Linda Lee Graham
@lindalgraham.bsky.social
Historical novelist, reader, traveler . . . with a fondness for libraries, archives, genealogy, graveyards, history, and spaniels www.lindaleegraham.com
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Lots of folks not familiar w these histories are intrigued by Mercy Otis Warren - even those who know well the great MOW - @jcblibrary.bsky.social copy of her 1775 play The Group skewering the Mass. royal govt has helpfully annotated dramatis personae. “Court sycophants,” anyone?
November 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Lots of folks not familiar w these histories are intrigued by Mercy Otis Warren - even those who know well the great MOW - @jcblibrary.bsky.social copy of her 1775 play The Group skewering the Mass. royal govt has helpfully annotated dramatis personae. “Court sycophants,” anyone?
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"When we undermine our colleges, we are not “owning” some distant ivory tower; we are weakening our talent pipeline, our innovation capacity and our civic fabric."
Really lovely defense of higher education—focused on local colleges but applicable more broadly. Higher Ed is so crucial to economies, to people, to imaginations
Opinion: How higher education now powers the Lehigh Valley
Opinion: Colleges and universities function as anchor institutions in the Lehigh Valley
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November 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"When we undermine our colleges, we are not “owning” some distant ivory tower; we are weakening our talent pipeline, our innovation capacity and our civic fabric."
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Exciting news for the new Ken Burns series on the American Revolution. @lizcovart.bsky.social @michaelhattem.bsky.social & Historians At The Movies are partnering to bring you a first of its kind watch party next Sunday. Detail below. Share widely. #HATM
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The American Revolution on PBS
A Historians At The Movies/Ben Franklin’s World Watch Party
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November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Exciting news for the new Ken Burns series on the American Revolution. @lizcovart.bsky.social @michaelhattem.bsky.social & Historians At The Movies are partnering to bring you a first of its kind watch party next Sunday. Detail below. Share widely. #HATM
open.substack.com/pub/jasonher...
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Today is #authorsday! Sending best wishes to all my author friends - the #writingcommunity is the best! This image is true - a positive review on #Amazon or #Goodreads, or borrowing a book from a library, makes a huge difference in helping other readers discover the author’s work. #authorcommunity
November 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Today is #authorsday! Sending best wishes to all my author friends - the #writingcommunity is the best! This image is true - a positive review on #Amazon or #Goodreads, or borrowing a book from a library, makes a huge difference in helping other readers discover the author’s work. #authorcommunity
He’s beautiful!
October 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
He’s beautiful!
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Meridah Nandudu was a single mom of two kids, unemployed and in despair. Then she had an idea: Maybe the "humble" coffee beans she'd grown up with on her parents' farm could lead her to a better life.
For years, men controlled one village's coffee industry — but one woman changed that
Meridah Nandudu was a single mom of two kids, unemployed and in despair. Then she had an idea: Maybe the "humble" coffee beans she'd grown up with on her parents' farm could lead her to a better life.
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October 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Meridah Nandudu was a single mom of two kids, unemployed and in despair. Then she had an idea: Maybe the "humble" coffee beans she'd grown up with on her parents' farm could lead her to a better life.
Another #America250 anniversary tomorrow!
Armed with sensitive information on West Point, Arnold met with British Major John Andre in Haverstraw NY on September 21, 1780. This is reputed to be the spot "where it happened." #America250
Armed with sensitive information on West Point, Arnold met with British Major John Andre in Haverstraw NY on September 21, 1780. This is reputed to be the spot "where it happened." #America250
October 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Another #America250 anniversary tomorrow!
Armed with sensitive information on West Point, Arnold met with British Major John Andre in Haverstraw NY on September 21, 1780. This is reputed to be the spot "where it happened." #America250
Armed with sensitive information on West Point, Arnold met with British Major John Andre in Haverstraw NY on September 21, 1780. This is reputed to be the spot "where it happened." #America250
For those interested in America’s founding, check out allthingsliberty.com. Its mission is to: “deliver smart, ideally groundbreaking, historical research and well-written narrative based on primary sources. . . ” I was thrilled to find a firsthand account of a battle my ancestor fought! #America250
Journal of the American Revolution: History, culture, politics, war.
The leading source of knowledge about the American Revolution featuring the latest, groundbreaking research. Online magazine, annual volumes, book series.
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October 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
For those interested in America’s founding, check out allthingsliberty.com. Its mission is to: “deliver smart, ideally groundbreaking, historical research and well-written narrative based on primary sources. . . ” I was thrilled to find a firsthand account of a battle my ancestor fought! #America250
True!
When you find an unmarked or incomplete headstone, visit the cemetery office. They often have burial records that reveal names, dates, and relationships you won’t find anywhere else. #Genealogy
October 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
True!
A spooky mystery
11 OCTOBER 1775, LABRADOR SOUND: According to legend, the whaler Herald encounters the ghost ship Octavius adrift off Greenland, the first to sight her since 1762; they find the entire crew of 28, frozen and perfectly preserved, belowdecks.
October 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
A spooky mystery
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7 year anniversary, so of course we’re visiting the graveyard of the Old Dutch Church in Sleepy Hollow.
