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Jackie Hemingway announces her most ambitious writing project to date. After she completes her current Lady in Red series of books she will be tackling the most ambitious story of her lifetime. She will write a sequel to Ernest Hemingway’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Sun Also Rises. “It’s an idea I’ve had in the... Continue Reading →
The lost love and the deception and betrayal of George Washington Before he was a founding father, before he was president, before he was a general in the Revolutionary War, George Washington was a young, romantic-minded man from Virginia. At the age of seventeen Washington was a young surveyor and kept a diary while on... Continue Reading →
I remember when things changed for me,From wide-eyed child who could only see,Songs playing through the wind-blown trees;The butterflies dancing gently in the breeze,Playing hide and seek and skinned up knees.And then we learned to see the world,Our ruby cheeks and blonded curls,Those high school dances on Friday night;The pretty girls danced in the bright... Continue Reading →
I have lived through the 1960s and 70s and have seen the deteriorated race relations, the civil rights movement, the forced busing and all the rest. I never thought I’d live to see the day where a Black politician would express their desire for the return of slavery, and their desire to own slaves. Enter... Continue Reading →
Bonnie, Jackie Hemingway and Sandy at Palms of Pasadena hospital.
Jackie Hemingway recovering from hip replacement surgery at St. Anthony's hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida.
By Jackie Hadley Hemingway It was a warm night in July, 1999 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Two men had been out drinking that fateful night. One, 42-year-old Kenneth Cains, a former Marine Corps veteran, who had served in Vietnam, was walking along Cameron Street at about 10:30pm. The other was 38-year-old Thomas William Druce, Republican member... Continue Reading →
From the first shots of the Revolutionary War that were fired at Lexington Green to the battles of tomorrow and every conflict in between; Americans have always been willing to give the last full measure of devotion, to their country and its causes. On Memorial Day we remember the Supreme Sacrifice that so many have... Continue Reading →
Ooh my little pretty one, always on the runGoin’ here, goin’ there, runnin’ out of time, FionaOoh we had some fun, why you gotta shunNot comin’ round all of the time, FionaNever wanted it to stop, didn’t want to give it upThought we had enough, always want to touchWhy, why, why, ay, wooh M-m-m-my FionaWhen... Continue Reading →
Alone in my pain it’s no wonder,Stripping my life out from under,Killing me slowly with his thoughts;He kept right on telling me all of his lies,This young boy who was a stranger to my eyes.Kept far away to stop my eyes from crying, Nothing I can do but listen to his lying,I prayed that he... Continue Reading →
I have chosen to use the exact words used by the people of the day in this story. This includes the racial slurs used by those involved. I think using the word “nigger” versus “the N word” impacts the story and shows the prejudice and bigotry that existed back then. Using it is in no... Continue Reading →
He puts the words and the melodies together, he is music, and he writes the songs… Saturday night Barry Manilow did just that at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. Celebrating his 50th anniversary as an entertainer, the decades long crooner of hit songs such as Mandy, I Write The Songs, Looks Like We Made It,... Continue Reading →
https://videopress.com/v/FMrL3lDa?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Anyone who has ever seen the hit TV show M*A*S*H is familiar with the opening theme, a song titled, Suicide Is Painless. Did you know that there are lyrics to that song? Through early morning fog I see,Visions of the things to be,The pains that are withheld for me,I realize and I can see.That... Continue Reading →
If anyone grew up on a horse farm or has been around horses a lot, you may eventually have to deal with the traumatic event of having to put down a lame horse. If you ever have to witness such a thing, it is one of the worst feelings in the world. I shot a... Continue Reading →
The day drones on so drab and dreary,Dark clouds cry rain my soul is weary;Mourning calls its wailing toll to those who cried,Those dreadful words - our Queen, she has died! No fuller life lived could be said or have had,For a Queen so young when she lost her dad;To find her Prince to have... Continue Reading →
On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States passed Roe v. Wade. This court made a legal decision and set a precedent that seemed would stand the test of time, with the continual fight for women’s rights and equality for all. In reality, there never should have had to have been a... Continue Reading →
Inspiration comes in many forms and from many directions. I have been a writer my entire life, literally since the age of about six or seven. Yet, it is only in these past few years I feel that I have become a writer. Art, in whatever form you choose to embrace it, is something the... Continue Reading →
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