Linda Osborne Cynowa

A September 11th Story

Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for October 6, 2025. This is a shorten version of a wonderful book I read a number of years ago. ‘The Day the World Came to Town’ 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland, written in 2002 by journalist Jim DeFrede. This story is a bit longer than the usual blogs and thisContinue reading “A September 11th Story”

A Queen Loses Her Stacks

Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for September 1, 2025 Some months ago, I wrote about the SS United States, the liner often called ‘America’s Liner’, when she was towed from her berth at Pier 80 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Mobile, Alabama in February of 2025, where she had been waiting for 30 some years. IContinue reading “A Queen Loses Her Stacks”

Finding A Permanent Home

Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for August 4, 2025 In 2020, my second book for Arcadia Publishing, ‘Macomb Township’ was published, culminating when finished, a very large learning experience for this author! Having moved to Macomb Township in 1980, at 21 Mile and Garfield Road, we built a house and along with my husband, weContinue reading “Finding A Permanent Home”

‘Lighthouses of the Southern Atlantic and Gulf States’

Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for July 7, 2025 I have been very fortunate to have had six previous local history books published by Arcadia Publishing since 2019, and nothing compares to the feeling when the first package of finished books are delivered to my door. All the work, research, time, love, and aggravation inContinue reading “‘Lighthouses of the Southern Atlantic and Gulf States’”

Preserving a Legacy

Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for June 2, 2025 Preserving a Legacy, The United States Lighthouse Society: For the past 40 years, the United States Lighthouse Society (USLHS) has been in the forefront of efforts to preserve this essential part of maritime heritage. The USLHS has built a comprehensive research library, both in the physicalContinue reading “Preserving a Legacy”