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Searching for Patsy

Research is at once the bane of my existence (so much information and so little time) and a passion that I pursue day in and day out. It is also a necessary endeavor for those who write about history. I am one of those writers, and it is all I can do to tear myself away from following another scatter of breadcrumbs or a tiny … Continue reading Searching for Patsy

rona simmonsFebruary 3, 2021Leave a comment
Homefront, Veterans, Women

A Marcy Not a Rosie

My mother (Marcella “Marcy” Dietz) was always posing for the camera. And, while she wasn’t a “Rosie” she tried to do her part for the war, vamping with an artillery shell for an issue of the Sunbeam Electric Company newspaper in celebration of VE Day in 1945. In recognition of moms everywhere who served this country on this Veterans Day 2018. Continue reading A Marcy Not a Rosie

rona simmonsNovember 14, 2018March 31, 2019Leave a comment

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