My guest writer this week is my beloved husband, Russ Bellant. He has been researching and writing on topics related to this article for over 40 years. He has published three books and numerous articles in such publications as the New York Times, the National Catholic Reporter, the Toronto Star, the Texas Observer and the Detroit Metro Times.
Fred Trump Sr. was arrested in 1927 in a fight between 100 New York City police officers and 1,000 Ku Klux Klan members during a Memorial Day parade (New York Times June 1, 1927, p. 16). It was an era of Klan growth when they fought to keep Irish, Poles, Italians from immigrating to the U.S. As was a common practice years ago, the newspaper published his home address as 175-24 Devonshire, Jamaica, Queens, New York City. Fred Trump had built that two story home there two years earlier and ran his real estate business from there. He married in 1936 and began a family.
In 1946 Fred’s 4th child, Donald, was born in Jamaica, Queens. He was raised in Queens in his father’s real estate/ landlord business. Their practice was to rent to whites only. So determined were the Trump’s in upholding their racist practices that one of their tenants, folksinger Woodie Guthrie, wrote a poem in 1950 with lines denouncing “Old Man Trump” and the “racial hate that he stirred up.”
My friend, rocker Sinderella, took me to see a favorite place where she scores vintage finds to wear, accessorize and embellish as wearable art. In fact, she embellishes her house with them, too!
The boutique is called Muse Atelier, meaning an art or design studio to inspire creativity. Age doesn’t matter when you are inspired by styles through the ages and want to spice up your life. Continue Reading
The basic, every-day way to wear high-top sneakers, of course is with a worn t-shirt and jeans, adding a hoodie for cool weather. But to keep things interesting, I have gathered ideas for how to style high-tops in modern styles and for a variety of occasions. Continue Reading
Walk in the Woods – Pinned from ArchitectureArtDesigns
Finding an Exercise Plan That Works, and a Progress Report
This is a diary of the healthy lifestyle goals that my son, Chris, and I are making together each month.
In August, Chris’ goal was to go to the gym five days a week and to run every other day, whether at the gym or not. My goal was to get a half-hour of aerobic exercise five days a week, with stretching and weights on the other two days. We had worked on similar goals in July, but wanted to do better. We felt that some days get too busy and interfere with exercise, so we wanted to find a way to make it work every day.
This journal entry has two parts: our August exercise results, and a report on the progress we’ve made since we started making goals in March. Continue Reading
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