Photo Credit Chocolate; what’s not to like? Chocolate, one of the best-loved foods in the world didn’t start out that way. Chocolate was once viewed only as food for the Gods and Royalty…it was said that if a commoner ingested it he’d be cursed, maybe die from it or terrible events would befall him and […]
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Disappearing Clydesdales
Photo Credit America/Clydesdale Love Affair What’s happening with the disappearing Clydesdales? Let’s take a trip back in the history of the beloved American icon, the Budweiser Clydesdale horses. The American love affair with Budweiser Clydesdale Horses began on April 7,1933. August A. Busch Sr. presented a gift to his father , August A. Busch Jr., […]
Dying To Be Healthy
Dying To Be Healthy In 1910, Earl Edward Erdman, a City of Seattle Civil Engineer had a good life. Still, he had a few aches and pains and became convinced that through the process of fasting, bodily toxins would be removed. Erdman was dying to be healthy, he wanted happiness and a long rewarding life. […]
What Killed Edgar Allan Poe?
The Mystery Begins On the night of October 3, 1849 a man described as “delirious,” and “in great distress…in need of immediate assistance,” was found wandering the streets of Baltimore, Maryland. He was taken to Washington College Hospital, where he died 4 days later. This began an American mystery: What killed Edgar Allan Poe? […]
The Celestial Bed
The Temple of Health, Royal Terrace of the Adelphi In 1781 London, childless couples paid to spend a night together in the Celestial Bed in the Temple of Health, Royal Terrace of the Adelphi. The fee ranged up to 500 pounds, payable to one Dr. John Graham, a physician from Edinburgh, Scotland. He was a […]
The Story of Arlington
Photo Credit The Story of Arlington During the Civil War many southern landowners lost the rights to their home and property, due to a law enacted by a Union Congress that allowed the North to levy taxes on property that fell into their hands. Since the landowners were unable to cross lines to pay […]
I Am A Veteran
I Am A Veteran I am proud to say I am a veteran, having served in the United States Women’s Army Corps during the Vietnam War era, from 1968 through 1972. I was never in country, but there were those women who DID have duty in Vietnam. The first woman to be assigned to the […]
The Family I Never Knew
Photo is from my family album William Thomas and Lucinda Brown My Grandparents on my Father’s side This is the story of The Family I Never Knew…my father’s family. This photo was left to me by my sister who passed away in 2010. It shows my paternal grandparents, William Thomas and Lucinda Brown. I […]
Irish Soda Bread
Photo Credit Irish Soda Bread Recipe Happy St. Patrick’s Day and Good Eating! Yes, it’s that time of year again, when we celebrate being Irish, even when we aren’t! But the Irish believe everyone is a “wee bit Irish,” on St. Patrick’s Day, so we can all enjoy the fun! One of the […]
When Character Was King
Photo Credit A Story of Ronald Reagan “When Character Was King – A Story of Ronald Reagan,” one of my favorite biographical books, was written by Peggy Noonan, a special assistant and speech writer to President Reagan from 1984 to 1986. After that year, she left Washington for New York to author her […]