No Civil War reenacting as yet. I do medieval mainly. Did send the Gettysburg reenactment web site to the chat line because a Maupin is responsible for the Confederacy. I think someone at the reunion in Williamsburg had on a re enactors Confederate coat. Maybe Denise can help with this. Lynn > [Original Message] > From: ca farmer <ca farmer@houston.rr.com> > To: <MAUPIN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 10/8/02 10:45:56 PM > Subject: Re: [MAUPIN-CHAT] Lake of the Woods, Kern County, California > > Hi Lynn, > We were going to the Festival but since I can't walk toooooo well, I don't > think Bill would pull me along in a wagon.....hehehehe!!!!!!!. > > Lynn do you do reinacting at all at the "War Between the States" (WBTS) or > as the North knows it the Civil War? cf > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "M Lynn Taylor" <mltaylordogmother@earthlink.net> > To: <MAUPIN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sounds like a great place! I am ready to move north. TX is running out > of > > water. Air pollution is really bad and getting worse. Prices going ever > > higher. Haven't really decided on MO but it looks good. Draw a line > > through St.Louis East and West and anything along this line is a > > consideration. > > Sounds like you found a good place. The only constant in Metaphysics is > > change! You just have to find a place that changes into your > > specifications. > > New dog goes for heart worm treatment tomorrow. Hope everything turns > > out well. I can never get out of the "caretaker" mode! > > I would buy my cousin's house in Washington,MO but she sold most of the > > land that went with it. I would really rather be in the country on some > > acreage. I would like some real dirt!!! > > Went to a Civil War re-enactment over the weekend. They mentioned > > Picket's Charge as did Ken Burns "Civil War" on PBS. Next year is the > > 140th year of the Gettysburg Re-enactment. I am thinking about going. > The > > Maupins lost so much family at Picket's charge. Ken Burn's PBS series > even > > showed the rock wall where the Maupins died. It was a Massacre. I have a > > couple of table spoons of Maupin dirt from the Taliafero-Cole house in > > Williamsburg so need to add some Gettysburg "dirt" to the collection. > > I have been a medieval recreationist so it will be fun to move forward > in > > time! I got offered a job sewing costumes as there are few people who > know > > how to sew. I have a costume to make for a Renaissance Faire in Nov. in > > TX. My fabric is beautiful. > > Any Houston Maupins going to the Renaissance Faire this year in > > Magnolia,TX? > > Getting much needed rain. Cannot complain about the weather in TX this > > year. However,since El Nino has begun again it is time to use this > > coolness to full advantage! La Nina will give us a drought again. I > > wonder why this ~ is on my keyboard and I cannot use it where it > > belongs(over the second n in Nino and Nina). > > Dogs playing and barking and "singing" to each other. My new dog is > > funny looking. She defies description except to say-Terrier with > Chihuahua > > eyes and a shorter muzzle,body like a Terrier or Whippet, hair and tail > > like a Basenji! My vet said she is healthy except for heart worms. He > > would not even guess as to her lineage!!! She is a sweetheart. I am her > > fourth home and she will stay with us. She only has to learn to leave the > > cats alone. > > If at all possible, The Ken Burns special on PBS "The Civil War" is a > > must see!!!! I wish I had taken notes. > > Lynn > > > > > > ==== MAUPIN-CHAT Mailing List ==== > TO SUBSCRIBE OR UNSUBSCRIBE from any RootsWeb-hosted mailing list, send an e-mail message with only the word SUBSCRIBE (or UNSUBSCRIBE) in the subject and the body of the message to > [name of list]-L-request@rootsweb.com (for mail mode) or to > [name of list]-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest mode). > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- M. Lynn Taylor --- mltaylordogmother@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.