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It was an experience that choked me up. It still does. Last year, 2 older men flanked their 98-year-old father, tucking their arms...
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Michelle Dean
- Oct 30, 2021
- 2 min
Break out the Champagne! We did it
Today, on October 29, 2021, With a UNANIMOUS vote the National Review Board affirmed Popes Museum to be on the National Register of...
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Michelle Dean
- Jan 17, 2021
- 2 min
Hallmark Moments
One of the benefits in having a 13-year-old daughter and a sentimental husband is hearing them watch Hallmark movies together. When I...
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Michelle Dean
- May 29, 2020
- 4 min
Why Elopements Could be the Perfect Fit
Elope? That involves a young couple, hand in hand, running across a moonlit field, via a hastily made escape rope made of bed sheets...
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Michelle Dean
- Jan 19, 2020
- 2 min
"Something Old, Something New..."
Having a fresh approach toward the "old and new" is what brides recognize at Popes Museum Farm.
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Michelle Dean
- Nov 11, 2019
- 2 min
A Word To Our Veterans
To the Family Members of: Olin C. Atkins Lawson F. Bryant Willie H. Collins Harvey Hester Morea A. Golden...
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Michelle Dean
- May 24, 2019
- 2 min
To Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II
Michelle Dean 192 Popes Store Road Ochlocknee, GA 31773 United States of America May 20, 2019 Her Majesty the Queen, Buckingham Palace,...
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Michelle Dean
- Jul 12, 2018
- 4 min
Our Vision
News of infighting, just like family conflict, usually get more attention than what is appropriate. Too often, discontented voices...
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Michelle Dean
- Jul 6, 2018
- 3 min
An Open Letter to Grady County
There are 2 American flags waving outside my front gate at Popes Museum. These banners stand as sentries, pointing toward the character...
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Michelle Dean
- May 23, 2018
- 3 min
Checkmating the Facts with Vision
When I walked through the petite French doors of Pope’s Museum, it wasn’t the odor of three years being closed up and the ill treatment...
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Michelle Dean
- Mar 1, 2018
- 3 min
Chill Hours
If you have been following my blog this year you know that we have been refurbishing Popes Museum, the home of artist Laura Pope Forester....
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Michelle Dean
- Feb 26, 2018
- 3 min
If the Ceiling has Urine Stains, Is God Involved?
It has been a tough last few weeks on the Popes Store remodeling journey. Or has it? Here are the facts. While putting in a ceiling fan...
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Michelle Dean
- Feb 24, 2018
- 1 min
Patio Ponderings (3 of 3)
The patio is done for now. Yes I am aware of the dips and puddles in it. Yes, I am aware that some bricks have to be relaid. Yes, I am...
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Michelle Dean
- Feb 24, 2018
- 2 min
Patio Ponderings (2 of 3)
If you have been following my blogs you know that I began uncovering a 33 x 24 foot patio: Going from winter to spring in this yard, I...
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Michelle Dean
- Feb 24, 2018
- 1 min
Patio Ponderings (1 of 3)
I uncovered a patio this month. Literally that is what I found --- a 33x24 foot patio . After years of dirt piling upon it, this gem of...
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Michelle Dean
- Feb 23, 2018
- 3 min
Bones and remodeling
Scattered over our main house are sinks, light fixtures, and cabinets. There are giant holes in walls and tools throughout the main...
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Michelle Dean
- Feb 21, 2018
- 2 min
Embers of Truth
We purchased this 1894 house only 6 months ago. While my husband and I plan on raising our family here in what we hope will become a...
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Michelle Dean
- Feb 20, 2018
- 3 min
Thrilled by the rosebush until...
Does anyone else get excited by finding something unexpected? Something of value found for the first time'? I found 2 rosebushes hidden...
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