It’s more than a holiday. It’s more than a day for picnics and parties, for days at the beach. It is more than barbecues. It is a day to remember, and to honor those who have given their lives for their country. It is a day to realize and to understand the cost of war, [...]
It was my second trip to Colonial Williamsburg, and I felt as if I couldn’t soak in enough. I love the place, everything about it, but most of all, it is the History I love. It would take a life time to see it all, and the rolling farmland so full of history captured my [...]
December 13 is St. Lucia Day, but it is also the day many remember the life and death of St. Herman of Alaska. I’d never heard of him until this year, but he truly led a fascinating life. He was one of the few who brought the gospel to Alaska over 200 years [...]
This article, published in the Ladies Home Journal in 1900, is quite the read! Apparently they thought that due to better health care, the average lifespan would move from 35 up to 55. Transportation on the bus would cost only one cent. And…well, you’ll have to read it.
We found pottery roof tiles, thick pottery oven lining, and the occasional mosaic piece. Oh, and I found part of a ring-shaped pottery stand for pointy-bottomed pots. Meanwhile, the excitable young man hit the jackpot: he found not one, but two coins in his drain! Tiny, slightly irregularly shaped coins no bigger than the tip [...]
