C.D. Burr
@cdburrwriter.bsky.social
My nonfiction narratives resurrect voices from history, including antebellum Tennessee bad boys (profile photo) and their widows. My essays and quotes focus on social justice, compassion, integrity. Follow me on my path to publishing.
🍒 Bible Cherry Picking
"If you choose a king, he should follow the law (commandments), read them every day and not consider himself better than others. He should not take many wives or his heart will go astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold."( Deut: 17: 14:20)
"If you choose a king, he should follow the law (commandments), read them every day and not consider himself better than others. He should not take many wives or his heart will go astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold."( Deut: 17: 14:20)
October 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🍒 Bible Cherry Picking
"If you choose a king, he should follow the law (commandments), read them every day and not consider himself better than others. He should not take many wives or his heart will go astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold."( Deut: 17: 14:20)
"If you choose a king, he should follow the law (commandments), read them every day and not consider himself better than others. He should not take many wives or his heart will go astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold."( Deut: 17: 14:20)
“Think for a moment of beautiful things- zinnias …puppies…children playing, apple cobbler… a full moon glistening on crystal clear water. When we think of these things it makes us have faith, u wo hi yu ha, that we will have them again.” _Cherokee Fiesta of Days_ Joyce Sequichie Hifler
October 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“Think for a moment of beautiful things- zinnias …puppies…children playing, apple cobbler… a full moon glistening on crystal clear water. When we think of these things it makes us have faith, u wo hi yu ha, that we will have them again.” _Cherokee Fiesta of Days_ Joyce Sequichie Hifler
Before FREE SPEECH: TONGUE SCREW.... A way to silence opponents in the Middle Ages. "Anabaptist Hans Bret's tongue screw was taken from his ashes by another Anabaptist and preserved in the Mennonite church in Amsterdam." Image purchased from the Mennonite Archival Information Database.
September 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Before FREE SPEECH: TONGUE SCREW.... A way to silence opponents in the Middle Ages. "Anabaptist Hans Bret's tongue screw was taken from his ashes by another Anabaptist and preserved in the Mennonite church in Amsterdam." Image purchased from the Mennonite Archival Information Database.
In 1926, thousands of people died in rural Tennessee from diseases--measles, influenza, whooping cough, typhoid, and more. Only three smallpox deaths occurred . . . because vaccines were readily available. cdburr.blogspot.com/2025/03/our-...
September 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
In 1926, thousands of people died in rural Tennessee from diseases--measles, influenza, whooping cough, typhoid, and more. Only three smallpox deaths occurred . . . because vaccines were readily available. cdburr.blogspot.com/2025/03/our-...
Change Facebook algorithms: share and follow posts that inspire kindness or beauty or wonder.....The end of hate speech begins with each one of us. Keep us united.
September 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Change Facebook algorithms: share and follow posts that inspire kindness or beauty or wonder.....The end of hate speech begins with each one of us. Keep us united.
The warrior...sacrifices himself for the good of others, takes care of the elderly, the defenseless, those who cannot provide for themselves, and above all, the children, the future of humanity." --attributed to Sitting Bull
September 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The warrior...sacrifices himself for the good of others, takes care of the elderly, the defenseless, those who cannot provide for themselves, and above all, the children, the future of humanity." --attributed to Sitting Bull
Migrating monarch finding sweet zinnia nectar for the journey south
September 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Migrating monarch finding sweet zinnia nectar for the journey south
"Books are a way we leave a mark on the world, aren't they? They say we were here, we loved and we grieved and we laughed and we made mistakes and existed." Brianna Labuskes in The Library of Burned Books.
Image by Nino Carè from Pixabay
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Image by Nino Carè from Pixabay
#CDBurr, #antebellumTrueCrime, #BadBoyAncestors
August 31, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"Books are a way we leave a mark on the world, aren't they? They say we were here, we loved and we grieved and we laughed and we made mistakes and existed." Brianna Labuskes in The Library of Burned Books.
Image by Nino Carè from Pixabay
#CDBurr, #antebellumTrueCrime, #BadBoyAncestors
Image by Nino Carè from Pixabay
#CDBurr, #antebellumTrueCrime, #BadBoyAncestors