward, elias, emilien, evan, easton, everett, emmett, enzo, ezra, elliot, emmanuel, ezekial, elias, emerson, eric, emory, edwin, elian, esteban, edison, emir, everest, eliseo, everley.

F : florencio, flynn, fabio, forester, francis, flynn, fallon, finn, finnick, felix, fernando, finnegan, fabian, ford, forbes, fletcher, fisher, fox, fitz, flint, fulton. 

G : giovanni, gage, gomez, grayson, griffin, grant, graham, gavin, grant, gianni, gunner, gideon, gregory, grey, gustavo, guillermo, gentry, gadiel, gabriel. 

H : halton, herman, holden, hayes, hudson, hayden, harrison, harlow, harvey, hugo, hank, henley, holland, hamza, hugh, houston, hakeem. 

I : isaac, icarius, idris, ian, ivan, isaiah, ismael, ilan, irvin, iain. 

J : julian, juniper, joao, joaquim, jordan, jaxton, joshua, josiah, javier, jayden, justin, jonah, jace, jasper, jay, jj, jackson, jeremiah, judah, joel, jensen, jaylen, jonas, jamal. 

K : kai, kolton, kaleb, klaus, kyrie, kingston, kayden, king, kobe, knox, kyler, kaden, khalil, kane, killian, keegan, kian, kamden, kieran, keanu, kyland, kareem, kasen, 

L : liam, lukas, logan, lucien, lawrence, leo, leighton, leon, lindell, lamar, latrell, larson, lance, levi, luke, landon, luca, lincoln, landon, lorenzo, london, lennox, leonel, lawson, luciano, layton, lux, leroy, lamar. 

M : micaiah, mateo, marcell, manny, mac, malcolm, mckay, meechie, matias, mason, maverick, mitch, murphy, miles, malachi, maddox, marshall, malik, moses, marvin, milo. 

N : noah, nicolai, nasir, nico, nash, neymar, naveen, nehemiah, nixon, nelson, nigel, niles, nolyn, namir. 

O : orlando, ozzy, oliver, omar, orion, otto, odin, otis, oskar, osvaldo, owen. 

P : peyton, parker, pearce, prince, preston, porter, pierre, penn, patton, paxton, paolo, pope, percy. 

Q : quentin, quinn, quint, quang. 

R : roman, rowan, reid, riggs, reece, rafael, ryland, roland, ronan, rhett, rhys, rory, rainer, roscoe, rocco, ryder, ryker, remington, russell, romeo, raiden, ruben, ridge, rex, rudy, remy. 

S : sawyer, spencer, salem, salvatore, stefan, samson, sebastian, samuel, santiago, silas, sutton, sterling, sully, sergio, seth, santino, santibel, soren, saint, samir, saul, sal, santos, slater, santino. 

T : tyson, tyrin, taylor, teagan, tobias, troye, tristan, tucker, theo, torrento, tanner, travis, tripp, trenton, trey, tomas, talon, thad, terrance, teddy. 

U : uriel, ulysesses, umar, urbane, uri, ursel, usher. 

V : valencio, victor, valence, valentino, vance, victor, vaughn, vincent, virgil, vernon, vander, vito, vero, villard. 

W : wick, walker, weston, wyatt, wolfgang, wells, wilder, wesley, walter, warren, wade, winston, watson, wiley, waylen. 

X : xavier, xander, xane, xavion, xavi, xiomar, xackery, xan. 

Y : yosef, yosan, york, yasir, yoel, yuri, yannis.

Z : zane, zakhar, zavier, zion, zahir, zev, zeus, zacharias.

[meetnategreen]

The More Accurate Headline Reads: 120 Retired Generals and Admirals Pledge Allegiance to a Failed Russian Asset and Swear Their Loyalty to Their One True Orange God.

