SFG: b is for…

The challenge this week on sugarfrostedgoodness is “B is for…” …Buck O’Neil. John Jordan “Buck” O’Neil was a first baseman and manager in the Negro Baseball Leagues. In 1937, O’Neil signed with the Memphis Red Sox for their first year of play in the newly-formed Negro American League. His contract was sold to the Kansas …

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Monday Artday: cowboy

The challenge word on Monday Artday this week is “cowboy“. William Frederick Cody was an American soldier, bison hunter and showman. He was one of the most colorful figures of the Old West, and mostly famous for the shows he organized with cowboy themes. Cody got his nickname, “Buffalo Bill”, for supplying Kansas Pacific Railroad …

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IF: superstition

The illustrationfriday.com challenge word this week is “superstition“. Stevland Hardaway Judkins (his name was later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) born prematurely in Saginaw, Michigan to Lula Mae Hardaway on May 13, 1950. It is thought that he received excessive oxygen in his incubator which led to retinopathy of prematurity, a destructive ocular disorder affecting …

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DCS: clara blandick

In the 1930s, Hollywood placed many actresses on the “goddess” pedestal. There was Barbara Stanwyck, Carole Lombard, Betty Grable, Jean Harlow, Lana Turner and many others. There were other actresses, appearing in hundreds of movies, who never achieved “goddess” status. Clara Blandick falls into this category. Clara was born in 1876 on a ship, captained …

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