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This Fact Is Overdue #2

During their 1896 excursion from Fort Missoula, Mont., to Yellowstone National Park, riders of the 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps, led by Lt. James A. Moss, at the top, pose on Minerva Terrace at Mammoth Hot Springs. (World History Group Archive) borrowed from the Army Times

The second episode of my podcast is up!!! Come learn about this country's first mountain bikers.

References:

Anacker, Caelen. (2018) 25TH INFANTRY BICYCLE CORPS (1896-97)  https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/25th-infantry-bicycle-corp-1896-97/

Grundhauser, Eric. (2017) America’s Short-Lived ‘Black Army on Wheels’ https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bicycle-corps-army-25th-infantry

Guroff, Margaret. (2016) The Mechanical Horse. Austin: University of Texas Press.

History.net. U.S. Army’s 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps: Wheels of War. 

https://www.historynet.com/us-armys-25th-infantry-bicycle-corps-wheels-of-war.htm

PBS (1999) Bicycle Corps: America's Black Army on Wheels
https://www.pbs.org/video/montanapbs-presents-bicycle-corps-americas-black-army-on-wheels/

Ruggiero, Adam. (2018) Little-Known Heroes: All-Black 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps. https://gearjunkie.com/25th-infantry-bicycle-corps

Sicard, Sarah. (2020) How the Army tried and failed to build a bicycle corps. https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2020/02/25/how-the-army-tried-and-failed-to-build-a-bicycle-corps/

 

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Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful for whatever rain that we get here. I am, however, aching for some warm dry days to work in the yard cutting back the bamboo, the bougainvilleas, and the morning glories that threaten to eat my house. 

 

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Yes, my lights are still up. 

 

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Mushrooms are dope. I found these three behind my house.

 

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This Fact Is Overdue!

I decided to make a podcast of some of the research I do for fun and what I find in the rabbit holes I fall down. You can check it out at the link below.

The first episode covers one of my favorite people, Pauli Murray.

This Fact Is Overdue 1:1 

Resources:

• Murray, Pauli (2018) Song In a Weary Throat. New York: Liveright Publishing Corp.
• Bell-Scott, Patricia (2016) The Firebrand and the First Lady. New York: Alfred Knopf Publishers.
• Shulz, Katherine (2017) "The Many Lives of Pauli Murray" in  The New Yorker accessed online at https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/17/the-many-lives-of-pauli-murray
• The Pauli Murray Center https://www.paulimurraycenter.com/
• Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauli_Murray

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I love the phrase "nothing burger", like eating walk-away pie, or wind soup.

 

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Tip o' the paintbrush to my pal, Katura, who said this to me and made me laugh.  

 

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Drove for 8 hours today. I need one of these...

 

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I somehow lost track of two of my metal measuring cups. I have been estimating 1/2 and 1/3 cup measurements for nearly 3 months. Today I decided that maybe this is silly, so I broke down and bought a plastic set. I hope they measure up.