Signed by: RADM Ernest B. Acklin, USCG, ret. MG Joseph T. Anderson, USMC, ret. RADM Philip Anselmo, USN, ret. MG Joseph Arbuckle, USA, ret. BG John Arick, USMC, ret. RADM Jon W. Bayless, Jr. USN, ret. RDML James Best, USN, ret. BG Charles Bishop, USAF, ret. BG William A. Bloomer, USMC, ret. BG Donald Bolduc, USA, ret. LTG William G. Boykin, USA, ret. MG Edward R. Bracken, USAF, ret. MG Patrick H. Brady, MOH, USA, ret. VADM Edward S. Briggs, USN, ret. LTG Richard “Tex’ Brown III USAF, ret. BG Frank Bruno, USAF, ret. VADM Toney M. Bucchi, USN, ret. RADM John T. Byrd, USN, ret. BG Jimmy Cash, USAF, ret. LTG Dennis D. Cavin, USA, ret. LTG James E. Chambers, USAF, ret. MG Carroll D. Childers, USA, ret. BG Clifton C. “Tip” Clark, USAF, ret. VADM Ed Clexton, USN, ret. MG Jay Closner, USAF, ret MG Tommy F. Crawford, USAF, ret. MG Robert E. Dempsey, USAF, ret. BG Phillip Drew, USAF, ret. MG Neil L. Eddins, USAF, ret. RADM Ernest Elliot, USN, ret. BG Jerome V. Foust, USA, ret. BG Jimmy E. Fowler, USA, ret. RADM J. Cameron Fraser, USN, ret. MG John T. Furlow, USA, ret. MG Timothy F. Ghormley, USMC, ret. MG Francis C. Gideon, USAF, ret. MG Lee V. Greer, USAF, ret. RDML Michael R. Groothousen, Sr., USN, ret. BG John Grueser, USAF, ret. MG Ken Hagemann, USAF, ret. BG Norman Ham, USAF, ret. VADM William Hancock, USN, ret. LTG Henry J. Hatch, USA, ret. BG James M. Hesson, USA, ret. MG Bill Hobgood, USA, ret. BG Stanislaus J. Hoey, USA, ret. MG Bob Hollingsworth, USMC, ret. MG Jerry D. Holmes, USAF, ret. MG Clinton V. Horn, USAF, ret. LTG Joseph E. Hurd, USAF, ret. VADM Paul Ilg, USN, ret. MG T. Irby, USA, ret. LTG Ronald Iverson, USAF, ret. RADM (L) Grady L. Jackson MG William K. James, USAF, ret. LTG James H. Johnson, Jr. USA, ret. ADM. Jerome L. Johnson, USN, ret. BG Charles Jones, USAF, ret. BG Robert R. Jordan, USA, ret. BG Jack H. Kotter, USA, ret. MG Anthony R. Kropp, USA, ret. RADM Chuck Kubic, USN, ret. BG Jerry L. Laws, USA, ret. BG Douglas E. Lee, USA, ret. MG Vernon B. Lewis, USA, ret. MG Thomas G. Lightner, USA, ret. MG James E. Livingston, USMC, ret. MOH MG John D. Logeman, USAF, ret. MG Jarvis Lynch, USMC, ret. LTG Fred McCorkle, USMC, ret. MG Don McGregor, USAF, ret. LTG Thomas McInerney, USAF, ret. RADM John H. McKinley, USN, ret. BG Michael P. McRaney, USAF, ret. BG Ronald S. Mangum, USA, ret. BG James M. Mead, USMC, ret. BG Joe Mensching, USAF, ret. RADM W. F. Merlin, USCG, ret. RADM (L) Mark Milliken, USN, ret. MG John F. Miller, USAF, ret. RADM Ralph M. Mitchell, Jr. USN, ret. MG Paul Mock, USA. ret. BG Daniel I. Montgomery, USA, ret., RADM John A. Moriarty, USN, ret., RADM David R. Morris, USN, ret. RADM Bill Newman, USN, ret. BG Joe Oder, USA, ret. MG O’Mara, USAF, ret. MG Joe S. Owens, USA, ret. VADM Jimmy Pappas, USN, ret. LTG Garry L. Parks, USMC, ret. RADM Russ Penniman, RADM, USN, ret. RADM Leonard F. Picotte, ret. VADM John Poindexter, USN, ret. RADM Ronald Polant, USCG, ret. MG Greg Power, USAF, ret. RDM Brian Prindle, USN, ret. RADM J.J. Quinn, USN, ret. LTG Clifford H. Rees, Jr. USAF, ret. RADM Norman T. Saunders, USCG, ret. MG Richard V. Secord, USAF, ret. RADM William R. Schmidt, USN, ret. LTG Hubert Smith, USA, ret. MG James N. Stewart, USAF, ret. RADM Thomas Stone, USN., ret. BG Joseph S. Stringham, USA, ret. MG Michael Sullivan, USMC, ret. RADM (U) Jeremy Taylor, USN, ret. LTG David Teal, USAF, ret. VADM Howard B. Thorsen, USCG, ret. RADM Robert P. Tiernan, USN, ret. LTG Garry Trexler, USAF, ret. BG James T. Turlington, M.D., USAF, ret. BG Richard J. Valente, USA ret. MG Paul Vallely, USA, ret. MG Russell L. Violett, USAF, ret. BG George H. Walker, Jr. USAR Corp of Engineers, ret. MG Kenneth Weir, USMCR, ret. BG William O. Welch, USAF, ret. MG John M. White, USAF, ret. MG Geoffrey P. Wiedeman, JR. USAF, ret. MG Richard O. Wightman, Jr., USA, ret. RADM Denny Wisely, USN, ret. LTG John Woodward, ret.

