My Mother, One Century Later
By Ronnie Blair Each morning in the 1960s my mother prepared Hershey’s cocoa for my sister, brother, and me, a ritual she religiously...
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- Aug 20
- 2 min
'Eisenhower Babies' Receives National Recognition
Lake Buena Vista, FL—The 2023 Annual Florida Authors and Publishers Association President’s Book Awards recognized Eisenhower Babies:...
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- Jun 24
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How a Hardy Boys Mystery Changed My Life
By Ronnie Blair Authority Magazine recently interviewed me about the book that changed my life and other topics. Below is an excerpt from...
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- May 21
- 4 min
Fury, Wild Horse Annie, and a Delayed History Lesson
By Ronnie Blair TV watching can be educational––even 60 years after the fact. My habit of watching the television show Fury on Saturday...
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- May 6
- 3 min
I (Fail To) Capture the Chickens
By Ronnie Blair My family kept chickens in the mid-1960s. They laid eggs in a chicken coop in the barn behind our rental house in...
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- Apr 8
- 5 min
Discovering 'The Harlan Renaissance' and a Different Take on Appalachian Coal Towns
By Ronnie Blair When I began writing my memoir Eisenhower Babies: Growing Up on Moonshots, Comic Books, and Black-and-White TV, one of my...
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- Feb 19
- 3 min
Peter Pan, Queen Elizabeth, and Other Book Fair Encounters
By Ronnie Blair Step into the annual Florida Antiquarian Book Fair in St. Petersburg and you enter a time portal for bibliophiles. On...
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- Jan 7
- 3 min
The Scar, the Barn Loft, and the Batman
By Ronnie Blair On my left knee is a faint scar, put there nearly 60 years ago by Adam West – sort of. He was responsible indirectly...
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- Jan 2
- 3 min
Official Release Day and a Glimpse Inside 'Eisenhower Babies'
With Eisenhower Babies enjoying its official release date on Jan. 3, I thought it appropriate to provide a glimpse inside to give...
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- Nov 19, 2022
- 2 min
To the Moon Again
For a moment this past week the 1960s were resurrected as NASA’s Artemis rocket lifted into the Florida skies and headed for the moon....
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- Nov 12, 2022
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Leaving Harlan Alive
This past week Patty Loveless and Chris Stapleton captivated the audience at the CMA Awards by performing You’ll Never Leave Harlan...
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- Nov 5, 2022
- 2 min
The Photo Inside the TV
My mother had no idea when she squinted through her Polaroid instant camera and snapped a black-and-white photo in 1965 that she would be...
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- Oct 29, 2022
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The Origin Story
About three decades ago my father-in-law, perhaps in a nostalgic mood, wrote a short memoir about his childhood to share with his...
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