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This "Senior Love Journal" is dedicated to you, the Reader, for your warm and wonderful desire to experience an expressive journey for mature persons no different from you, yourself. Described herein is a pair of companion seniors who have conveyed their emotional and spiritual desires and needs. It is also the revelation of a Bold Woman's quest to take command of herself through her recently acquired self-esteem by pursuing the happiness that was always available to her, but was not hers until she took full command of her destiny as ordained.

Much has changed since my first "Gulfport Discovered" publication. A significant update is presented herein -- Gulfport -- Celebration City. The lapse of time since my earlier book covers five mayors who have stepped up to make Gulfport a better place. However the catastrophic disruptions of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, much like its predecessor Hurricane Camille in 1969, caused the loss of many heritage landmarks and many scars still remain on the landscape. However, the State of Mississippi, the Harrison County governing body, and the City Fathers have stepped up to design new miracles of ...

Having just recently journeyed into the land of Para normalcy, Hud was encouraged by his new found girlfriend to endeavor further. She was an avid participant in Automatic Writing and he was a novice in Spirituality. They took an excursion to the Yucatan in search of their Past Lives. And what they found, changed the course of their lives forever. The Pyramids of the Yucatan had undisclosed answers! Dan entered the tunnel and climbed the inner Pyramid to the top where what he found ,was awe-inspiring!

“Romancing Eureka” has a unique travelogue format that unfolds as a story set in 1905, with its main characters being two sisters who visit Eureka Springs for their first time and they meet a young man who willingly offers companion services by escorting the damsels to many beautiful and interesting venues. These excursions mostly take place on horseback, which was the customary mode of travel at that time. Thus providing a means of capturing the magnificence of the sojourn as well as reaching their planned destinations.Ellis artfully injects color photographs of current day scenes in ...

Book Two: My N’awlins My Journey My time in N’Awlins was comprised mostly from 1931 to 1995 and thereafter as two and three day visits to family and friends as time permited. In retrospect, just as the city of New Orleans is ensconced between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, my life in N’awlins was spent mostly near the River neighborhoods and Lakefront areas. Unless one lived during the metamorphosis of the changing skyline, it would be hard for one to imagine the many renditions that have taken place. I have posted numerous photographs that may help in assembling the ...

The “Old Spanish Trail” was a Vision in the Minds of Men that eventually crossed 2,500 miles. This book is a Guide for those who wish to relive the vision of the past in vivid form. The book describes each step of the way with stories and photographs of that depicts a Pass Christian era that was very much alive. In 2014, a portion of Scenic Drive had been set aside commemoratively with “Old Spanish Trail” banners that waved atop alternating lamp posts. No longer there, but the thought and spirit remains as inspired by the Volunteers who funded the auspicious showcase. From Pass ...

“All About Camille – the Big Storm” – by Dan Ellis The 1969 storm that changed the Coast forever is well documented in this only remaining book in print. It reveals the brewing storm from its early development off the coast of Africa as it proceeded dead center of the Bay of St. Louis to destroy the town of Pass Christian and its wrath upon the whole Mississippi coastal counties. Sun-Herald reporter Nan Patton Ehrbright writes that, “All About Camille is intended to provide irrefutable evidence about the devastating power of hurricanes to newcomers who may tend to underestimate ...

Discussion of all things street hockey

Dussellig und voll Daneben ist euer Buchclub für die Ohren! Alle zwei Wochen fühlen Elli und Dan in ihrem Podcast einem anderen Buch auf den literarischen Zahn. Die Bandbreite an Genres ist dabei grenzenlos: Ob Queere Literatur, Dark Romance, Fantasy, Krimi & Thriller oder Tipps aus der Community, hier darf jedes (Hör-)Buch auf die Liste!Dussellig und voll Daneben erscheint jeden zweiten Dienstag auf allen gängigen Podcastplattformen. Abonniert uns in euren Apps und verpasst keine Folge! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Predictions, crazy sports, hot takes and friends. What could go wrong!

The town known as "The Kiln," has received nationwide notoriety due to one of its native sons, former Green Bay Packers' quarterback Brett Favre. The community, located 10 miles north of Bay St. Louis and Waveland, on the Gulf coast, was named for the kilns built by the early French settlers to produce tar and charcoal. In later years, with the growth of the timber industry, the town of Kiln was touted as having the largest sawmill and drying kiln in the South. During that period of the early 1900s, there was a hospital, a large hotel, and hundreds of mill-houses, none of which exist today....