Everyone these white men has betrayed their country and their oath to protect the US Constitution and our democracy.

Under military law, they should forfeit their rank, their tax payer paid pensions and/or prepare themselves for the firing squad.

[gretavanfleetposts]

  hey, i really was in the mood for a ship if that's cool. :)

-to start out, i am 5'4 with brown hair and green eyes. i naturally have freckles everywhere and they show up more evidently in the summer. i am a pretty outspoken person, and i'm too independent for my own good. i'm told that i'm very stubborn, but i'm very thoughtful in my own way, despite not being an incredibly sympathetic person. i get lost in thought pretty easily, and love to ramble on and on about my interests. i make friends pretty easily. i am told that i'm a creative person, and have a good sense of humor.

-i'd say i'm an ambivert (both introverted and extroverted) in the context that i love being around people and going out, but definitely need my alone time. i spend my time alone listening to music 24/7, painting, and watching movies.

- that leads to my next thing about myself, i love film.  it's my passion, and i want to be a big director someday. i'm currently working on a screenplay that's going nowhere so far. that's the goal. my favorite movies are: the graduate, shallow grave, and la haine. i love wes anderson and stanley kubrick's directorial style. i can also quote the first eleven minutes of 'ratatouille' by memory alone. my comfort movies are odd. i love: fantastic mr. fox, the pixar story (a documentary i've seen at least a thousand times), and the truman show.

-my favorite books are: the catcher in the rye, looking for alaska, and my childhood favorite: the miraculous journey of edward tulane. my favorite article of clothing is a red and blue striped sweater that's like three times too big for me. it's so comfortable and i love to wear it with long skirts and baggy jeans.

-my big six are: taurus sun, libra rising, capricorn moon, taurus mercury, aries venus, cancer mars. my myers briggs is entp-t. 

-my sister has always told me that my secret talent was being good at just dance?? i don't know, i'm not incredibly talented at anything. i guess i can keep plants alive for a long time and i'm not awful at watercolor. i'm not the worst singer ever, but i don't really like to sing for people unless it's karaoke.

-my go-to pick me up songs at the moment are: on melancholy hill and dirty harry by gorillaz, basically anything by simon and garfunkel, scarlet begonias by sublime, and rainy day women by bob dylan.

-my ideal date would be one of three options: a.) staying in and taking turns watching each other's favorite movies in a homemade blanket fort while taking breaks in between to make cookies. OR b.) have a date at an art gallery. spending hours just aimlessly walking around hand-in-hand while you make small talk and look at the paintings and sculptures. it's even better when you pretend to be snobby art critics and make ridiculous pretentious comments on the paintings until you're both crying from laughing too much. OR c.) laying out blankets in the trunk of a car/truck bed and going star gazing and having a night-time picnic. just laying there and pointing out constellations, while eating small snacks and fruit.

-in a partner, sense of humor is usually my first go-to. if they aren't easy to joke around with or are serious all the time, we don't vibe. :// i usually go for someone that is more openly affectionate, and i'm less of an "opposites attract". i'd rather my partner be like me.

-other random facts about me are: i have a nickel collection in a jar, with over fourteen dollars in it so far (about 280 nickels). my favorite colors are green and brown. my favorite flowers are white tulips. my lucky number is 44, i don't know why. i don't eat red meat. i like things in even numbers, and especially love things in increments of fours. i bought an acoustic guitar and have learned only one song on it smh. i don't like tea of any kind, the texture of rapsberries weirds me out, and my dream car is a '69 chevy camaro. pottery and sculpture is so fun, but i hate the feeling of wet clay/drying clay on my hands.

-i feel like i've written way too much, but here's this. i hope it was helpful. also, there's a photo of me included for reference!! <33

Hey there!

❤: You are so beautiful!! Also I love how much information you included. I love reading all about you guys! And you have such big dreams; I really admire that. Not everyone can write or appreciate art the way you clearly can/do! You sound very talented to me. Keeping plants alive? That is absolutely a talent. I wish I could do that. And you're right, the texture of raspberries is weird.

Ship: Josh

Because: Josh obviously shares your love of film. I think being with someone who can share that passion with him would be a big deal. It's easy to bond over the music but you would understand him just a little bit better than anyone else. I can definitely see the two of you doing karaoke together and what a time that would be with Josh. And Josh is definitely easy to joke around with so I think the two of you would vibe well.

Scenario:

Josh had been gone for three weeks now and you were only surviving thanks to the facetiming dates and phone calls that he fit in whenever he could

It certainly wasn't like having him home though

He was states away at this point and no matter how much you wanted to be where he was, you had a life you couldn't just drop and leave behind

But Josh being the amazing boyfriend he was, he found little ways to make sure you knew how much he missed you

How much he wanted you by his side

How much he wanted to be by your side

Like the night he called you after a show and told you to go lie down in your backyard

You obliged and grabbed a blanket on your way to your backyard, plopping it down on grass and proceeding to lie on it with your eyes pointed to the night sky

"Look up at the stars, mama. Tell me what you see." His voice cam through the phone softly

You took in the stars above you, the moon shining big and bright, and attempted to describe its beauty to him

When the weather was warm, the two of you would often lie in the grass together or in the bed of his Jeep truck and point out different constellations to each other, making up new ones with funny names that you'd sometimes look for when he was gone just to feel a little closer to him

"Can you see the little dipper?" he asked quietly

You searched for a moment before you spotted the constellation you were very familiar with

"It's so beautiful, isn't it?"

You realized then that he must have been looking up at the stars too and you asked him where he was

"I snuck away from the after-show party. I just wanted to look at the stars with you"

Your heart swelled at the thought of him sneaking off while everyone was celebrating just so he could listen to your voice for a few moments over the phone

You told him how much you missed him but more importantly how proud of him you were

You could practically hear his smile through the phone

"Thank you, mama," he whispered

After the two of you were done talking, you laid in the grass a while longer, imagining he was doing the same, looking up at the same stars as you were

Soon enough you'd be gazing up together again

I hope you liked it! Thank you for the request!

-⭐

Ships are currently closed

[whatdoesshedotothem]

Thursday 13 July 1837

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fine morning but gloomy and F58° at 9 ¾ and breakfast A- came at 8 and lay on my bed till 8 55 with me breakfast at 9 ¾ in about ¾ hour – then out – with Robert + 5 setting out and banking up the terraces – and planted 6 box plants and 1 Portugal laurel, and, in the afternoon and evening till 9, six yews – we begin to make a little shew of what is to be done – dinner at 6 to 7 Mr. Gray out again at 6 ¾ - A- and I walked about till near 8 – I then an hour with Robert and c° - with them all the day except about ½ hour just after their dinner and  with Mark and Hepworth about as long a at their drinking time (4 pm) – Mark had bought me a bay horse of Abraham Holt price £10 – Mark guessed him aetatis 10 – I said 12 at least – gave Mark two 3£ Briggs’ notes to pay for him with and 2/6 for his trouble – at the hay barn in the afternoon – told Edward to

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send Robert Sharpe and Amos Ambler and Robert Wharton (instead of Thompson who left us today, did not come today) and Gray the labourer to the pentrough at the wheel-race tomorrow- expected them to have been there today – coffee at 9 ¼ - and read the paper and came upstairs at 10 ¼ A- had made coffee and come to bed before Mr. Gray and I came in – she sat with me 10 minutes – then wrote the above of today till 10 ¾ - a little drizzling rain in the morning and damp till 10 am afterwards gradually cleared up, and fine afternoon with good drought – Mark Hepworth busy stacking – perhaps we have stacked about ½ the hay or more – a few drops of rain at 9 – but then fair again till about 10 when heavy shower and a little thunder and lightning – F60° at 10 ¼ pm during the heavy rain

[gayrosen]

Historic Markers of New Rochelle - Part 1!

Historic Markers of New Rochelle – Part 1!

Did you know Norman Rockwell lived in New Rochelle? Or Clare Briggs, Edward Penfield, or C. Coles Phillips? In the 1920’s , New Rochelle’s burgeoning colony of artists and illustrators embarked upon a wonderful venture through the New Rochelle Art Association, namely the 10 boundary markers that now adorn and contribute to this city’s wonderful appeal. The artists designed these wonderful…

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PSRC 2020

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A book published in the 20th century - The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster

A book from a series with more than 20 books - Night Broken - Patricia Briggs

A book with a main character in their 20s - Howl’s Moving Castle - Dianna Wynne Jones

[sonofcoulson]

Chapter 38 up. Cybil tries to save a burns victim in the woods.

Story: Silent Hill

[worldwidemochiguy]

Hello!! I just.. was hoping maybe I could get some advice on writing, I love your work so much! 💜

hi!!! thank you so much im rly glad you enjoy my shitty little unedited fics lmao

uhhhhhhh honestly i don’t have too much advice for writing and the stuff i do have to say is either a) painfully obvious b) copied from other advice posts lmao or c) stuff that i don’t even manage to do, buuuuuuut since you asked ill say anyway, but like, prepare to be severely underwhelmed

(ill add a read more thing when i can be bothered to fetch my laptop lol)

1. know what you want to write! this isn’t to say you can’t just like write whatever tf you want just for fun when the inspiration strikes bc you know, you do you, but it really does help if you know what you’re writing about. and not just, for example, ‘they go and get coffee together and then they flirt and then they kiss’ (although having a plot also helps obviously) but like - what are you trying to say with this fic? to its core - is it about loneliness? sadness? hope? companionship? (this is a tip i do not follow myself but wish i did lmao)

but also yeah remember what your plot is and make sure that everything makes sense basically. every scene should be there for a reason - plot development or character development. also, it’s really cool if you can intertwine these things. like, how does the character think and feel about what’s happening and how do they act to drive the plot forwards and why would they do that?

