Greg Koos
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Greg Koos
@gjkoos.bsky.social
Irish immigrants in the 19th century Midwest, local history museums, not-for- profit boards, historic preservation, cooking, vegetable gardening, golden age Hollywood, omnivorous reading.
Trump will issue mass pardons. There will be no trials.
November 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I should add, served on a long and lie antique china dresser tray.
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
In Illinois in the 1950s a relish tray was prepared on Thanksgiving and Christmas. Rasdish rosettes, curled carrot shavings, sweet gerhkins, pitted green and black olives. Also, celery hearts.
November 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Yes, finding a child's pigtail in the letters of a farm woman, or a baggie of pot in a poet's papers. Happenstance or placement?
November 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Kind of optimistic, when looking at matters of state.
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Shirley Madigan put IAC on a solid footing. It is not a surprise that such a tradition of women, connected to very powerful politicians, has been key to arts funding in Illinois.
November 23, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Mike Davis -City of Quartz
1491
The Origin of European Thought
The Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
November 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Setting aside time to view this. It appears to challenge my view that revival styles, in the US context, were about new towns wishing to create a sense of a deep past.
November 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Almost every WWII movie, with scenes set in Nazi occupied countries, has a Gestapo thug demanding to "see your papers."
November 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Christian churches are being attacked by ICE in NC. Are you covering that?
November 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM