http://chrisbarton.info/blog/2009/02/happy-whackercentennial.html I'm having the time of my life writing for children and teenagers, from goofy picture books to painstakingly researched nonfiction. Here, you can read more about me, my books, and my in-person visits with young readers. Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:45:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://chrisbarton.info/blog/2009/02/happy-whackercentennial.html/comment-page-1#comment-2226 Bartography » Blog Archive » A Bartography Sampler Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:08:22 +0000 http://chrisbarton.info/blog/2009/02/happy-whackercentennial.html#comment-2226 [...] those of you stopping by my blog for the first time, welcome! This month, I celebrated my grandfather Whacker’s centennial, considered my good fortune to live in the Texas [...] [...] those of you stopping by my blog for the first time, welcome! This month, I celebrated my grandfather Whacker’s centennial, considered my good fortune to live in the Texas [...]

]]> http://chrisbarton.info/blog/2009/02/happy-whackercentennial.html/comment-page-1#comment-1403 Vivian Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:22:01 +0000 http://chrisbarton.info/blog/2009/02/happy-whackercentennial.html#comment-1403 Chris, What a great story. Your grandparents are such a kick--having these recordings must make you feel like they are still with you. Chris,
What a great story. Your grandparents are such a kick–having these recordings must make you feel like they are still with you.

]]> http://chrisbarton.info/blog/2009/02/happy-whackercentennial.html/comment-page-1#comment-1400 Erin Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:09:20 +0000 http://chrisbarton.info/blog/2009/02/happy-whackercentennial.html#comment-1400 Chris, I love that you had a grandfather whose nickname was Whacker, and I had a grandfather whose nickname was Spud. And their wives were both spitfires, sounds like! (You'd have to be, with husbands like that.) Chris, I love that you had a grandfather whose nickname was Whacker, and I had a grandfather whose nickname was Spud. And their wives were both spitfires, sounds like! (You’d have to be, with husbands like that.)

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