2. themes are cool, maybe not necessary or anything, but still cool. same rule applies to metaphors. however! if you feel like you have to shoehorn these things in and it doesn’t feel natural then don’t do it, and don’t add them just so that they’re in there, they should have like actual relave ce to the plot or character. each person has their own style and trying to force a certain way of writing probably won’t be fun to write or read. not to say that you can’t experiment with genres and/or style! but just, like, don’t think that you have to add something in to make it sound good. there are no rules for writing anyone who says otherwise is pedantic and you have no obligation to listen to them ! 💕

3. try and make sure you really know your characters. like, you could answer any question about them. a cool thing to do which can be fun and useful is to do personality quizzes in the character of who you’re writing, especially the meyers Briggs ones or like sorting hat quizzes. it can help you to get a deeper look at their personality also if they’re maybe not fully developed yet it forces you to think about these things and make decisions. this will also help with the plot and the character’s role in it! if you make them do actions that seem out of character it might feel less believable or engaging, but once you understand and develop the character more then this is less likely to happen.

4. i’ve said it before and i’ll undoubtedly say it again. practice makes perfect (or… improvement at least!). when i first started writing proper ‘fanfic’ i was 13 and it was about twilight if Bella and Edward actually had twins instead of just renesmee and the second child was kidnapped. as you can imagine, it was not very good!! but i continued to write and (im hoping lol) improve. i would even say i’ve improved in the nine months i’ve had this blog (omg almost a year now 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺) even if you feel like you aren’t improving and you read your things and think they’re awful, that’s actually good! bc (bear with me lol) it means your mind is becoming more critical as you understand more about writing and you improve. it does however have the side effect of criticising whatever you write which is... not fun! lmao

5. read! i’ve also said this one before but idc. reading helps your own improvement so much and im literally not even going to elaborate bc like that’s it. reading rly rly helps. it widens your vocabulary and helps you get used to varying sentence structures and see how plots can come together and inspire you. idk why my brain is just failing to work properly and form sentences that make sense but yeah. reading good.

but yeah that’s kind of it. just write what you want to write honestly, and then everything else will start to happen after a while.

[sporadiceagleheart]

Thursday edits rest In Peace to those old angels Thomas Jefferson Tiller, Mecy Tiller Perdue, John Talbot Hanks, Eleanor “Ellen” Perdue Hanks, John Perdue, Nancy Elizabeth Hanks Lincoln, Thomas Lincoln, Sarah Bush Lincoln, Elizabeth Johnston Hanks, Dennis Friend Hanks, Abraham Lincoln, Rev Henry Sparrow, Lucy Nancy Hanks Sparrow, Mary Eunice Harlan Lincoln, Thomas “Tad” Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln, William Wallace “Willie” Lincoln, Edward Baker “Eddie” Lincoln, Mary Ann Todd Lincoln, Powell Waits “P.W.” Ward, Mrs Vera Valentine Ward Beckwith, Warren Wallace Beckwith, Mary Harlan Lincoln “Peggy” Beckwith, Mrs Jessie Harlan Lincoln Randolph, Edward Everett Beckwith, CPT Warren W Beckwith, Robert Todd Lincoln “Bud” Beckwith, Abraham “Jack” Lincoln II, Frank Edward Johnson, Catherine Bodley “Kittie” Todd Herr, Elodie Breck Todd Dawson, 1LT Robert John Randolph Jr., Sophia Hanks Legrand-Lynch, Sarah “Sally” Hanks, John D Johnston, Harriet Ann Hanks Chapman, John Perdue, Captain Abraham Lincoln, Elbridge Gerry, Catherine Gerry Austin, Ann Gerry, Thomas Russell Gerry, Elbridge Thomas Gerry, Thomas Mifflin, Sarah Morris Mifflin, LT John Adams, Jonas Russell Adams, William Byrd II, Jane Byrd Page, COL William Byrd III, Maria Taylor Byrd Carter, Maria Taylor Byrd, Col Landon Carter, Carolianna Carter Hall, Frances Parke Custis Winch Dansie, Frances “Fanny” Parke Custis, Lucy Parke Byrd, Evelyn Byrd, Anne Byrd Carter, William Evelyn Byrd I, Abigail Smith Adams, John Adams, John Walker, Joseph Evan Davis, Samuel Emory Davis, William Howell Davis, Varina Anne Banks Howell Davis, Varina Anne “Winnie” Davis, Margaret Mackall “Peggy” Smith Taylor, Sarah Knox “Knoxie” Taylor Davis, Baby Monster, Aethel McMullen, Laura C Hedgecoke, Little Eva Hedgecoke, Gracie Perry Watson, Wales J. “W J” Watson, Margaret Frances Waterman Watson, Inez Briggs, Anna Glinberg, MANIA HALEF, Louis XVII, Lois Janes, Madame Royale, Marie Thérèse of France (1667–1672), Sophia Hanks Legrand-Lynch, Nancy Lynch Davison, John Potter Davison, Omie Elizabeth Pruitt Davison, James Anderson Davison, Julia Josephine “Jessie” Harlan, John Walker,

