M.B. HENRY
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Today’s Book Recommendations
Theme: Spooky Season - Time Warps
Bellewether
Slaughterhouse 5
The Time Collector
Oona Out of Order
Quotes of the Week

“If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. Aim to be you. Aim to be the truest version of you. Embrace that you-ness. Endorse it. Love it. Work hard at it. And don’t give a second thought when people mock it or ridicule it. Most gossip is envy in disguise. Keep your head down. Keep you stamina. Keep swimming.”
– Matt Haig, “the Midnight Library”

“Have you ever wondered what a stretch of time smells like… Mold and ammonia, a pinch of lavender, and a fair whack of dust, the mass disintegration of very old sheets of paper. And there’s something else, too, something underlying it all, something verging on rotten or stewed but not. It took me a while to work out what the smell was, but I think I know now. It’s the past. Thoughts and dreams, hopes and hurts, all brewed together, fermenting slowly in the fusty air, unable ever to dissipate completely.”
– Kate Morton, “the Distant Hours”

 

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Francis C. Barlow: From Private to General, and Beyond

The year was 1851. A still, silent night blanketed the Harvard Campus in Boston, Massachusetts. Dew beaded the spacious, lush grounds. Night birds sang and crickets chirped. Most students and faculty were sound asleep in their cozy dormitories. Suddenly…. KABOOM. An earth-shattering roar split the air. Students rolled out of their beds. Some stray dogs barked and windows rattled. In the Cambridge arsenal on campus, smoke rose from a cannon that hadn’t… Read More

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The Bloody Angle

On a cool morning in April of 2016, I visited a small prairie in the wilderness of Virginia. A wide-open field of grass sloped into a deep ravine. Blooming purple and white Dogwoods whispered in the breeze and showered the place with petals. Butterflies flitted everywhere – especially Tiger Swallowtails, their yellow and black wings a marked contrast with the fresh green grass. Standing among such beauty, you’d never think so much… Read More

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AUTHOR/HISTORY ENTHUSIAST/PHOTOGRAPHER
Follow M.B. HENRY on WordPress.com
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Do you love history like I do? Maybe you'd like to keep up on my journey as a writer. If so then sign up today for my semi-annual newsletter.

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Today’s Book Recommendations
Theme: Spooky Season - Time Warps
Bellewether
Slaughterhouse 5
The Time Collector
Oona Out of Order
Quotes of the Week

“If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. Aim to be you. Aim to be the truest version of you. Embrace that you-ness. Endorse it. Love it. Work hard at it. And don’t give a second thought when people mock it or ridicule it. Most gossip is envy in disguise. Keep your head down. Keep you stamina. Keep swimming.”
– Matt Haig, “the Midnight Library”

“Have you ever wondered what a stretch of time smells like… Mold and ammonia, a pinch of lavender, and a fair whack of dust, the mass disintegration of very old sheets of paper. And there’s something else, too, something underlying it all, something verging on rotten or stewed but not. It took me a while to work out what the smell was, but I think I know now. It’s the past. Thoughts and dreams, hopes and hurts, all brewed together, fermenting slowly in the fusty air, unable ever to dissipate completely.”
– Kate Morton, “the Distant Hours”

 

M.B. HENRY