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Preface to The Second Wife’s Story
the biography of Mary Davis Skeen There is a sign hanging in my mother’s laundry room. It says, “On this site in 1897 nothing happened.” But who knows if that’s actually true? Who’s to say nothing happened on that site. Right there. You know, on that very spot right next to the washing machine? If… Read more
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From Snail Mail to Book: My Dad’s Story Unveiled
I can’t remember a time when my dad wasn’t my hero. Like most kids, I thought my home and family were just normal. I had a mom, a dad, siblings, a house, pets, neighbors, and church. Didn’t everyone live like that? As I grew, I came to understand that I was fortunate because I had… Read more
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Introducing My New Pen Name and Writing Progress
The Second Wife’s Story is coming together, but I had to quit working on it for a couple of months. I’m now two months now, but I’m back on track and working on a second biography as well. There’s so much to tell, and I’m so excited to share my progress with you! Many of… Read more
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Epiphany Part II
About that Industrial Revolution . . . A few months ago, I began researching and preparing to re-open Stories from The Past with a fully fleshed out version of The Second Wife’s Story written written as a series of posts to be prepared for publication by 2027. As I neared the end of 2025, and… Read more
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Epiphany
It came to me in early June, just after we bought our beautiful new-to-us home: How to start Mary Davis’s biography. We’d been packing, unpacking, cleaning, and everything else that goes with grandparenting, moving, and dealing with a chronic disability. It had been staring me in the face for years, but I couldn’t see it.… Read more
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A lotta changes goin’ on ’round here (a quick newsletter for 2026)
This website is really old, and never has reached its full potential; it’s in desperate need of updating. Read more
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