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The Geography Page
I remain in my Scotch-Irish phase.
Background: link here.
As stated earlier, I do not know the geography of the east coast of the United States at all. Some time ago I read the The Battle for New York : The City at the Heart of the American Revolution by Barnet Schecter for the sole purpose of better understanding that geography.
Now, I'm reading The Scotch-Irish: A Social History by James Leyburn. Incredibly good book for those wanting to learn the geography of the east coast from Chesapeake Bay down to South Carolina. Absolutely incredible.
From wiki:
The Great Valley, also called the Great Appalachian Valley or Great Valley Region, is one of the major landform features of eastern North America. It is a gigantic trough—a chain of valley lowlands—and the central feature of the Appalachian Mountain system.
The trough stretches about 1,200 miles from Quebec to Alabama and has been an important north-south route of travel since prehistoric times.
Broadly defined, the Great Valley marks the eastern edge of the Ridge and Valley physiographic province. There are many regional names of the Great Valley, such as the Shenandoah Valley. From a large perspective the Great Valley can be divided into a northern section and a southern section....
The southern portions of the Great Valley are sometimes grouped into two parts, the Valley of Virginia and the Tennessee Valley.Today, I'm reading about the Valley of Virginia.
Right, wrong, or indifferent, the Shenandoah Valley connected the north (the Allegheny Mountains) with the south (the Cumberland Mountains). The great Scotch-Irish migration was after traveling a bit north from the Chesapeake Bay into Pennsylvania, the Scotch-Irish headed south along the Shenandoah Valley.
Again, right, wrong, or indifferent, that's my understanding, and from there can build on that.
Word of the day: eleemosynary -- relating to or dependent on charity; charitable. Now, why in the world would anyone use eleemosynary when charitable works just as well? Perhaps one could fit it in a college application resume. LOL.
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A Sophia Story
Sophia is pretty clever.
After school every day she gets a snack. It's the same old thing, every day.
But instead of asking specifically for something different, Sophia does it a bit differently. Periodically she would like a cupcake but knows if she asks for such she's unlikely to get it.
So, instead, she reminds me that Corky's birthday is "tomorrow." Corky has had about fifteen "tomorrow" birthdays in the past six months.
Well, birthdays require a birthday cake, but a cake would be too much for just Corky, Sophia, and me, so, the alternative: cupcakes. LOL.
I go out and buy a small package of six beautifully decorated birthday cupcakes for $3.99 at the grocery store next door and there you have it: instant birthday party for Corky.
I can't wait until Sophia is sixteen years old and figures out a clever way to ask her dad for a Jeep Wrangler for a birthday present. But she's learning.
Again, this is a great example of strategic thinking. Sophia works backwards. Her goal is a cupcake. Before cupcake, comes a cake. Before a cake, comes a birthday party. Before a birthday party, comes the honoree. The honoree needs to be somebody cute and non-threatening and really, really deserving of a birthday celebration, like Corky. Note: the celebration is for someone else, not Sophia. Very heart-warming. Very generous. And very fake -- everyone knows Corky doesn't eat cupcakes.
And there you have it. One more ingredient: a gullible grandfather to make it all happen. LOL.
all cupcakes consumed by Corky are Calorie free. don
ReplyDeleteAnd for Sophia, she gets her own cupcake, but she also gets Corky's cupcake. LOL.
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