[anne-lister-adventures]

Monday, 13 May 1839

7 1/2

12 3/4

Fine but dull morning Fahrenheit 48 1/2º inside and outside at 8 3/4 – Breakfast at 8 50/’’ in about 1/2 hour – Just setting about work (arranging things) upstairs when Mr. S.[Samuel] Washington came – Final paying off – Some time A-[Ann] and I with him – 

All ended satisfactorily – Glad to have mentioned the Rookes engine coal bid – It seems the coal under the 2 little fields up to the road belongs to Mr. Whiteley the coal under the whole estate of which Lower Rookes originally formed part, being reserved and sold to Mr. Rawson and by him resold to Mr. Whiteley – 

S.[Samuel] W.[Washington] would consider of the value – Thinks only about an acre to get belonging to Captain and Mrs. S-[Sutherland], and that so near the surface, it would cost a good deal to make the ground good again – Mr. Whiteley wants to have the loose from now paying a pound a year for it till he wants to make use of it – 

A-[Ann] read what Mrs. S-[Sutherland] wrote respecting this in her last letter – Better to let the matter rest for the present – For the S-s[Sutherlands] thinking of £10 a year from the present and for a term of only 7 years were not likely to consent to Whiteley’s plan – S.[Samuel] W.[Washington] shewed how Whiteley by keeping a loose of his open might much benefit the Sutherlands – This to be mentioned by A-[Ann] so that both sides might make things as agreeable as they could – 

S.[Samuel] W.[Washington] said he once had £320 per acre bid for the coal (Lightcliffe bed 27 in.inches thick) on the other side of the Leeds and Whitehall road belonging to the S-s[Sutherlands] by Stocks of Lightcliffe – I said he would never have it bid again – To which he seemed to agree – He is to set out the 1200 yards each of stone for Messers Hemingway this afternoon – 

Ordered copy of plan of the Township of Southowram – To be on 4 small sheets of paper – Given to Whitely to mount in 4 x 6 parts or folds, and done up in case – to be done in 6 weeks – Price £9 (nine pounds) – To be sent to Hammerslys – All parted agreeably – My going down – Ordering the plan – What was about stone and coal, &c. &c. seemed to satisfy S.[Samuel] W.[Washington] and A-[Ann] and I were all went off finally so well – 

I wanted but the mere plan of the Township – But asked S.[Samuel] W.[Washington] to make all the stone quarries stone-colours, and to dot in pencil all the lines of coal-throws he knew of – And just to write on a separate piece of paper the amount of value at which each of my farms &c. stand in the Towns book – Do not want a copy of this book – Which has cost A-[Ann] for Hipperholme cum Brighouse 4 guineas + about 30/- for book &c. – 

A-[Ann] paid him on her own account (including £17.10.0 salary up to midsummer) 57.2.6 + on my account 8.15.6 1/2 + given over 4.1.11 1/2 = £70 for which she gave him order on the Commercial Bank late Briggs’s – 

Then had Hinscliffe who had been waiting some time – Came to pay and did pay his coal rent = £50 having now paid (at 14 payments) £700 – The old agreement ends in 1842 – The new ordered to end at the same time but H-[Hinscliffe] begged for a little longer time – Thinks there may be 2 acres to get in one of the Flashes now let – The new agreement to be prolonged one year, and end in 1843 – 

Message from Hannah Walker that she wanted the brick-field (the little croft she rents of A-[Ann] at 30/- per annum) A-[Ann] explained – Some of the oldest-in-the-family property A-[Ann] has; and H.[Hannah] W.[Walker] might as well ask for Cliff Hill – If Mrs. H.[Hannah] W.[Walker] not consent to A-‘s[Ann’s] wishes respecting the 300 yards of ground to be bought along the Crow Nest carriage road, in consideration of the privilege A-[Ann] granted her (to have her coal pulled at the pit in A-‘s[Ann’s] land) then that A-[Ann] would not grant the privilege, and would not trouble her head any more on the subject – 

