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Fortunate Gold Award Trip to Branson (“Worth Remembering: Poetry of Our Heritage”)
Byriehlifegrace November 14, 2009

Our trip as a family to Branson to claim Pop’s Gold Medal Award turned out to be a fortunate trip. The first night we dined at a Chinese Restaurant. Our fortune cookies told us: My father Erwin A. Thompson: “Your short term goal will soon be realized.” My brother Gary Thompson: “Don’t worry about the…

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Gold Medal Award goes to…”Worth Remembering: The Poetry of Our Heritage”
Byriehlifegrace October 31, 2009November 14, 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, POP! My father, Erwin A. Thompson, turns 94 this November 9th. What could make a better birthday present than winning an award for a book you put a lifetime of heart into? That’s just what happened when his poetry book “Worth Remembering: The Poetry of Our Heritage–a family and friends poetry anthology and…

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