“Diamondhead Gold” presents an illustrative history of Diamondhead – beginning from its formative years and on through early development until becoming one of the most beautiful residential resorts along the Gulf Coast.The book unfolds with narration, photographs and drawings that enables the reader to realize the unique blend of events and endeavors which, through the years, has meant population growth, economic expansion, healthful prosperity, and a crime-free, litter-free-community as was envisioned by the original developers and the first pioneers who made the phrase "Diamondhead ...

Contract Murder in Pass Christian - A True Story Mississippi Gulf Coast setting with roots in Gulfport - Pass Christian - New Orleans - Chicago - Mafia Connections - Pass Christian - "Riviera" of the Gulf Coast - Murder - loss of millions in personal treasures. A Gulfport girl grows up to marry a Mafia Doctor and becomes a multi-millionairess. After his death, she had numerous male encounters. Hurricane Camille closed down the case investigation, resulting in a murder mystery that has never been solved after many decades have passed. Nana grew up in Gulfport during the Depression years when...

Gold Coast Watering Places With “Gold Coast Watering Places,” Dan Ellis completes the fourth part of his Gulf Coast Quadrilogy, a series of local legacy heritage books covering the three coastal counties of Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson and their towns and cities of prominence. The earlier books by Ellis are: “All About Camille – the Great Storm,” “Lighthouses and Islands – of the Gulf Coast,” and “The Great Gulf Coast – Sails, Trails, and Rails.” In his new book, the meaning of the “Gold Coast” is threaded throughout its unfolding as it pertained to early gaming ...

"My N'awlins - My Memoirs" tells all about New Orleans in addition to reflecting my personal journey that began in the 1930s. I relate all the activities and places I encountered with the inclusion of hundreds of photographs and many graphic items that add to the stories that are contained in more than 40 chapters.There are many slants to New Orleans. It is an old city by comparison to other places in the United States. Its origination was with the French and then the Spanish before Andy Jackson beat the hell out of the British in the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.For anyone having lived in...

The first "Jazz in the Pass" was held on May 8, 1999 as one of many events during Pass Christian’s Tricentennial celebration. The mission then, and is now, to show support and appreciation of the community's' heritage. Jazz in the Pass emanates the historic musical legacies as put forth by Capt. John Handy, saxophone; Joe B. Jackson, pianist; and the Watson Brothers' Band, who were all from this community. The festival has grown with each year, with the potential of becoming a major event. The "Jazz in the Pass" mission is to continue celebrating our heritage with the emphasis on the joy ...

Lighthouses and Islands – Of the Gulf – by Dan Ellis “Lighthouses and Islands” was Dan Ellis’s 11th release in a growing series of books that emphasize significant aspects of the Gulf Coast. All of his books are graphically displayed with many maps, diagrams and photos which captures the essence of each community or topical point of heritage. This book presents the Mississippi Sound as the focal point with the channels that flow through it. Ellis traces the historical conditions and movements of the barrier islands and near-shore islands, including ownerships and residents during ...

New Orleans residents, Rudolf Hecht and his wife Lynne Watkins Hecht traveled in the business and social circles of the rich and powerful. They were also international travelers who applied their impressions of a foreign culture to their Gulf Coast landscape and created Middlegate Japanese Gardens. The Hecht’s gardens symbolized their good fortune, illustrated the design influences of the rich, and served as cultural ambassadors both on the Gulf Coast and internationally. There has been a fair amount of writings surrounding the Middlegate Japanese Gardens of Pass Christian and Margaret ...

The cover features the wooden-framed Hancock County Courthouse as constructed in 1874 and later renovated. The county seat was moved a couple of times before it was established in Shieldsboro, now Bay St. Louis. When Hancock County was first established – it included land between the Pearl River on the West and Biloxi Bay on the East. It was later reduced in several stages to create three new counties – Harrison, Stone and Pearl River. Sun-Herald book reviewer Nan Patton Ehrbright describes the book as including “chapters on Bay St. Louis, Old Town, Churches, organizations, and the ...

In mid-1926, a $6,000,000 – 1400-acre development of Henderson Point again came alive, and was named Pass Christian Isles when it was headed by Allen Johness. Seven miles of canals and lagoons were dug while the marsh areas and low points were filled with dredged material resulting in the Bay shoreline being set at a minimum height of 12-feet above sea level. Just a few hundred feet north of the Louisville and Nashville railroad track, a several hundred-foot-square basin was dug and dredged — creating a large yacht harbor which connected the newly dug inland lagoons and waterways to the...