Asked H-[Hinscliffe] what he valued the engine coal at in the 2 fields adjoining the Leeds and Whitehall land, and coming down to Harper Cliff wood – On rather the field above of which both coal and surface belong to the S-s[Sutherlands] H-[Hinscliffe] answered £50 per acre – What said I, no more than that! I have a hundred guineas per acre bid for engine coal in Well Royde land – (Holt said some time ago he would give that for it) – Why said Hinscliffe, it does but sell for 3d. a load – Good – But it costs nothing besides the rent, except the labour of getting out at the day – 

H-[Hinscliffe] says the coal (loosed by the Harper Wood Sutherland loose) lies like “a load-saddle” (packsaddle) cut off by the great throw which he, H-[Hinscliffe] has driven thro’ in shelf – 60 yards broad – He considers the bed he is now working to be between the Lightcliffe better bed (which is perhaps 80 yards + below him) and 2 or 3 workable beds above him – The stone coal (Anthracite) comes out (I forget where in shelf) and they know that there is always good coal beneath – 

Gave back to H-[Hinscliffe] the Newcastle Country coal plan (of pit 135 fathoms deep) he lent me in 1835 – He always lingers long – His tale never shortly told – Did not go till about 12 1/4 or later – 

Then with A-[Ann] and sat with her 5 minutes at luncheon till 1 – Then came upstairs and wrote all but the 1st line of today having had A-[Ann] with me about 1/2 hour till after 2 – Had just written so far at 2 20/’’ wrote her copy of note to M[esse]rs P[Parker] and A[Adam] A-[Ann] to write to Messers P.[Parker] and A.[Adam] to let Hinscliffe’s new coal agreement end with the year 1843 – To have no right to enter upon, or take up even a sod in the one of the Flashes now leased, and no right pull up at A-‘s[Ann’s] pit. Any coal not rented of her under a penalty after the rate of one hundred and fifty pounds per acre – 

A-[Ann] off to Cliff at about 2 20/’’ – Fair as she went – Rain and snow as she returned – From about 2 1/2 for the rest of the day busy of one thing or other of siding kind – Michael the joiner took down the door into my old study and umbrella cupboard and widened the doorway into blue room (except cuting away the 1/2 stooth that is to come) this afternoon and I got things the things partly put away – Standing desk sent up into the Tower study, and took up books – A-[Ann] and I busy there assorting and arranging till 11 50/’’ p.m. – 

Robert Norton and Robert junior finished the North chamber this afternoon between 4 and 5 they and Mrs. Lee have been at this and the armoires and cloak-closets the whole of last week – Edward Waddington, Joseph Booth and Robert Wharton and Grey the labourer and a lad (masons) got up again the hall chimney piece between 7 and 8 this evening – Having been a week about the taking down dressing over again and reputting up – 

Dinner at 7 25/’’ in 40 minutes – In the cellar just before dinner – 1 old Madeira – A-[Ann] read French – No time to read the newspaper – Coffee – In the tower study (A-[Ann] with me from 10 1/2) till 11 50/’’ – 

Fine but dull morning – Very dark about 3 and from 3 25/’’ for the rest of the afternoon and evening rainy, snowy and haily – The ground whitened over between 7 and 8 a.m. Fahrenheit 46º inside and 35º outside at 11 50/’’ p.m. – 

The Low Moor bill the steam engine (8 horse power) came this afternoon = £684+! so much for Mr. S.[Samuel] W-‘s[Washington’s] making no regular agreement according to the instructions I left, and taking upon himself the ordering instead of leaving it as I directed to Mr. Holt – 

Well! I have turned S.[Samuel] W.[Washington] off for it – perhaps je me suis dédommagée; and my sharper looking into and after things for the future may be more than recompense –

 [symbols in the margin of the page:]             ✓       ✓         w         w

[in the margin of the page:]   Sutherland coal

[in the margin of the page:]   Order plan of Township of Southowram

[in the margin of the page:]   Flashes coal agreement vide next p.[page]

[in the margin of the page:]   Sutherland E.[Engine] C.[Coal] at £50. Rookes engine coal

[in the margin of the page:]   vide     72.

