My Commonplace Book... Radio's Golden Age: Suspense

My mother and brother do not listen to "Suspense" that I know of, but I find the information interesting. I clipped this from the Good Old Days Sept/Oct. 2021 issue.

My Commonplace Book... Favorite audio book narrators

I cannot stand being read to. Ever since I was little, I would have troubles with it. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE reading but being read to was like listening to nails on a chalkboard cringe worthy. This was the situation up until I listened to Diana Gabaldon's book Outlander. I fell in love with Davina Porter's voice. I have also found that I love female voices with a British accent for books set in England. 

I now have decided to list my favorite book narrators here where I can find them easier. This doesn't mean I am going to like all the books. For example: Scott Brick. One book he was an excellent narrator but on another book I could NOT stand his voice. He made that book extremely boring. Granted the book itself was boring but...

Female Voice Actors

• Davina Porter
• Charlie Sanderson 
• Priya Ayyar
• Kinsale Hueston
• Katherine Kellgren
• Cassandra Harwood
• Lisette Lecat
• Suzy Jackson
• Adjoa Andoh
• Jayne Entwistle

 

Male Voice Actors 

• Adam Verner
• John Keating
• Scott Brick
• RC Bray
• Bill Homewood
  

 

 

My Commonplace Book... Radio's Golden Age: Boston Blackie

My mother and brother both love Old Time Radio shows. Me, not so much. When I was reading the July/August 2021 edition of Good Old Days I came upon this and thought I would save something that my mom and brother like. They love Boston Blackie.

 

 

My Commonplace Book... African American People of note: Bass Reeves

Currently reading Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal and am saving, in my commonplace book, notable people that I have read about. My second notable person is an African American name of Bass Reeves. Born a slave but died a legend in America. He was a straight shooter and always got his man. He tried really hard to not kill anyone even if Judge Isaac Parker said dead or alive. Bass even had to arrest one of his own sons.

"In 1887, Reeves was charged with murdering a posse cook. Like the many outlaws he had arrested, he was tried before Judge Isaac Parker. He was represented by United States Attorney W.H.H. Clayton, who was a colleague and friend. In the end, Reeves was acquitted."

"The lengthy and glowing obituary for this universally respected man described him as 'absolutely fearless and knowing no master but duty.'

Over the 35 years that Bass Reeves served as a Deputy United States Marshal, he earned his place in history by being one of the most effective lawmen in Indian Territory, bringing in more than 3,000 outlaws and helping to tame the lawless territory. Killing some 14 men during his service, Reeves always said that he 'never shot a man when it was not necessary for him to do so in the discharge of his duty to save his own life.'”

Legends of America: Bass Reeves  

A statue of U.S. Deputy Marshal Bass Reeves in Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

By Jeannie Nuss/AP Photo

 

 

My Commonplace Book... African American People of Note: Martin Luther King

"Snippets in Time" are comments, words or phrases, quotes from a random collection of almost anything I read in—newspapers, blogs, journals, essays, books, etc...

Dr. Martin Luther King:

"A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.."

Dr. King uttered these words during a sermon in Selma, Alabama, on March 8th, 1965, the day after “Bloody Sunday,” on which civil rights protesters were attacked and beaten by police on the Edmund Pettus Bridge.