Grey_Wolfie
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Level 35 | Pansexual | He/Him | Autistic + ADHD | Wildland Firefighter | Historian | Writer | Gamer | Mandalorian Jedi | Wolf wandering the internet since '08 🐾
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#OtD 24 Aug 1944 the 9th Armored Company (aka: La Nueve), a tank company comprised of 120 Spanish anarchist veterans of the Spanish Civil War, were the first to enter Paris during its liberation from Nazi occupation stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9630...
August 24, 2025 at 4:40 AM
#OtD 24 Aug 1944 the 9th Armored Company (aka: La Nueve), a tank company comprised of 120 Spanish anarchist veterans of the Spanish Civil War, were the first to enter Paris during its liberation from Nazi occupation stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9630...
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#OtD 21 Aug 1944 the Maquis uprising took place in Paris where more than 4000 Spanish exiles took up arms against the occupying Nazi regime. Spanish civil war veterans were also the first external troops to enter the capital to liberate it stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9351...
August 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
#OtD 21 Aug 1944 the Maquis uprising took place in Paris where more than 4000 Spanish exiles took up arms against the occupying Nazi regime. Spanish civil war veterans were also the first external troops to enter the capital to liberate it stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9351...
Decorations awarded to Staff Sergeant Opal Mildred Hickey, Women's Army Corps, 1942-1948:
August 21, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Decorations awarded to Staff Sergeant Opal Mildred Hickey, Women's Army Corps, 1942-1948:
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Wednesday word of the week – Flintlock patsycollins.co.uk/wednesday-wo...
Wednesday word of the week – Flintlock
A flintlock is an old type of gun which requires the spark from a flint to fire. It can also mean the device used to produce that spark. There were flintlock rifles as well as much larger guns whi…
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August 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Wednesday word of the week – Flintlock patsycollins.co.uk/wednesday-wo...
Decorations awarded to Captain Ruby Ellen Marks, United States Army Nursing Corps, 1935-1947:
August 20, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Decorations awarded to Captain Ruby Ellen Marks, United States Army Nursing Corps, 1935-1947:
Decorations awarded to Staff Sergeant Harley Sylvester Davidson, Fox Company, 18th (London City) Parachute Battalion, 1940-1945:
August 20, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Decorations awarded to Staff Sergeant Harley Sylvester Davidson, Fox Company, 18th (London City) Parachute Battalion, 1940-1945:
Decorations awarded to First Sergeant Theodore Caleb Storer, United States Army Medical Corps, 1933-1948:
August 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Decorations awarded to First Sergeant Theodore Caleb Storer, United States Army Medical Corps, 1933-1948:
Decorations awarded to Captain Elizabeth Margaret Davidson, United States Army Nursing Corps, 1941-1947:
August 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Decorations awarded to Captain Elizabeth Margaret Davidson, United States Army Nursing Corps, 1941-1947:
Decorations awarded to Sergeant Guy Hiram Hadlock, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 96th Infantry Regiment, 55th Infantry Division (1948-1953):
August 19, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Decorations awarded to Sergeant Guy Hiram Hadlock, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 96th Infantry Regiment, 55th Infantry Division (1948-1953):
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“write the book you want to read” will do—then it can join the dangerously tall stack beside my bed
August 19, 2025 at 3:44 AM
“write the book you want to read” will do—then it can join the dangerously tall stack beside my bed
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Dear story and brain, could you please stop waking me up at 3AM with dynamite ideas given to me in dreams you wish I would keep because you can't give me them while I'm awake. And new stories at that. LET ME FINISH THEM FIRST.
Thanks.
Sincerely,
Mi
Thanks.
Sincerely,
Mi
August 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Dear story and brain, could you please stop waking me up at 3AM with dynamite ideas given to me in dreams you wish I would keep because you can't give me them while I'm awake. And new stories at that. LET ME FINISH THEM FIRST.
Thanks.
Sincerely,
Mi
Thanks.
Sincerely,
Mi
Decorations awarded to Corporal Stanley Leopold Tilden, Company B, 1st Battalion, Duke of South Wessex's Own Royal Regiment (1948-1953):
August 17, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Decorations awarded to Corporal Stanley Leopold Tilden, Company B, 1st Battalion, Duke of South Wessex's Own Royal Regiment (1948-1953):
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#Writetip: Not everyone is going to be cheering you on. That’s just a fact. The trick is to stop letting them weigh you down. Don’t let them take up space in your life or throw you off your path. Focus on writing and doing the best you can… for YOU.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #amreading
#amwriting #writingcommunity #amreading
August 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
#Writetip: Not everyone is going to be cheering you on. That’s just a fact. The trick is to stop letting them weigh you down. Don’t let them take up space in your life or throw you off your path. Focus on writing and doing the best you can… for YOU.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #amreading
#amwriting #writingcommunity #amreading
Decorations awarded to Senior Aviator Stephanie Marie Benholm, 1st Aero Medical Evacuation Squadron, United States Public Health Service, 1935-1945:
August 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Decorations awarded to Senior Aviator Stephanie Marie Benholm, 1st Aero Medical Evacuation Squadron, United States Public Health Service, 1935-1945:
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“You must be prepared to work always without applause.”
