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Melanie Calvert Benton (a.k.a,) "Dahlia Patton"
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Published Author & Photographer. Wife of Retired SMS E-8 who was a Survival Instructor
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You must come to Wisconsin for the big Reclaiming Our Heritage (http://www.rohmilwaukee.org/) event at the Soldiers Home in the historic district of the Milwaukee VA. It is one of the original three Soldiers homes signed into law by President Lincol…
Thanks Donald for the wonderful compliment! Love the uniform. Best, Melanie
Drew Gilpin Faust is currently the President of Harvard College. She has written extensively on the Confederacy and particularly regarding the mores of the South.
I have Gr. Grands on both sides.
Welcome to the world of those who search the meaning…
My search for any civil war relatives started over three months ago. I wanted to become a member of the UDC ( United Daughters of the Confederacy) because I am a Southern woman by birth and because of the fact I write about and photograph civil war…
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- I am a published professional author and photographer. I am the wife of retired SMS E-8 Gary L. Benton, (aka) W R Benton the western fiction author.
- Interests and hobbies
- I love to deer hunt, fish, camping, outdoor photography, I love working with children and adults, but mostly mentoring children. I work along side my husband writing outdoors articles and books about the Old West and the Civil War era.
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- Melanie Calvert Benton, (aka) “Melanie D. Calvert,” “Dahlia Patton” is a retired respiratory care practitioner who now works with her first loves, photography and writing. While running a successful photography business for years, she only recently turned to writing a novel through the urgings of her husband Western Fiction Writer W.R. Benton. Melanie’s photography has appeared on the covers of all four of Mister Benton’s "The Drum Series" and soon will be gracing her own books. Her first historical novel, "A Southern Moon Rising," was released in July 2008.
An avid outdoorswoman, she enjoys deer hunting, fishing, camping, Citizen Band Radio and of course, outdoor photography. She prefers the smell of wood smoke, the crackling of a fire late at night, and the serenity of nature, to a fast-paced life in a big city. Melanie is a supporter for empowering women from all walks of life. Born and raised in Mississippi, most of it on a farm, she is a true Southern Belle.
She may be reached at:
· Her Photography website is: http:www.visualimpressionsphotography.net
· Her Western site : www.melaniedcalvert.com
· Her Blog: www.myspace.com/ladyfox250 www.myspace.com/dahliapatton
Her accomplishments include:
· Book cover artist for western - fiction writer W. R. Benton's "The Drum Series" http://www.wrbenton.net
· Member of the: Jackson Photographic Society,
· Member: “Go Red For Women” ( American Heart Association)
* I support the “Make A Wish” foundation for children with life threatening diseases
· Member: Southern Writers Group,
· Member: Southern Humorist Writers Group
· Writer for: Women Anglers & Hunters Too!
* Member: Mississippi Wildlife Federation
* Member of: “Roughing It” ( outdoor site) www.roughingit.ning.com
· Member: Mississippi Writers Guild.
· Associated with the Western Writers of America through W. R. Benton
. Member: Women Writing the West www.womenwritingthewest.org
· 11 year Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultant www.maykay.com/mcalvert
· Published in the North American Hunting Club Cook Book "Prizes Of Autumn " for "Melanie's Venison Roast"
. Listed under: www.authorsden.com/melaniedcalvert
. Melanie is a 2008 Mentor nominee for a Strong Woman Award, sponsored by: Mississippi Baptist Health Systems, Lifetime Television For Women and Comcast spotlight.
· Featured in 2006 & 2007 on WLBT's " Midday Mississippi " with host Wilson Stribling
· Featured in July 2006 and 2007 on "Listen To The Eagle" with host Paul Ott Carruth
· Recognized in the April 2007 issue of "Today’s Mississippi Woman" magazine for as an outstanding Mississippi woman
· Her photos published in "Mississippi Magazine's" September/ October 2006 issue along with Anne McKee's article "Author ! Author!"
. Melanie’s article, “Down On The Old Farm (Reaching For The Stars’ published in the
June 2008 issue of “Desoto” magazine.
Melanie’s article, “The Boat That Wouldn’t Float” published in the Oxford SO & SO’s
March- April 2008 issue
. Featured blogger for the Clarion-Ledger’s website, “Outdoors” section.
www.clarionledger.com
. Writer for an Outdoors women site: OutdoorEnvy www.outdoorenvy.com
. Blogger/ writer for Family, Fish and Game www.familyfishandgame.com/
. Photographer for Bert Carruth’s new music cd cover www.listentotheeagle.com
***Her photography along with "The Drum Series" artwork endorsed by Mississippi State Senator Terry Burton. and Mississippi conservationist, television personality and songwriter : Paul Ott Carruth ***
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Memorial Day Tribute: "Remembering William"
My search for any civil war relatives started over three months ago. I wanted to become a member of the UDC ( United Daughters of the Confederacy) because I am a Southern woman by birth and because of the fact I write about and photograph civil war reenactments. The journey started out like any other, finding those facts that would associate me with a family member who served as a Confederate soldier. After speaking with my uncle Gary Calvert, I visited the Mississippi Department of Archives and… Continue
Posted on May 24, 2009 at 5:55pm — 3 Comments
Are You Physically Fit To Hunt?
I waited a few days to post this entry, because I didn't know exactly how to bring up the topic of being physically fit for the upcoming deer season. I, myself cannot wait to get out into the woods, hoping for that elusive buck to come my way and try to harvest him. I love,live and breathe for deer season, but alas I am getting older and in past years I didn't worry about my health as much as I now. I am nearing fifty and have a few health concerns and my body reminds me about it everyday.
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Posted on October 18, 2008 at 6:08pm —
How to Prepare for the Coming Depression
I'm no financial expert, anyone with access to my bank statements would quickly
agree, but I see rough times ahead for all Americans. With the uncertainty of
the stock market, home foreclosures, and with most food, along with gasoline, prices
rising, it's time for us to take steps to assure our survival during the uncertain
times ahead.
In event of the total collapse of our economy, which I pray will not
happen, things will turn rough as the "have nots" search for those that
"have." Law and ord… Continue
agree, but I see rough times ahead for all Americans. With the uncertainty of
the stock market, home foreclosures, and with most food, along with gasoline, prices
rising, it's time for us to take steps to assure our survival during the uncertain
times ahead.
In event of the total collapse of our economy, which I pray will not
happen, things will turn rough as the "have nots" search for those that
"have." Law and ord… Continue
Posted on October 18, 2008 at 6:04pm —
Comment Wall (1 comment)
- At 4:17pm on October 19, 2008,
Ed Autry said… - I very much enjoyed my visit to the SimpleSurvival website and am sending the URL to another Air Force (retired) friend.
I do have interest in survival (emergency preparedness) from several perspectives.
1. I've already implemented the food storage aspect as called for on Gary's website. You know what? For the life of me I simply cannot figure out why, just before an impending disaster, people crowd the grocery stores... hoping there's still food on the shelves. What I can't figure out is... not why they do it, but the fact that they are doing it AGAIN, because that's exactly what they did the LAST TIME just before an impending disaster. This means they didn't 'wise up' and start establishing a consistant plan of food storage.
2. Two years ago, in the subdivision where I used to live, I established a CERT Team (I see has a Community Emergency Response Team CD available on Gary's website.). I think every community should establish a CERT Team, so they will have the training to be an effective rescuer.
3. Something else to be remembered in survival is that you don't have to survive alone. When the power is out and the Cell Phone towers are jammed or down, you've planned ahead and turn on your Ham Radio (either battery or solar powered) and you are able to connect with others. (Yes... I'm also a Ham Radio operator: KC0YSS )
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