[in the margin of the page:]   A-’s[Ann’s] new coal agreement vide last p.[page]

Page References:  SH:7/ML/E/23/0041 and  SH:7/ML/E/23/0042

[misslisterkeepsajournal]

1826 Monday 9 January

7 55/60 11

Went into the stable came up to dress at 8 20/60 - at my writing desk at 9 10/60 - read over my letter (begun on Wednesday finished yesterday) to Miss Mc.L- [Maclean] speaking of the Miss Burys (bottom of the 2nd page)

'Few are more delighted with talent, of more absolutely happy to do it homage than myself; but those ladies are of blue too deep for me, whom one 'admires and dislikes' - there is a tint more pleasing, more really valuable, more lovely far than this - there is a fortitude of mind between the learned love; - there is a gentle elegance of many more eloquent than all the rhetoric of words - 'tis to the heart we ought to speak; and that speech is best, 'which sinks the deepest there'......vide the last end and page 1 of the crossing 'we all seek after happiness - I think, I shall find it at last; and you must come and share it, or I shall fancy it imperfect still - come what may, my heart will never change to you - It was a nameless charm that won you my esteem, and admiration, and regard - there is a golden chain that fastens that fastens them; and not a link of it shall break - How very little did you dream this when you saw me 1st.! To me there was 'a still small voice' that whispered it in accents which I never shall forget - Surely, there are congenialities of mind that work as if by magic! None ever made the same sort of first impression on me, as yourself - I could have trusted you from the 1st. moment - your friendship was the friendship of my fancy; and there was no obstacle to its attainment that I should not have attempted to surmount - However unaccountable the folly of telling you so early in our acquaintance, and however just and sensible your remarks upon it, it was never the less true, that distance seemed to me as nothing, and 40 miles but as so many steps - with so little opportunity of being with you, and so little hope of being able to remove the prejudices I knew you must have imbibed, I have often wondered that it never once occurred to me to give the thing up in despair - I had just about that time, too, made up my mind never to give myself much trouble about anyone - I fancied I had, or might easily easily have as many friends as I wanted, and was resolved that my heart should sit as lightly as possible to all around - What folly! You haunted me, Sibbella, - and I was not happy, till I thought myself in progress to your esteem - I do not find myself mistaken in the price I set upon it, and would not lose it now for twice the value I would have paid to gain it then - But I meant not to write of these matters - you shall judge for yourself, when we meet'.........Do you know a Dr. Duffin of Edinburgh? Is he an elderly man, a highly respectable man, and a man of property? a D.D. or M.D? If you could answer these questions without giving yourself much trouble, I should be much obliged' -

Wrote the above of today - sealed and directed my letter - Breakfast at 10 1/4 - went out at 10 50/60 to James Sykes setting out the wall-race between the Calf Croft and Charles H-'s [Howarth's] peafield - Frank Oates began to dig it - William Keighley and his sons William and Joshua here - felled the great dead oak, etc. and the 4 last remaining firs and larches in the hall-plantation - came in again at 11 1/2 - set off to walk to H-x [Halifax] at 11 50/60 - down the n.b. [new bank] - put into the P.O. my letter to 'Miss Maclean of Coll, 15 Hill Street Edinburgh' then went to Mr. Waterhouse's counting house and received my uncle and aunt's navigation money altogether 191.5.3 at 1 percent. -

Thence to Mr. Wiglesworth's - paid him my uncle's bill - ordered pills for my aunt at Suter's (aperient - Dr. Scudamore's prescription) - left my watch at Pearsons to be repaired - called and sat 1/2 hour with Mrs. C. Saltmarshe - then went to the bank for my uncle - paid in some bills (£251 odd) and got a bill £34.5.0 for Mr. John Lister - called at Whitley's - paid my uncle's bill at Edwards's - Mr. E- [Edwards] going to sell off all his stock in trade at Manchester - the sale (of books) to begin on the 1st. of May, and will last about a fortnight - called at Mr. James Briggs - he saw Turner who behaved very civilly - said he would not shoot or trespass upon my uncle's grounds again - called at the vicarage - Mr. K- [Knight] had been laid up a fortnight with a bad cold - not still recovered - paid him £1.3.8 for Thomas Greenwood for half year's schooling to Mary Booth, John's oldest daughter -

Returned up the o.b. [old bank] and got home about 3 - Staid talking to my uncle and aunt 3/4 hour - went out at 4 - James S- [Sykes] had spread the 3 loads of ashes (1 brought yesterday 2 today) on the walk in the Lower brook Ing wood. Jackman here this afternoon - walling at the back of what is to be our rustic seat - came in again at 5 40/60 - Dressed - Dinner at 6 35/60 - afterwards wrote the last 14 lines of today - very fine day - very hard frost, and very cold - a trinkling of snow fell last night - the ground thinly covered today - Barometer 1/2 degree above changeable Fahrenheit 30° at 9 25/60 p.m. at which hour came up to bed - E..O. -  

Reference: SH:7/ML/E/9/0048 - SH:7/ML/E/9/0049

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