John Higginbotham

January 17, 2022

I Just Watched “Nelson Takes his Mother to the Top of the World Trade Center in 1986” on YouTube

Nelson Sullivan had over 1900 hours of film that he had taken over several years in New York City. There are less than 200 hours that are online. They are no longer being uploaded. After doing a little research, I found out his mother was born in 1914, which would have made her around 72 when this was taken, depending on her birthday. She died in 2012 at 98 years old. So she outlived Nelson by decades,. That’s...

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January 16, 2022

I Love Winter

I love the Snow, cold and dreary weather. I just love winter. Time seems to go a little slower… it’s just peaceful.. I love looking out my window as the snow falls. It comforts me.

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January 7, 2022

I Just Watched “Betty White Talks Sex Drive and Loss of Mickey Rooney” on YouTube

Larry King asked Betty if she feared leaving the planet? She didn’t but found it fascinating and thinks of it as another adventure. I love her attitude. This premiered when she was 92 years old in 2014. She talked highly of her husband who died in 1981. Larry King asked if she would pursue someone who was a lot younger than her. She said, “No, when you had the best, who needs the rest?” They discussed what her...

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December 23, 2021

I Just Watched “Hart Island: America’s Mass Graveyard (New York City Documentary) | Real Stories”

There are over q million people buried there, it’s not open to the public and is ran by the nyc corrections dpt. Prisoners dig the Graves. It started in the mid 1800’s. There are a lot of bodies that were unclaimed and many who they never found out who they were. Someone said they were a million people with dreams and aspirations. He spoke of the tragedy of the people. It really touched me.

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December 19, 2021

Is 2020 Now The Queen’s New Annus Horribilis? | Last Battles

I don’t get to watch very many new documentaries on the Royal Family, so this was really nice. Her first Annus Horribilis was in 1992… so the title is a play on that. I learned, that like Queen Victoria, she has written in her diary every day for 70 years. I bet there are a lot of historians who would love to get their hands on that. It was the first time I heard it said that Meghan...

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