Hogans Creek was a wide, but not so wide a creek that a fairly good swimmer couldn't easily cross it..It flowed clean and gentle and was shaded by age old trees with wild grapevines climbing the trunks and wandering out the limbs big around as my daddys arms, and finally hanging just above the surface of the water. The grapevine made a wonderful swing for three sisters and a brother to see who could swing the highest and the farthest before dropping into the deepest part of the creek.
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Hi my name is Melanie Tackett and I was driving down 55 coming home to Hastings, MN (on 21JUN08 at approx 815pm) and I was passed by a man on a motorcycle with a 529th Military Police shirt and ACU pants on and I know the shirt was only given out when I was assigned there at that time (i think in 2002 or so) so I know that I know this person. So my hopes are that someone (or the person riding the cycle) finds this blog and responds. It would be great to see old friends fromt he unit.

I am considering a move to Evanston, IL in 2 years. I've been doing lots of research but want to hear from other African-American families who live(d) in Evanston. Is there problems with segration or racists in the community or the high school? I've heard some bad comments on these blogs about such things and am concerned about that. I thought segration was a thing of the past in America!

Bald Eagles


I’ve been fascinated with bald eagles ever since I was a small child and saw pictures of them in books. Where and when I grew up along the Alabama Gulf Coast there were no bald eagles. At that time, their numbers had declined to the point of near extinction in North America due to the effects of DDT usage by humans. It wasn’t until I had grown children of my own that I was able to...

I think you have a relative, friend, or anybody you know living in Western New York. If you do what is their nationality?