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Blog Posts about My Family

Whose Eyes

June 22nd, 2025 by Sallie Bingham in My Family 4 Comments

Photo of Ernest Hemingway with two sailfish

Yesterday, as I was walking through my garden admiring the play of early light on leaves and flowers, I looked up at the old trellis and found two eyes staring at me.

In My Family Ernest Hemingway William Bingham Iovenko

Boy Books

May 28th, 2025 by Sallie Bingham in My Family 2 Comments

Cover of The Boy's Kind Arthur by Sidney Lanier

However they came to me, I’m eternally grateful for these books for they gave me the inspiration for my sense of daring—”chivalry”—that has stood me in good stead my whole life.

In My Family Children's Stories

My Friendship Quilt (2025)

May 18th, 2025 by Sallie Bingham in My Family, Kentucky 1 Comment

Photo of antique friendship quilt

On the question of continuity.

In My Family, Kentucky Friends

Remembering Gardens

March 19th, 2025 by Sallie Bingham in My Family 1 Comment

Yellow daffodil centerpiece on table

Now as spring slowly, very slowly, arrives here in the southern Rockies with what may be the last snowfall of the season just a week behind us, I’m reminded of all the spring gardens I’ve enjoyed, beginning with Easter in Kentucky.

In My Family My Garden gardening Mary Clifford Caperton Bingham

Nigerian Leaper

January 12th, 2025 by Sallie Bingham in My Family, Politics 2 Comments

Photo of Jimmy Carters coffin

Wherever you are as you read this, however disturbed and disheartened by the condition of our country, remember the Nigerian Leaper.

In My Family, Politics Jimmy Carter

On the Cusp

December 22nd, 2024 by Sallie Bingham in My Family Leave a Comment

Photo of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale performing

My excitement leading up to Christmas Day was so powerful it hurt, and I dimly felt that I was excited in a way that couldn’t be easily resolved.

In My Family Christmas

My Mother’s Nightgown

November 10th, 2024 by Sallie Bingham in My Family, Politics Leave a Comment

My mother's nightgown

Wednesday as we were reeling from the aftereffects of the election, my dear sister Eleanor sent me a care package.

In My Family, Politics Men 2024 Election Mary Clifford Caperton Bingham Donald Trump

The Secret in the Persimmon Seed

October 27th, 2024 by Sallie Bingham in My Family, Kentucky 3 Comments

Photo of the Derby Clock in Louisville

I remember my father, at the end of a long family trip to Europe, exclaiming with delight as we drove home: “Still the most beautiful place in the world!”

In My Family, Kentucky Louisville

My Next Book After My Next Book

September 18th, 2024 by Sallie Bingham in Writing, My Family Leave a Comment

Black and white photo of Etowah Cliffs mansion

How fortunate I am to have access to this incredibly rich trove of letters! Now that letter writing is at an end, there will be no more such collections.

In Writing, My Family Taken by the Shawnee How Daddy Lost His Ear and Other Stories The Blue Box

Clifford

September 11th, 2024 by Sallie Bingham in My Family 1 Comment

Hand-painted watercolor of a bouquet of flowers

Writing to “My Dear Mary”—her niece and my mother—in 1954, Rose Caperton explained that the three leather-bound books she was sending had belonged to Mary’s great-great-great grandmother.

In My Family The Blue Box Taken by the Shawnee Caroline Clifford Nephew Rose Caperton

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Taken By The Shawnee

Taken By The Shawnee

July 6th, 2025
Sallie Bingham introduces and reads from her latest work, Taken by the Shawnee.
Visiting Linda Stein

Visiting Linda Stein

March 3rd, 2025
Back on October 28th, 2008, I visited artist Linda Stein's studio in New York City and tried on a few of her handmade suits of armor.

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Rebecca Reynolds & Salie Bingham at SOMOS

Rebecca Reynolds & Salie Bingham at SOMOS

November 8th, 2024
This event was recorded November 1, 2024 in Taos, NM at SOMOS Salon & Bookshop by KCEI Radio, Red River/Taos and broadcast on November 8, 2024.
Taken by the Shawnee Reading

Taken by the Shawnee Reading

September 1st, 2024
This reading took place at The Church of the Holy Faith in Santa Fe, New Mexico in August of 2024.

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SOMOS Salon & Bookshop
Taos MO
Sep 23
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How Daddy Lost His Ear – Garcia Street Books

Garcia Street Books
Santa Fe NM
Sep 30
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How Daddy Lost His Ear – The Church of the Holy Faith

The Church of the Holy Faith
Santa Fe NM
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Sallie Bingham's latest is a captivating account of ancestor's ordeal
Pasatiempo, The Santa Fe New Mexican

“I felt she was with me” during the process of writing the book, Bingham says. “I felt I wasn’t writing anything that would have seemed to her false or unreal.”

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