Monday music, 12.7.09

Sometimes, prose becomes poetry. In history, there are those small pieces of oratory that encapsulate a moment, words that transport Continue reading →

Monday music, 11.30.09

Do you remember when you first went away without your children? And it seemed as if every single person you Continue reading →

Happy New Year, redux

Check the date — I’ll wait. And I’m not talking Rosh Hashana (happy year 5770, anyway)! Although the Jewish High Continue reading →

History & Heroes

This summer, living in Gettysburg, I walk past a wayside marker just about every day. That in itself isn’t particularly Continue reading →

Past Perfect

I have to say today is a mixed bag for invaders 🙂 On June 18, 1815, Napoleon lost the battle Continue reading →

blast from the past Thursday/6.4.09

1919: Congress passed the 19th Amendment So, 143 years after mankind is granted the right to “life, liberty & so Continue reading →

blast from the past Thursday/5.28.09

1754 — the French & Indian War gets “hot” In an encounter that perhaps should not have happened, George Washington Continue reading →

Thursday “blast from the past”/5.21.09

I thought it would be fun to take a day do a few “on this day in history” moments. My Continue reading →