Patricia Cooper Baker

After the Mecklenburg Declaration In the last episode (linked here), Captain John Jack rode like the wind, and he rode for days, not twenty minutes like Paul Revere. Even though there is some dispute that he carried an actual Declarat...

Liberty Point Patriots Inspire the Cape Fear region toward Freedom 1775.
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Saturday songs of Joy. Click the link to the Steve Milker band and Fly like an Eagle cooperspeak.com/life-is-an-a...

The Tavern, a Revolutionary Sounding Board The American separation began with Taxation without Representation, but the brew got hotter in Taverns.

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Saturday Songs of Joy: Scroll down past Tina Turner and click the link.
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Had fun at the pub crawl

Revolutionary Pub Crawl at the McDowell House Sept. 27, 11-5 pm As part of America 250, dozens of presenters will gather at the McDowell House in Morganton, NC, for a bigger-than-ever Rev War Day event. This event takes place from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm on Saturday, ...

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Saturday songs of Joy: Click the link and scroll past Neil Young to hear a song from Farm Aid 2024. Tune in tonight to support Farm Aid 2025. Keep us Fed! cooperspeak.com/life-is-an-a...

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Building Bridges: Dr. Francis Collins has experience in reaching across vast divides. Here he explains how to bring differing sides to a place of understanding.
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Saturday Song of Joy: hit the link and scroll past Steve Martin. If you never saw My Blue Heaven, it’s worth it to see Steve Martin teach stuff Rick Moranis to Merengue. I wish I ever had these moves:
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Sunday Sunshine: The Rayfarer's Message My Martian Trilogy Series is complete, but my research for writing about the alien on Mars blends with thoughts for Sunday Sunshine. Portraying an alien meeting humans meant figuring out what he would...

Sunday Sunshine: Rayfarer’s Message. What would an alien tell us?

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Saturday Songs of Joy. Hope you had a great Labor Day week. Now it’s time for Takin Care of Business. It could be worse, my first choice was Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford. Click the link and scroll down past Bachman-Turner Overdrive. cooperspeak.com/life-is-an-a...

Is this you, lately? Jesus had bad days, too. [Notice: This article leans on Biblical texts about Jesus. I'm sure the reflection on emotions would resonate with most faiths; however, I apologize to anyone who takes posts about my faith, Christian...

Sunday Sunshine: Is your world roost-turbo? Can’t control those emotions? No one escapes it. Jesus had bad days, too.
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Saturday songs of joy. For when you’re feeling bad, but feel better. I did not choose Lime in the Coconut. You’re welcome. Click the link and scroll past the rainbow.
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A Perkins Wedding The last time I wrote a wedding scene, it was for Blackbeard and his bride. This is not that. It is also not the wedding of John Perkins, or even Stony McClare. It's the wedding of a Perkins son, Ephr...

Sunday Sunshine: You are invited to a wedding. In 1800. Join me!

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Saturday Songs of Joy: Hope brings Joy, especially when Eric Clapton helps out. Hit the button below Clapton’s picture. cooperspeak.com/life-is-an-a...

A Sunday Stroll in search of Gentleman John Perkins Gentleman John Perkins is a fascinating and elusive person in Burke County lore. Today, I tried to track down where he might have crossed paths with my hero, Stony McClare. I had some nice tools to do...

Sunday Sunshine: A stroll along John’s River in search of Gentleman John Perkins.
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Saturday songs of Joy. Click the button below Mary Chapin Carpenters Photo. Can’t sit still through this one.
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Sunday Sunshine: Faith, Hope, Love, and Woody Guthrie The most positive thing I could think of to mention on this Sunday Sunshine post is the power we all have. I learned this through a Christian prism, but today, Robert Reich, Jewish, a former Secretary...

Sunday Thoughts

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Saturday Songs of Joy. I missed being a hippy by a few years, but anyone can sing like one. Click the link and scroll down to the button beneath Bruce Springsteen. Enjoy!

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Sunday Sunshine is personal today. My Aunt Christine, whom I’ve been shepherding through her time at assisted living passed this week. My reflections on faith and spirit are wrapped around her this weekend.

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Songs of Joy. Scroll to the button below The Doobie Brothers. Put it on good speakers. Play it loud!

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Bishop Francis Asbury Sometimes a bit of Sunday Sunshine goes hand-in-hand with research. That happened this week.

Research combined with Sunday Sunshine

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Farewell to my aunt,Christine. Here’s a tribute to her. Click the link and press the button below Arlo.
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Faith AND Science I was raised in faith, and I loved science as early as I can remember, so I never found conflict between the two.

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YouTube video by Arlo Guthrie (Jguth3) Arlo Guthrie/I Can't Help Falling In Love With You

In case you could use a little peace, love, and a good story.

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Happy Birthday, Bro! Above you see members of my brother's last band. He was a veteran, a businessman, a lifelong rocker, and a rascally, loveable, heck of a brother.

Some Sunday Sunshine
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Life in Weird Times!! I'm proud to be a citizen of the USA, but these are weird times.

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