It has been pointed out to me that there’s a lot we don’t know about the people who came before us. How — why — they dressed and spoke and related to each other as people in their society. We… Read More ›
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SIDEWALK WARS – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I never really gave sidewalks much thought. If I had thought about them at all, I would have imagined they had always existed, which is only partially true. The first sidewalks came into being around 2000 B.C. – a millennium… Read More ›
HOLLIDAY, EARP, AND MASTERSON – Marilyn Armstrong
Everyone knows the story of Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and the OK Corral. It’s possibly the most iconic story out of the “wild west.” But there are many more stories yet untold. I’ve been following the trail of this one for a… Read More ›
YOU CAN’T BUILD A FUTURE ON HATE – Marilyn Armstrong
When I moved to Israel in 1979, I thought I knew something. After all, I read books, I knew the history. After I had lived there for 9 years, I realized I knew nothing at all. There is SO much… Read More ›
NOT THE NEST – Marilyn Armstrong
The Jonestown Massacre 41st Anniversary – FOWC with Fandango — Not the Nest I usually post this story every year on its anniversary. It has two anniversaries: the anniversary of the predicted apocalypse (July 17th) and the actual apocalypse (November… Read More ›
IF IT WASN’T ABOUT SLAVERY, WHAT WAS IT ABOUT? – Marilyn Armstrong
I have been a-wandering in a strange, alternative universe called Facebook. It’s a place where anyone’s opinion is as good as anyone else’s. At some point yesterday evening I stumbled into a heated exchange about the Civil War. That it was… Read More ›
NO ESCAPE AND NOWHERE TO RUN – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Escape A lot of my post this morning are quotes from “The Washington Post.” Why, you might ask, since I’m a born and bred New Yorker living in New England and Boston for more than 30 years,… Read More ›
TOO LATE LEGAL – Marilyn Armstrong
“Have you considered marijuana?” floated past me on the conversational breeze. It was my previous cardiologist speaking. Was I in the Twilight Zone? No, he was merely suggesting pot might be a good drug. For me. It would deal with… Read More ›
AMERICA IN 140 WORDS – Marilyn Armstrong
The original Revolution was mostly about money, like all wars. Especially about taxes on tea, which was huge until we discovered coffee. Also, who should pay what and to whom. We believed we should keep all the money. King George felt otherwise. We offered to… Read More ›
THEY WROTE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WITH A QUILL
Written with a quill pen, the founding documents of the United States. On parchment. Before rolling writers and ballpoints — or even fountain pens — there were quill pens. Goose feathers, though I imagine those without available geese worked with… Read More ›
STANDING ON THE ACHING SHOULDERS OF THE PAST – Marilyn Armstrong
Don’t you absolutely love pithy quotes? They always get me thinking either because I agree with it, or because I don’t. Today I went wandering down the mental pathways of history because someone repeated something I’ve heard a million times… Read More ›
TODAY IS THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY – Marilyn Armstrong
You sure wouldn’t know it by what’s on television. Not a single movie, documentary or anything. We watched “Oh, What a Lovely War” with a chaser of “The Americanization of Emily.” Garry scoured the listings, but no channel is showing… Read More ›