Protip: get a spooky spouse
Protip: get a spooky spouse
November 9, 2024 at 5:24 PM
7 year anniversary, so of course we’re visiting the graveyard of the Old Dutch Church in Sleepy Hollow.
Protip: get a spooky spouse
Protip: get a spooky spouse
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Washington Irving's Headless Horseman, the terror Sleepy Hollow, was said to be the ghost of a Hessian soldier, decapitated by a canon ball in the Revolutionary War. At night, the phantom horseman was often seen in the graveyard, searching for his lost head.
#BookChatWeekly #folklore
#BookChatWeekly #folklore
September 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Washington Irving's Headless Horseman, the terror Sleepy Hollow, was said to be the ghost of a Hessian soldier, decapitated by a canon ball in the Revolutionary War. At night, the phantom horseman was often seen in the graveyard, searching for his lost head.
#BookChatWeekly #folklore
#BookChatWeekly #folklore
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'Autumn Cemetery'
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Tarrytown, NY
Copyright Liza Dey Photography.
#scenic #landscapephotography #hudsonvalleyny #sleepyhollow #tarrytown #cemetary #graveyard #autumn #autumnal #photography #lizadeyphoto #picoftheday #photooftheday #31DaysofHalloween #PhotographersofBlueSky
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Tarrytown, NY
Copyright Liza Dey Photography.
#scenic #landscapephotography #hudsonvalleyny #sleepyhollow #tarrytown #cemetary #graveyard #autumn #autumnal #photography #lizadeyphoto #picoftheday #photooftheday #31DaysofHalloween #PhotographersofBlueSky
October 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
'Autumn Cemetery'
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Tarrytown, NY
Copyright Liza Dey Photography.
#scenic #landscapephotography #hudsonvalleyny #sleepyhollow #tarrytown #cemetary #graveyard #autumn #autumnal #photography #lizadeyphoto #picoftheday #photooftheday #31DaysofHalloween #PhotographersofBlueSky
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Tarrytown, NY
Copyright Liza Dey Photography.
#scenic #landscapephotography #hudsonvalleyny #sleepyhollow #tarrytown #cemetary #graveyard #autumn #autumnal #photography #lizadeyphoto #picoftheday #photooftheday #31DaysofHalloween #PhotographersofBlueSky
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Zach is having some cheese on toast. The Cheese on Toast Fan Club has gathered to observe.
October 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Zach is having some cheese on toast. The Cheese on Toast Fan Club has gathered to observe.
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May her memory be a blessing.
Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
May her memory be a blessing.
Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
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My head is buried in a new book by fellow BlueSky user @robgotobed.bsky.social! I just received my new book and I’m excited to laugh out loud. #booksky 💙📚
September 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
My head is buried in a new book by fellow BlueSky user @robgotobed.bsky.social! I just received my new book and I’m excited to laugh out loud. #booksky 💙📚
Ditto - dogs! ❤️
September 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Ditto - dogs! ❤️
A great park with an inspiring story - well worth a visit.
Kings Mountain National Military Park South Carolina, Historic site for today!
September 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
A great park with an inspiring story - well worth a visit.
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Helping Dad check the windscreen fluid...
July 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Helping Dad check the windscreen fluid...
Dressed up as well!
Thank you so much to all the lovely spaniels who showed up for our group picture this morning!!!! If you know any of the other spaniels’ @ please feel free to tag them! #megaplex2025 @spanielspaniels.bsky.social @milkwastedd.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Dressed up as well!
So sorry to read this - I “discovered” her books this summer. Love every one.
#booksky highly recommended for #literaryfiction #HistoricalFiction #womenwriters 📚💙
Obituary: Paulette Jiles, prizewinning poet & novelist, whose stirring, richly detailed fiction transported readers to the Civil War era & the old American frontier, dies aged 82.
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Obituary: Paulette Jiles, prizewinning poet & novelist, whose stirring, richly detailed fiction transported readers to the Civil War era & the old American frontier, dies aged 82.
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September 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
So sorry to read this - I “discovered” her books this summer. Love every one.
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Bryce Canyon National Park in winter. Southern Utah parks and Four Corners area are my spiritual places. I hope we never lose them.
March 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Bryce Canyon National Park in winter. Southern Utah parks and Four Corners area are my spiritual places. I hope we never lose them.
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Utah! We have 5 national parks and millions of acres of public lands. We need to show up.
Stand up for National Parks & Public Lands!
#ResistanceRangers
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Stand up for National Parks & Public Lands!
#ResistanceRangers
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March 1, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Utah! We have 5 national parks and millions of acres of public lands. We need to show up.
Stand up for National Parks & Public Lands!
#ResistanceRangers
433:433:1
Stand up for National Parks & Public Lands!
#ResistanceRangers
433:433:1
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Visiting the national parks around Moab, Utah, in August? You’ll be beating the crowds. Here’s how to beat the heat.
Yes, It’s Hot in Arches National Park Right Now. Here’s Why You Should Go Anyway.
As long as you are a morning person, a stargazer or an aficionado of quality swimming pools, you’ll find much to love about Moab in Utah at its hottest
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August 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Visiting the national parks around Moab, Utah, in August? You’ll be beating the crowds. Here’s how to beat the heat.