What an absolutely amazing story and article. If all you read today is this then it will have been well worth the time. It’s one to bookmark or print out.
All you need is some creativity and…..celery!? Watch this amazing artist.
A film has never been made this way…when you see how they are doing it you’ll understand why…
Hee hee make sure you read to the very end! 😉
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This looks and sounds amazing!
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WOW, thanks so much for posting the article on Jaques Lusseyman. I’d not heard of him before and have been the poorer for it. Surprising I missed this, as I do read the McKay’s column from time to time.
His story exemplifies doing what is just in front of us as we can, but with a view to the long term. As I became more involved with the Appleseed Program as in Instructor, part of my job was to learn and tell the stories from the period of our own War fior Independence particularly the Dangerous Old Men who were “too old to fight” but did, as Jaques did long after, “go out to see what I could do” and made huge differences, and the “Dangerous Dames” who saw opportunity, or sometimes made it, and, though women were not part of the organised fighting, certainly did their part. (my favourite of them is the one of the “old widow woman” who captured six of the King’s Grenadiers (big “gorrila’ soldiers) and handed them over to a local militia sergeant, taking them out of action. She had some interesting words for them to take back to “your king, if you ever get there”.
Great stuff, Elaini. Keeo it coming!!!
I hadn’t heard of him either but his story is one that should definitely be known!
Sounds like that was a fascinating job you had and I appreciate you sharing those stories as they are quite amazing! Haha I love that title of Dangerous Dames.
That was not really a “job”, and I still do this, though haven’t been real active lately. Appleseed is a nationwide all volunteer programme which teaches rifle marksmaship AND Revolutioinary War History, told as oral story throughout the weekend. To become an instructor one must know, and be able to deliver to standard, the story of Lexington and Concord, together with the background setting of that day, and know quite a number of the stories of individuals. I’ve my favourites, but delight in telling them all. The “Dangerous Dames” classification was invented by a dear friend, solid Christian, Mom of four amazing kids (and so far two grandkids), and she makes those women come alive when she tells their stories. Its uncanny, it seems as though she has known them personally for years. Sometime search Colonel William (?) Barrett of Concord,and the story of how his Wife and daughters disabled and captured six British officers that were part of the raiding party sent to disarm the Colonists in those two towns on 19th April 1775. Tp hear Shawn tell it you’d think she had BEEN THERE!!. Keep in mind that women in that time traditionally did not “go out to fight”. But any Colonial woman could turn Mad Mama Bear in a heartbeat were her home and family threatened. Those six “fine” officers learned that the hard way.