Thursday, August 15, 2013

Can you pass the test given to Bullitt County Kentucky 8th graders in 1912?

By Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Ed.

This is a test given to Bullitt County, Kentucky eighth graders in 1912.  A copy was recently donated to the Bullitt County Historical Museum.  A lot has changed in the intervening century.  No one know what a passing score was.  Apparently the test was partly to help determine scholarships to high schools. 





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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Sasquatch art

By Jack Brummet


Sasquatch ski surprise

Sasquatch platoon

stealth Bigfoot
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Poem: The Earth Is In Motion

By Jack Brummet

The mountain is the youngest child

Of heaven and earth,

Striving ever upward

 

And simultaneously tumbling down,

Like the five volcanoes

That surround me.
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David Stevenson's amazing paintings

By Mona Goldwater, Seattle Metro Ed.

Jack's friend/former co-worker David Stevenson has an wonderful blog on blogspot. The blog is fine, but you're going to gaze at his stunning paintings. Go now; you will not regret this. Jack showed these paintings to me today. I am a convert!  Click here to jump to some painting gorgeousity. . .

David Stevenson's Creamer And Figs - click to enlarge
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

A caricature of Betty Jones Brummet

By Jack Brummet

My mom--Betty Jones Brummet--is turning 90 years old this week.

This image is a caricature an artist drew of her when she was on a weekend pass from The Marines during World War II (about 1944).

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