Brinson, Terrell, Shumaker, and May families
As you know, I’m committed to publishing the materials that Catherine Shumaker Brinson wrote, researched, and gathered that relate to our genealogy.
The first book of her writings, Original Writings by Catherine Shumaker Brinson, is now available on Amazon! Get your very own print copy for your enjoyment and for posterity. The print version is a beautiful, heirloom-quality paperback printed on photo paper, or you can read it on Kindle.
Here are the links:
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AS FAR AS I KNOW, ONLY ONE FAMOUS POET HAS EVER WRITTEN ABOUT A COMPUTER.
Catherine Shumaker Brinson. She’s not famous, you say? Oh, contraire! Maybe she’s not famous for being a poet, although ...
NOBODY EVER ACCUSED CATHERINE OF NOT HAVING A VIVID IMAGINATION.
And nobody’s ever accused me of not having one, either, but that’s a subject for another post. Anyway, I wonder if she saw ...
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN BUZZARDS EATING OFF OF A PLATE?
No? Neither have I. But according to the poem written by Catherine Brinson that she put into this book…
…she witnessed two buzzards doing ...
IN 1990 RALPH AND CATHERINE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO BE GIFTED A CRUISE TO THE BAHAMAS.
The only catch was, they had to get themselves from Jackson, Mississippi, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Because Ralph ...
WHEN I WAS ABOUT 13, I GOT A CAT WHO I NAMED “CLEO”.
Cleo was quite a prolific kitten-maker. (People didn’t have their cats spayed in those days.) So every three or four months, we ...
DID CATHERINE WRITE AN ODE TO AN ALUMINUM CAN?
It sure looks like she did. “Cat’s Cool Can” was one of the many poems included in her self-made book, Original Writings by Catherine ...
WE’VE ALL HAD THE FLU.
But would anyone else, other than Catherine Brinson, think of actually writing a poem about it?
Yes, her original poem “Flu” is in this self-made book that I found ...
IN MY LAST POST, I TALKED ABOUT THIS BOOK THAT I FOUND IN MY MOTHER’S THINGS:
As you know, I’m committed to publishing the materials that my mother, Catherine Shumaker Brinson wrote, researched, ...
TODAY, I STARTED GOING THROUGH A BOX (one of many), of my mother’s writings, and found this:
In it are 36 poems that she wrote, mostly during the 1990s, inspired by life events or whatever she ...