As children, most of us viewed our fathers as part of the family unit. We were so busy creating our own social world that we did…
Author: SharLeigh
One of the oldest and shortest sporting events in the United States is held in May. The attending ladies and gentlemen are decked out in their…
Most of us check the weather reports on a regular basis. For many, the weather is an important factor in our everyday lives, especially when we…
Life goes on as usual until one word begins to loom in the horizon – you have to MOVE! That is enough to strike fear into…
On December 29, 2015 there was a swarm of earthquakes near Devore, California. The largest was a 4.3 on the Richter scale. The epicenter was seven…
Today we are 15% through the 21st century and yet these times are not the future many of us envisioned. It is a time for great…
My cousin Monica was recently asked to explain the meaning of Christmas to some people who had never heard about Jesus. This article is dedicated to…
In this often over-informed age we live in, there is now a more accurate and appropriate way to prepare the big bird for your Thanksgiving dinner.…
Construction on the iconic “White House” started in the 1790s. In 1800, John and Abigail Adams moved into the White House. Throughout its 215 years, this…
In the early nineteenth century, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, better known as the Brothers Grimm, went on a quest to collect fairy tales and folklore before…
Imagine being a kid sitting around a campfire listening to an old weathered cowboy tell you a ghost story. It happened to 12-year-old Stan Jones and…
After the Victorian Era and the Industrial Revolution there became two distinct and divided social classes in England – the rich and the very poor. Workers…
Caldera (a large basin-like depression resulting from the explosion or collapse of the center of a volcano) is the Spanish word for cauldron and it is…
From April 12, 1861 to April 9, 1865 two sovereign nations – the United States of America and the Confederate States of America – fought a…
After WW-II the “Great Generation” came home to enjoy a better life. The children born during this time were known as the “Baby Boomers”– it was…
