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Dead Boots #2 - He was a good man, and had good hands by Steven Bower

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In his younger days, his hands had picked broken bicycles and broken children off of broken ground. Years later, those same proud hands had walked those same proud children down proud church isles. Now long grown-up, his children had children of their own. The grandchildren remarked how the old man's palms and fingers, under the careful scrutiny of pinches, felt like what they'd imagined elephant skin would feel like, while the back-sides of his hands felt like plastic-pulled-tight. Recently, he had buried his wife with the same hands that had built their house and raised their family. He lived his final years on a simple farm, alone, with his eyes turned inward. He occupied himself with the quiet excitements of honest work. Tasks that would have taken him a quick morning to do as a young man required the greater part of two days. When he would lay his palm against the sky to count the hours between the sun and horizon, he would take notice of the liver spots on his hands - tallied like rings on a tree stump. His hands were much slower in his old age, they could not grip, and often they shook and fumbled. The old man used them with slow calculation and measure. He allowed that his knuckles looked like the knotted burls on the great oak tree between the house and barn. In the evenings, he would balance a pen with his misbehaving fingers and recount the day's transactions in his farm docket: "saw large buck come all way up to porch this morning ; Franklins came by with bucket of sweet corn, their boy will play football at State in the Fall ; barn cat has had kittens ; hay was cut on top 45 acres this afternoon". The drone of cicadas cushioned his thoughts during wake and sleep. The days preceding the old man's passing, he wrote in his docket that he might like to be buried next to his wife with the dirt from his farm remaining on his hands. Honoring his request, his children made sure that the good man was laid to rest with his good hands folded across his chest - the earth from which he came still beneath his fingernails.

It's nice to have my hands smelling like Kodak D-76 (piss) again.

Shopko Closing-Delevan, Wisconsin by Midwest Retail

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Shopko put within bankruptcy docket 6 that these two stores, Emmetsburg, Iowa, Delevan, Wisconsin and more are closing. Sales are sussposed to be from Febuary 1, 2019 to April 28, 2019. Check the first docket 6 for the official list. The media and general public are not aware of this list which is why there is no report any where but the bankrupty docket and from me which I figured out from the docket.

Ubrica Hortense Clarke triptych by Sue Lockhart

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The Towner in Eastbourne is hosting this year's Turner Prize, the world's leading prize for contemporary art.

The photographs in the triptych were taken inside Gallery 3 of the Towner in Eastbourne which is dedicated to the work of artist Barbara Walker who wrote the following:

"Entitled Burden of Proof, this new body of work reflects on the stories of individuals touched by what the journalist Amelia Gentleman has described as “The Windrush Betrayal”. The work considers the extensive reach of the Windrush scandal through portraits of those affected by the actions of a hostile state. Betrayed by the same authority that had once extended a warmer welcome to Britain, families and wider communities were left fearing for their futures outside the country they call home.

Having placed the burden of proof on individuals, the Home Office demanded to see evidence that would prove their right to stay in the UK. In the absence of passports or official papers such as landing cards, personal records, medical notes, dockets, and receipts were among the documents used to verify UK residency and to build a case to remain. Across this series of large-scale drawings, my work centres on the evidence that helped to prove the legitimacy of those the British government had wrongly labelled as ‘undocumented migrants’. From an invoice for legal services to a temporary certificate of discharge from the military, the work features hand-drawn facsimiles of original documents sourced from personal and public archives with portraits overlaid.

With portraits hand-rendered, recognising the value of the document as an extension of the portrait and now attached intrinsically to the identity of the subject through their experience of the Windrush scandal."

I found the works very moving and marvelled at the portraits freshly drawn on the wall. They will be washed away after the exhibition.

www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/barbara-walker-mbe-ra-30874/b...

MV Wave Venture by jc nadeau

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a cable laying ship docket in Victoria at Ogden point

Boots - My New Gumboots. by Brissy Girl - Jan Anderson

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Testing out the water :-)

Yeah, no holes/leaks even in deeper water, I can throw the docket out now :-)

Gumboots, also known as Wellington boots, rubber-boots, wellies, topboots, barnboots, muckboots or rainboots.

American Farm Heritage Museum by lukedrich_photography

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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenville,_Illinois

Greenville is a city in Bond County, Illinois, United States, 51 miles (82 km) east of St. Louis. The population as of the 2010 census was 7,000. It is the county seat of Bond County.

Greenville is part of the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is also considered part of the Metro East region of Illinois.

