This post has been written in two parts over a couple of days. I got called away from home while I was writing, then got sick. If you’ve already read the original post, scroll down to the Part Two heading to finish the story. I just wanted to share what a great day I…
In June, 1949, Bishop Glenn Randall Phillips appointed my father pastor of the Methodist Church in Laurel, Montana. In October of that year, I was born. This is a bit about my early life.
Computer error messages can be so cryptic. In my experience, they usually involve numbers like 400, 404, 500, etc. Yesterday, as I was trying to complete the next exercise in my blogging course, a rectangular window popped up in the lower right corner of my screen. The window was solid white with three words in…
The Bible teaches us that if you ask, you will receive. Ruth Soukup teaches bloggers that our readers will tell us what they want. This post is my response to those lessons.
Scotland’s National Poet, Robert Burns, did not say “The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men.” Rather, in his poem To A Mouse, he wrote “The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men / Gang aft agley.” You’ll note immediately that he wrote in good Scots dialect. And that can sum up the past two…
Before I get into All Things Scotland (and Scottish), I have a promise to keep from yesterday’s post. Last night I made the Recipe of the Day, or Ground Beef Enchiladas, for supper. I promised a review and here it is. Seriously, the hardest part of making this recipe was adding in the yogurt. Rather…
Monday, March 2nd, 2020 – Changes to the bryandspellman Blog and Site My Blogging History I’m making a lot of changes to the bryandspellman Blog and Site. As a blogger, I have had a presence on-line since December 2006. If you’ve been following me, you know that my posts have been intermittent, with more gaps…
Introducing Grays Harbor County Barely one month after creating Mason County, the Washington Territorial Legislature took away the western end of the new county. By adding it to the western end of Thurston County, they created Chehalis County. This was the twelfth county in the new territory, and the fourth with a Native American name….
Introducing Mason County Sawamish County came into being just over one month after Skamania and Whatcom Counties. On April 15th, 1854, the territorial legislature created the new County from the northern portion of Thurston County. They gave it the name of a native tribe living in the southern Puget Sound area, the Sawamish. David Shelton,…
Introduction On March 9th, 1854, the one-year old Washington Territorial Legislature created two new counties. Skamania County was at the southern edge of the Territory. Whatcom County, Skamania’s twin, stretches along the northern border. For my look at Skamania County, go here. Created from Island County, Whatcom’s original borders include what is now San Juan…
