All historical references, especially American history
Today is June 6. 6/6. It is the 73rd Anniversary of D-Day, that momentous day in 1944 when the Allies invaded France to re-take Europe from Hitler's evil forces. But that's not what I remember. In June of 1966, I was a junior in high school in Seattle. I was taking a ceramics class, with …
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Remember all those who gave their lives, in defense of your Liberty.
Tomorrow is May 1, or May Day, or "Workers of the World Unite" day. In Seattle, in the everlasting spirit of the WTO Riots of 1999, various leftist student, activist, and Anarchist groups get together and march for workers' and immigrants' "rights". They normally start in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, and march down Pine Street …
On April 13, 1949, a huge 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit the Seattle area. Buildings in the downtown areas of Seattle, Tacoma, and Olympia were badly damaged. The owner of this car probably wasn't able to drive it home that day! Structures in areas of the cities built on fill were totally destroyed, and streets crumbled when …
Mount Rose is the highest point in the Washoe Range in Nevada, and the highest year-round pass in the Sierra Nevada mountains. On the highway at the summit of Mount Rose, here are the trees and rocks at the very tippy-top. On the way down the other side, when you feel like you're really on …
Ever since I returned from Cambridge, England in 1991, I have wished I could go back. There's just no other place on Earth like it. If I was told I only had a year to live, I'd pull up stakes and spend my last days in Cambridge. King's College Chapel, back side, from the River …
What is a window? It's an opening in a wall or a door, normally contains glass, and lets light into the room or building. As an opening, it is often said that the human eye is a "window into the soul". And a book, or a treatise, can be said to "open a window" into …
I am very fond of Daniel Silva's thrillers, about his Hero, Israeli Intelligence Operative (and now head honcho), Gabriel Allon. Gabriel has worked tirelessly for his country, eliminating terrorists of every stripe, all over the world. His first wife, Leah, who for years has lived in a psychiatric hospital in Israel, was made insane by …
Thanks to my Ricochet friend "Wiley", you can now access the Mexican Government's Handbook for Illegal Immigrants to the United States from Mexico. This handbook is published only in Spanish, and is available to any Mexican who thinks he can make a better living in the United States than he can in Mexico. Just FYI, …
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What do these names have in common? They are both occupations. Way back in the medieval period in England, people didn't have "family" names, since there were few enough people around. They were often known by what they did in the community. John, the miller, who owned the flour mill by the river and accepted …
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