- Ernest Hemingway -
- Ernest Hemingway -
August 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“You must be prepared to work always without applause.”
- Ernest Hemingway -
- Ernest Hemingway -
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Secondary characters flesh out your fictional world so that we feel we are in a real time and place. Author Rhys Bowen offers nine tips.
https://www.writersdigest.com/on-creating-secondary-characters via @writersdigest.bsky.social #WriteTips
https://www.writersdigest.com/on-creating-secondary-characters via @writersdigest.bsky.social #WriteTips
On Creating Secondary Characters
Bestselling author Rhys Bowen shares nine thoughts on creating secondary characters that readers will love.
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August 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Secondary characters flesh out your fictional world so that we feel we are in a real time and place. Author Rhys Bowen offers nine tips.
https://www.writersdigest.com/on-creating-secondary-characters via @writersdigest.bsky.social #WriteTips
https://www.writersdigest.com/on-creating-secondary-characters via @writersdigest.bsky.social #WriteTips
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On this day in 1945, the Second World War finally ended. Today, King Charles reminded us that “in times of war and in times of peace, the greatest weapons of all are not the arms you bear, but the arms you link. That remains a vital lesson for our times.” #vjday #ww2 #historicalfictionauthor
August 15, 2025 at 7:57 AM
On this day in 1945, the Second World War finally ended. Today, King Charles reminded us that “in times of war and in times of peace, the greatest weapons of all are not the arms you bear, but the arms you link. That remains a vital lesson for our times.” #vjday #ww2 #historicalfictionauthor
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Sometimes we have to delete that in edits... sometimes we don't 😊 #writingjokes #reading #writingquotes #amwriting
August 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Sometimes we have to delete that in edits... sometimes we don't 😊 #writingjokes #reading #writingquotes #amwriting
Decorations awarded to Lieutenant Colonel (Principal Matron) Louise Elizabeth Whitmore-Hazel, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, 1910-1946:
August 14, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Decorations awarded to Lieutenant Colonel (Principal Matron) Louise Elizabeth Whitmore-Hazel, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, 1910-1946:
Decorations awarded to Major Paul Edgar Hazel, 1st Battalion, Duke Of South Wessex's Own Royal Regiment, 1910-1935:
August 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Decorations awarded to Major Paul Edgar Hazel, 1st Battalion, Duke Of South Wessex's Own Royal Regiment, 1910-1935:
Decorations awarded to Lieutenant Colonel Paul Edgar Hazel, 18th (London City) Battalion, Parachute Regiment, 1940-1945:
August 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Decorations awarded to Lieutenant Colonel Paul Edgar Hazel, 18th (London City) Battalion, Parachute Regiment, 1940-1945:
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#OtD 13 Aug 1955 Lamar Smith, African-American civil rights activist and WWI veteran, was murdered by racists outside the Lincoln courthouse in Mississippi. Despite many witnesses, including the sheriff, no one was charged with any crime stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8456...
August 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM
#OtD 13 Aug 1955 Lamar Smith, African-American civil rights activist and WWI veteran, was murdered by racists outside the Lincoln courthouse in Mississippi. Despite many witnesses, including the sheriff, no one was charged with any crime stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8456...
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#OtD 13 Aug 2000 German resistance activist and communist Ria Deeg died aged 92. During WWII she was arrested and jailed for 38 months for high treason, but survived the war and remained active until the end stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8459...
August 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
#OtD 13 Aug 2000 German resistance activist and communist Ria Deeg died aged 92. During WWII she was arrested and jailed for 38 months for high treason, but survived the war and remained active until the end stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8459...
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#OtD 13 Aug 1776 a crowd of women in Fishkill, New York, seized tea during a food riot in the American revolution stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8449...
August 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
#OtD 13 Aug 1776 a crowd of women in Fishkill, New York, seized tea during a food riot in the American revolution stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8449...
Taking a break from character and medal creation and am now watching Early Edition, one of my favourite TV shows 😊
August 13, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Taking a break from character and medal creation and am now watching Early Edition, one of my favourite TV shows 😊