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  • Scratching the Owl’s Head
    Posted on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Carol McClain, climbing mountains, friendship, hiking, irony, natural world, Nature, NY, Owls Head, poetry, the hamlet of Owls Head NY, transience of life, writing, Writing Redemption

    by: Carol McClain @CAROL_MCCLAIN   My friend Linda Sprague found a few old poems of mine published in Foothills Ink and sent them to me. I’m going to take a break from my usual musings and share some never before shared work. I dedicate this post to Linda Sauther, Ellen Mainville, Flossy Powell, and Zoe Steenberge. …[ read more ]

  • Malone Railroad: A Few Oddities
    Posted on Wednesday, May 28th, 2014 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: economic history, history, Malone, NY, railroads

    Ogdensburg-Lake Champlain Railroad Station Just as Malone craves the “ Rooftop Highway ” to free it from its economic isolation, in the nineteenth century, the county wanted a railroad. It became the single greatest force for economic growth and prosperity in Malone. The Ogdensburg-Lake Champlain Railroads began construction in 1848 and 1850 saw the first passenger trains …[ read more ]

  • Malone: The Beginning
    Posted on Wednesday, January 1st, 2014 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: history, Malone, Malone's first settlers, NY, Richard Harison

    English: Armory, Malone (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) As we look out the window, not daring to take a step outside on these frigid winter days, it’s easy to see why Malone had been called the Siberia of the North. The forested landscape and hills as they rolled down from the Adirondacks, were as beautiful then as …[ read more ]

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    • Your Past Can Be Forgiven: Rahab

      @carol_mcclain Is your past unforgiveable? Definitely not. Consider Rahab, one of the ancestors of Jesus, mentioned in Matthew 1:5. She was a prostitute. No one chooses this lifestyle. In ancient Israel, women found few avenues of employment. If unmarried or widowed, they very often had to turn to prostitution in order to survive. Who wants to have non-stop sex with strangers? According to the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women: [caption id="attachment_2044" align="alignleft" width="200"] No one's fallen so low that God can't redeem.[/caption] "Rahab, who begins as triply marginalized—Canaanite, woman, and prostitute—moves to the center as bearer of a divine message… ...[ full story ]

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