Father-daughter team Janet Riehl & Erwin A. Thompson present “Family Stories: Prose & Poetry” on April 25th at 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room at the Hayner Library in Alton Square Mall, 132 Alton Square. Family stories shape our lives. Erwin A. Thompson and Janet Grace Riehl reflect on the power of memory…
The Hoosier Kernel, the newsletter of the Indiana Nut Growers Association, edited by J.R. McKenna (December 2009, volume 56, number 4) featured my father’s poem “Progress.” See page 8. The Indiana Nut Growers Association is part of the Northern Nut Growers Association. The placement of one of my father’s poems is quite appropriate since his…
JANET RIEHL produced her father’s newest poetry book: Worth Remembering: The Poetry of Our Heritage. ERWIN A. THOMPSON’S 360 page book received a Gold Medal at the 2009 Branson Stars and Flag book awards during Veterans Homecoming Week. This family and friends poetry anthology gives readers a slice of living history during the past 100…
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…
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…
A cozy group of old pals gathered in my father’s parlor on our home place to celebrate the birth of our newest poetry book. Visiting, a brief reading, and home baked refreshments crowned the the afternoon. In addition to Pop and me, three of the poets featured in “Worth Remembering: The Poetry of Our Heritage…
Our latest book “Worth Remembering: The Poetry of Our Heritage,” edited by my father Erwin A. Thompson is now available on-line.
Jimmy Freeman and Tommy White at the scouting jamboree. Slept in the same sleeping bag. “Color didn’t rub off either one of them.” When Jimmy returned to visit Pop he told him, “You gave me dignity. I can stand up with anyone and be proud.”
“Anchors” refers to the people in the Melville community that were the heart of it as my father Erwin A. Thompson grew up and as he listened to the stories of older generations of the legends that were our heritage. Here is a showcase of what Pop likes to call the “anchors” of the community…
Rebecca Pincas and her family hosted a gathering at the Edwardsville Library to share the labors of several yeras of hard and dedicated work. The subject: “The early history of Melville andi ts people.” Several of the old families were represented in the audience, who later became participants in the discussion of the history that…