Mimi Garneau: First Woman to Swallow a Neon Sword
A tribute today to sideshow artiste Mimi Garneau (Hazel Kirk Thomas,1890-1986). Here’s one I believe I have some kinship to, somewhere in the distant past. Her father was a Welsh coal miner; one of my great-grandmothers was also a Thomas with roots in Wales. Mimi’s dad settled in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, which is where Mimi was […]