Jim’s Writings

Some of my happiest times growing up were at "Dad West’s." Those times, brief as they were, introduced me to the life of a country gentleman. It is a life I have aspired to ever since.
Thomas West was an Englishman who had married a Virginia girl and had settled on an apple [...]

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By James Jewel Geary
Tthis is my earliest best friend, my collie, Brook, who was given to me when I was about six by my Aunt Ruth Jewel (later Ruth Boetcher). He was just a puppy, and I remember holding him on my lap while sitting on the front steps of the house at Belleville [...]

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Having just discovered that I could have a second domain name with my 1and1 hosting account, I decided on jims-writings.com for my husband. Having also just learned how to install and setup WordPress - a blogging software - I decided to make this a blog so family and friends could add comments if they were [...]

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