Letters from HWL Temple
Here is a letter he wrote in 1845: Loretto VaMay 28, [1845]Care ofMr. John Gray, Sr. Mrs. Mary TempleFredericksbg Edenetta Tues: EveningMy dear Mother I was sorry not to find you when I got back but waspleased that you had gone too. I doubt whether you needregret that you did not get to Convention tho: […]
Gold Standard
My friend Kelley Mickwee has released a brilliant recording of a song we wrote together called “Gold Standard.” We wrote it thinking about how if two people spend enough time together, they might wake up one day to find that they’re “an item” – a couple. And if the match looks good enough to the […]
Renée Rose Adélaïde Gentillot and Achilles Nivison Plunkett Sr
Achilles Nivison Plunkett Sr. was born in 1769 in Torbeck, Saint-Domingue (now a part of Haiti). His father Francois Plunkett was born in Killumod, Ireland and immigrated to Saint-Domingue. Saint-Domingue was a West Indian French colony from 1659 to 1804 on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. At age 21, Achilles married Renée Rose Adélaïde Gentillot […]
Julia Sterling and John Barnitz Bond Sr, MD
John Barnitz Bond Sr, MD was the father of John Barnitz Bond Jr (who married Alice Plunkett). Arkansas Gazette, July 17, 1915: “One of the most picturesque figures in American pharmacy has passed away in the death of Dr. John B. Bond Sr., of Little Rock, Arkansas, at the age of seventy-eight. Dr. Bond was […]
Alice Plunkett and John Bond Jr
The children and grandchildren of John Bond Jr and Alice Plunkett: -4 Children: Lila Plunkett Bond, Julia (Judy) Katharine Bond, Josephine Bond, Richard Thompson (Tommy) Bond -10 Grandchildren: Lila Anne Matthews, Agnes Somers Matthews Virginia Reville Ledbetter, Joel Yowell Ledbetter Jr, Julia Plunkett Ledbetter Alice Plunkett Temple, Hal Crouch Temple, Helen Christine Temple, Thompson Bond […]
W.B. Plunkett and Lila Boyd Plunkett
Eliza (Lila) Boyd Plunkett in 1935, likely holding granddaughter Lila Anne Matthews (1934–1959)Lila Boyd Plunkett was Alice Plunkett’s mom Here is a picture of Lila Plunkett as a child. Eliza (Lila) Boyd married William B. Plunkett in 1879 (she was 18, he was 20). They lived at 1719 Arch Street in Little Rock for more […]
How I Met My Great-Great-Great Grandparents
I have 32 great-great-great grandparents. Four of them are Virginia natives, and two of them are Essex County, Virginia natives. I had seen that birthplaces for Henry Temple and Sarah Jones Temple were in Essex County, Virginia. My great-great-great grandfather Henry Waring Latane Temple was rector in South Farnham Parish and at St. Paul’s Episcopal […]
True Beautiful Thing
Happy Easter y’all. Though we’re practicing physical distancing, we are closer together today, thanks to an online recording collaboration that brought this song I wrote with Walt Wilkins to life. Hear the song at https://www.waltwilkins.com/ and below- Thanks and peace to Tina Wilkins, Corby Craig Schaub, Bill Small, Bart deWin, Ray Rodriguez, Ron Flynt, Jimmy Davis and Walt […]
Band of Heathens New Video for “Trouble Came Early”
I love this new video the Band of Heathens did for a song that Gordy and I wrote together called “Trouble Came Early.” Recorded at several live performances, it shows off the band’s blistering version of this song that was released on their new album (details below). Thanks to Rolling Stone for the coverage of […]
Updated Greatest Films of All Time for 2017
A new edition of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die was published in October 2017, and that means a batch of new movies have been added to the “Greatest Films of All Time” movie recommendation app. In the 7th edition of the ‘1001 Movies’ series, 22 movies released in 2015 and 2016 were […]