by La Compagnie | Apr 1, 2019 | La Compagnie Blog
Thanks to Beth Hynes-Ciernia for permission to reprint her article, “Women in the Fur Trade” (La Compagnie Journal, Vol 2 No 2 (1988), page 13) in honor of Women’s History Month. The US has celebrated women’s contributions to history, culture and society...
by JackiB | Apr 23, 2018 | La Compagnie Blog
April is National Poetry Month, the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of readers, students, teachers, librarians, booksellers, publishers, poets, and, of course, bloggers marking poetry’s important place in our culture and our lives. And...
by JackiB | Apr 7, 2018 | La Compagnie Blog
There I was, about half way through my tour. I was full steam ahead into my explanation of the clerk’s role in the fur trade. A great bunch of kids . . . fourth graders, lively and inquisitive. I was on a roll. Then, BAM! I got smacked face-on by Freeman Tilden’s...
by La Compagnie | Sep 9, 2017 | La Compagnie Blog
This is the last of Tom Brennan’s “ramblings,” part 3 of 3. “How wonderful it is to be a part of this effort,” he says. How wonderful that we knew Tom. How wonderful that he shared so much of himself. We miss him and his wonderful spirit...
by La Compagnie | Mar 11, 2017 | La Compagnie Blog
In early 2009, veteran La Compagnie member Tom Brennan was confronting cancer. Thelma B encouraged him to keep at his different writing projects to help keep his mind off his health. Reminiscing about his “personal adventure of interpretation” turned out to be a...
