tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post115260317821979167..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Buying SwamplandJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-91033855891035767172008-01-23T00:10:00.000-05:002008-01-23T00:10:00.000-05:00A bit of self-updating to some of my own questions...A bit of self-updating to some of my own questions.......in case some future also-curious person happens across this like I did myself.......<BR/><BR/>It appears that the land roughly running from the Glendale Mall down to the 52d-Keystone area was once owned by two families, the Bacon's to the South more where I lived, and the Dawson's more up around the Glendale area, with much of their land Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1158299195678858482006-09-15T01:46:00.000-04:002006-09-15T01:46:00.000-04:00Ahhh, Bacon Swamp. Grew up on Evanston Ave, just ...Ahhh, Bacon Swamp. Grew up on Evanston Ave, just South of the place, in the 50's. With the lurid tales of children drowning in quicksand spread among the neighborhood parents, it was considered off-limits to us kids, not that it ever really stopped us from exploring of course. (Interestingly enough, a huge pile of cleared timber which sat in the open field just SE of the swamp where the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1153175168931871702006-07-17T18:26:00.000-04:002006-07-17T18:26:00.000-04:00Late comment, but there you are: Doghouse, when y...Late comment, but there you are: Doghouse, when you talk about Indiana swamps I immediately go back in time to my girlhood, and reading Gene Stratton Porter--especially A GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST. Such cool stuff! Sometimes when I'm deep in the Florida hammock, I imagine I'm Elnora Comstock....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1152641030199670622006-07-11T14:03:00.000-04:002006-07-11T14:03:00.000-04:00Complete sympathy on the assisted living search. M...Complete sympathy on the assisted living search. My husband and I have been able to provide it for my mother, who's been living with us for 3 1/2 years - she's 88+ - although it would be nice to have a bit more elbow room around here. Our 25 year old son is here, too, which has been a lifesaver for us. We've been using an in-home care service out here in Seattle, since my mom hasn't needed, thusisabelitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04175928587455507236noreply@blogger.com