Greenville celebrated its Bicentennial in 2015 as one of the oldest communities in Illinois. It is home to Greenville University, the Richard Bock Museum, the American Farm Heritage Museum, the Armed Forces Museum and the Demoulin Museum and a federal prison, Federal Correctional Institution, Greenville (FCI Greenville). It is also home to internationally known companies, including Nevco Scoreboard, the largest privately owned scoreboard company in the world, and DeMoulin Brothers, the world's oldest and largest manufacturer of band uniforms.

Source: www.americanfarmheritagemuseum.com/about-us.html

The American Farm Heritage Museum was one man's dream. The Museum became a reality when a group of men, mostly farmers, sitting in coffee shop, talked about the dream of building a museum to preserve the farm heritage. Sixty farmers, collectors, and civic leaders held a meeting to share their ideas with the public in April of 2002. It was agreed that Bond County, being near the middle of the state and right along 1-70, would be the perfect place. Meetings were conducted, fundraisers were held, and ideas were passed around. In 2002 the land for the museum was acquired and a name for the museum was chosen.

The American Farm Heritage Museum would sit on seventeen acres, along the south side of interstate 70, just east of the Route 127 overpass. Its goal would be to promote and share the heritage of America's rural life: living, farming and travel. One very generous family purchased the land and leased it for ninety-nine years to the American Farm Heritage Museum, NFP organization. After a year of planning, the first 32'x64' building, with a gambrel roof, was completed. It was finished just days before the first Heritage Days Show in July 2004. This building, originally was to be a tractor maintenance shop, but later became known as the Lil' Red Barn Museum.

In the winter of 2005, owners of a truck terminal building in St. Louis gave the building to the Museum, if we took it down. Several members went to work and got the 200'x100' building moved and rebuilt. Since then other buildings and groups have been added to the show grounds.

We are growing with each passing year. Our Main building is the site of numerous events throughout the year. The Lil' Red Barn is a little piece of history, with collections of items from the past. In 2009 this building received the Illinois Governor's Home Town Award. The Tractor Shed displays different makes of tractors and tools of the past. Our Christmas building, which operates as a work shop and houses all the Christmas boxes for The Christmas Lights Wonderland, partners with The Lil' Red Barn, Railroad, Hill's Fort and the Armed Forces Museum to put on a spectacular Christmas display.

The American Heritage Railroad, established in 2003 is a division of the American Farm Heritage Museum. Many rail-enthusiast members realized as farms were connected by the American Railroad so should the Museum have an operating railroad for its historic value, as well as provide a fun ride for visitors. May 10, 2005 the railroad division was officially formed and an intensive search began to procure equipment. Many thousands of hours of volunteer labor, by friends of the railroad, have resulted in over a mile of 13" gauge track being laid, on the grounds. It is our desire to honor the great railroads that have served Bond County, such as the Vandalia, Nickel Plate, Pennsylvania and CB & Q. In 2005 the Ben Winter's Museum railroad was purchased which provided a G-15 diesel train set. The final move of the Ben Winter's railroad was completed in November, in three days with 20 volunteers, 9 trailers and one semi-truck. The collection has grown to include both diesel and steam engines and a variety of rolling stock. The railroad owns three steam locomotives. It is hoped the 1926 Wagner 4-4-2 steam engine will be ready for operation for the 2015 season.

2005 Hill's Fort also joined the Museum. Hill's Fort played an important part in the opening of Northwest Territory. Hill's Fort may have started as early as 1806 when early settlers first arrived. The Fort's location appears on an 1808 survey map by Capt. Isaac Hill, leader of a team commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson to survey the Illinois Territory. The Legislature fixed Hill's Fort as the temporary county seat. Earliest records are preserved from Hill's Fort and include court and marriage dockets. The Bond County seat was later moved to Perrysville and, in 1821 to Greenville, Illinois. No longer useful as a fort or county seat, Hill's Fort was abandoned and fell to ruin.

Following excruciating study of the original site, a replica of the Fort has been recreated on the grounds of the Farm Museum. It is open to the public on the 1st Saturday of the month from May through October and also open, for tours and special occasions. At Christmas time they are open Friday and Saturday nights for the Christmas lights. They dress in period dress and cook over the open fireplace in the cabin, and are eager to answer questions.

In 2012 The Armed Forces Museum, "Memories of Steel", joined our Museum. It maintains as its sole mission, to preserve these important pieces of military history. The Museum houses one of the largest collections of military vehicles in the County. It currently watches over approximately 15 privately-owned and 25 museum-owned vehicles. The members are involved in a program called "Living history" which furnishes displays of t1istoric vehicles and memorabilia and, works with re-enactors at civil events like Armed Forces Day and Veterans Day. Each of these vehicles has an historic story and plays a very important role in connecting us with the soldiers who lived and died in their service to the country.