George Colburn

Detroit Native, Historian, Documentarian, Writer, Traveler, Foodie, Husband, Father, Grandfather, Dog and Cat Lover, Sports Fan, esp. the MSU Spartans.

[George Colburn @GeorgeColburn1]

While I was at the Eisenhower Memorial dedication in Washington, D.C. last week, all I could think of was "what the hell happened to our nation?" Not Trump, but our nation.....I am puzzled by the decline in basic decency among so many. And does "decline" means "the fall" nears?

[George Colburn @GeorgeColburn1]

I have a sign in my office - PERSEVERANCE . It first when up while a grad student in the late 1960s. It is what it takes - to get a Ph.D. and to live by your words for six decades.

[George Colburn @GeorgeColburn1]

@PetoskeyMuseum I can't wait to get into the museum to look at your pix from this era.

[George Colburn @GeorgeColburn1]

@RachelBrougham What is your cool dog? Is the dog new, or old? Big or small? It took us years to replace our young and cool little dog who was killed by a car with a new old BIG dog that we doubt will ever be cool. But, we are no longer dogless....and that is cool.

[Petoskey News-Review @petoskeynews]

During Enbridge's rock and soil sampling expedition in the Straits of Mackinac, part of a drill rod became lodged in the lakebed. Enbridge waited two months — until the sampling work was done — to tell anyone. https://t.co/R8VICQjcjF

[George Colburn @GeorgeColburn1]

The 25th anniversary of the Robert Emmet Society scholarship for North Central Michigan College (NCMC) students in Petoskey, MI takes place on Dec. 7 at the City Park Grill in downtown Petoskey. Social hour and music at 6 p.m. Visit https://t.co/Jwmg6UI79m. Public is welcome.

[George Colburn @GeorgeColburn1]

@BrandonHubbard Hey, Brandon, we need your help in "resurrecting" the Robert Emmet Society scholarship. Might you be able to be in Petoskey eve. of Dec. 7?
No competition in 2019. The 2020 competition begins in Jan.
George Colburn
No longer retired as head chieftain of RES

[George Colburn @GeorgeColburn1]

@hwbrands What a nice blurb. Let me know when you are coming this way (Great Lakes region). I hope to be in Austin for the annual gathering of the National Council for Social Studies. But, TBD. Much running around here, too. "Hero" is previewing nicely - PA, MI, CA so far. GEORGE

[George Colburn @GeorgeColburn1]

YOUNG HEMINGWAY & HIS ENDURING EDEN will screen at the Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay, on Sunday and Monday, Nov. 2 and 3.
On Sunday the 2nd, the doors open at 4 for a 430 p.m. presentation by Christopher Struble, President of Michigan Hemingway Society, and producer George Colburn

[George Colburn @GeorgeColburn1]

@BrandonHubbard Good day, Brandon. Need to hear from you. Robert Emmet Society scholarship needs to be saved. Your help sought. Best wishes. GAC

[George Colburn @GeorgeColburn1]

Very pleased to announce that my new documentary about young Ernie Hemingway's summers in Michigan, "Young Hemingway & His Enduring Eden," will be in a new 4-part series called MICHIGAN MAVERICKS coming to the Bay Community Theatre in Suttons Bay on Nov. 3-4.

[George Colburn @GeorgeColburn1]

Summer is still Hemingway Time "up north" - and fun is what Hemingway was looking for when he went to Horton Bay.
Check out the young Hemingway celebration at the General Store starting at 5 p.m. in the General Store. Red Fox Inn will be open, too. "Young Hemingway" film @ 7.

[George Colburn @GeorgeColburn1]

@hwbrands The going is slow here, too. Trying to get Ike ready for V-E Day + 75 years. Good luck to the rebels. George

[George Colburn @GeorgeColburn1]

If you live in northern Michigan and have cable TV service from SPECTRUM, you can find C-Span at Channel 998. Its Book TV channel is 997. Its third channel is 996, American History TV @cspanhistory, where my interest is. Yes, it is almost off the chart. Its ID name is CPN3H.

[George Colburn @GeorgeColburn1]

Finally discovered where C-Span resides on SPECTRUM. Our provider is NOT doing viewers any favors in finding our programming on the Navajo Code Talkers (Saturdays, 2 p.m. EDT). Go to Channel 996. This is the C-Span's American History Channel on weekends @cspanhistory.

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So true, so sad....

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Opinion: There is no bottom. Republicans show they’ll defend just about anything Trump does. https://t.co/OchWYheZug

[George Colburn @GeorgeColburn1]

Create a more humane world.

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Japan's population is shrinking fast. What can be done to encourage people to have more babies?
https://t.co/ZGFPFfu9uQ

[George Colburn @GeorgeColburn1]

It won't take your mind off all that bad stuff out there, but I thought a couple minutes of northern Michigan might be a decent break.
https://t.co/Ah3G9NjFwm @GeorgeColburn1

[George Colburn @GeorgeColburn1]

@hightechhigh Contemporary Learning Systems, Inc. is happy to report that our 20-minute film about the March DL conference at HTH is now completed....and available on our DL/PBL course website, https://t.co/jKE0yZEK9p. GEORGE A. COLBURN, Exec. Producer

[George Colburn @GeorgeColburn1]

Time marches on. Showing a preview rough edit of my 10th and final film on Dwight D. Eisenhower on Oct. 7 in Washington, DC, to veterans of Ike's Supreme Headquarters team, 1943 - 45. A great honor for me. Only a few remain.