Category: Blog
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Thanksgiving tribute to Mary Baker Eddy
In Seattle there are several prominent historic landmarks that were inspired by Mary Baker Eddy, and whose history is associated with Thanksgiving. Originally built as Christian Science churches, these structures now serve a variety of uses. Recently I have been researching some of these buildings, who built them, why, and how. I am learning more about the branches…
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Val Kilmer raises biography to an art form with CINEMA TWAIN
Val Kilmer’s CINEMA TWAIN is unique–creative, dramatic, laugh-out-loud funny, and visually stunning. I almost forgot it was an expression of historical biography. The spirit of Mark Twain was expressed so vividly, perhaps more Twain than if it were Twain himself. It was part stand-up comedy, part reading, part theater, part performance art. The image of…
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The debate over origin of Mary Baker Eddy’s ideas
Was this woman capable of her own independent thinking? Mary Baker Eddy claimed her book Science and Health to be “hopelessly original.” She was always careful about copyright issues in her work as an author, and it took her many decades of effort before her ideas became popular and her book a bestseller. So why has there…
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Presidential elections and woman’s hour
Mary Baker Eddy and Victoria Woodhull discussion at Daystar Retirement Village Today Cindy Safronoff held a book talk for Crossing Swords: Mary Baker Eddy vs. Victoria Claflin Woodhull and the Battle for the Soul of Marriage at Daystar Retirement Village in West Seattle. It was an intimate audience of about 9 people — a mix…
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Victoria Woodhull opera live-stream broadcast tonight
Riding the momentum of Hillary Clinton’s presidential run and the current intensely polarized political atmosphere, Victoria Bond’s opera Mrs. President about Victoria Claflin Woodhull’s controversial 1872 presidential campaign will be performed tonight at the National Opera Center in New York City and broadcast world-wide over the internet. Admittedly taking artistic liberties with historical facts and characters,…
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Crossing Swords event Nov. 5 at Daystar Seattle
Daystar Retirement Village in West Seattle will host author Cindy Safronoff on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, 2:30PM as part of a history and civics-related event series leading up to the election. Safronoff will discuss her award-winning historical biography CROSSING SWORDS: Mary Baker Eddy vs. Victoria Claflin Woodhull and the Battle for the Soul of Marriage recently featured in the Boston Globe. Daystar Seattle residents,…
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Woodhull in 1872 election reenactment at St. Louis historic site
Victoria Woodhull will be included in a historic reenactment at a National Park Service historic site in the St. Louis area this weekend. Living History Weekend at the Ulysses S. Grant national historic site will feature the 1872 Presidential election, in which Victoria Woodhull made history by being the first woman to run as a third-party contender.…
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Crossing Swords makes Harvard Book Store Best Seller
Crossing Swords has made the Best Seller list at Harvard Book Store this week, along with the newest Harry Potter book and The Girl on the Train. It is currently #3 for paperbacks. Harvard Book Store is offering it at 20% this week. They take phone orders (617-661-1515) and will ship anywhere in the USA. …