Today is the day. The Cokeville Miracle opens in theaters…..hopefully in one near you. If not, call your local theaters and request a showing. Why? It is a story that will tug at your heartstrings and leave an indelible impression. Based on a true story of one horrible day in the lives of 136 children…
Guess what I have been working on during the last month? Skimming through Tom’s digital negatives to select images for our 2nd annual Seasons of Nauvoo Calendar. Yep. It’s that time already. Last year when we planned our calendar sale, I thought “order-in-November-for-delivery-in-December-to-use-in-January.” What I didn’t factor in was customers wanting to send calendars as…
If you have never been to Nauvoo during summer season, you may be wondering, just what is “Youth of Zion”? It is a delightful few minute’s retreat into days of old Nauvoo. The Young Performing Missionaries, called to serve in Nauvoo from early May thru mid-August arrive with smiles on their faces and songs in…
Saturday as we were enjoying a late afternoon walk in the Nauvoo Flats, we noticed a carriage being drawn by our two favorite horses here in Nauvoo. Normally you don’t see the carriages. Instead you might encounter a wagon full of folks from all over the world with two of our beloved Teamster Missionaries at…
A demonstration. That’s the only way to see a prairie grass fire. During my childhood, I read books like Caddie Woodlawn that mentioned prairie grass fires. (I really didn’t even know what a field of prairie grass looked like, until I moved to Nauvoo.) In Historic Nauvoo there’s a quarter-acre section of prairie grass that…
March 17, 1842…..no photographs taken of the day’s momentous event but if they had, it might have looked like this one. On this special day, the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo was organized by Joseph Smith in the upper room of the Red Brick Store. During our first trip to Nauvoo in 2009, I heard…
Roads cleared a little the day after our sleigh ride so we ventured out of Nauvoo and headed down “The Great River Road” that runs alongside the Mississippi. Everything was still covered in snow, including the Mississippi River…..and it really does freeze solid. Underneath the snow was at least 24” of solid ice. Tom headed…
I would like to order TWO of your 2015 Nauvoo calendars. Please let me know how I can make payment.
Hi Kathleen,
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