Terry Rensel

Took this 6 years ago today in Homer Alaska.

It's obvious, the one that supports the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

I'm guessing any and all protests that aren't in support of the current administration.

Catching up on people who I haven't seen stuff from lately. Just ordered from your website. Would rather buy direct from you than giant, online retailers.

Oh, and Good Job, Puff!

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”

― Former President Theodore Roosevelt, May 1918

A Thousand Words a Battle: Gaines Mill - Emerging Civil War Battle of Gaines Mill, The Seven Days June 27, 1862 Oliver Willcox Norton of Springfield, Pennsylvania, enlisted as a Private in the Erie Regiment, a three-month unit, on April 19, 1861. At the end of...

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You're welcome.

I'm currently on lecture 3 and enjoying it immensely.

I love St. Augustine. One of my favorite places.

Another 8-10 inches when I awoke this morning. I left to return to Virginia this morning instead of waiting until Monday as it was still coming down. 35 miles south of toys picture, no snow at all.

As of 4:30 this afternoon. Still coming down.

It hadn't started snowing when I went to bed 8 hours ago.

Man throwing giant teddy bear onto ice at hockey game.

Teddy bears on ice at hockey game after the first goal.

Cleaning up the teddy bears from the ice after they yearly toss.

Last night Erie's Otters game was the yearly 🧸 toss for Christmas.

Welcome! I'm glad that you're here.

Did I need an Erie Pepperoni Ball plushie?
No.
Do I now own an Erie Pepperoni Ball plushie?
Yes.

From your visit last year?

Visited President John Tyler and James Monroe today.

Book Review: The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War - Emerging Civil War The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War. By Erik Larson. New York: Crown Publishing, 2024. Hardcover, 565 pp. $35.00. Reviewed by Terry Rensel Autho...

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Our Favorite Books: Terry Rensel's Top 5 Books - Emerging Civil War As someone who reads a lot, and I mean a lot, it is difficult to come up with lists of favorites, as it is always changing. What might be on a favorites list for me changes fairly regularly. With that...

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"Freedom is not merely the absence of negative influences, but rather the active presence of positive attributes." - Timothy Snyder, 'On Freedom'

"Free will is character." - Timothy Snyder 'On Freedom'

I'm sure that we absolutely do.

I actually know someone who said that was one of the reasons that he voted for Trump. He can't wait for the "reconciliation", that's what he called it, to be returned as well as the base names being changed back.

Spent some time this Veterans Day at the Slaughter Pen Farm. 5 Congressional Medals of Honor were earned here on December 13, 1862 during the Battle of Fredericksburg.

It's been a bit of a week. Here's some cows.

The Aurora visible at the Slaughter Pen Farm in Fredericksburg last night.

Yesterday's awesome used bookstore find.

Erie Soldiers and Sailors Home Cemetery - Emerging Civil War As a young man, I was a member of the Communications Platoon, HQ Company of the 1/112th Infantry Battalion, Pennsylvania Army National Guard. Our armory was on the corner of 6th and Parade streets in ...

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