LIVING HISTORY
History has held a fascination for me from a very young age. I remember being told stories of my family’s history and wanting to know …
History has held a fascination for me from a very young age. I remember being told stories of my family’s history and wanting to know …
It is clear that many of our favorite writers have a gift for using language. Whether the writer is describing a scene, expounding a truth, …
As March appears and moves through it’s days, many people living in snow country have become weary of the white stuff. Some have been dealing …
Twenty years is a considerable amount of time within someone’s “three score and ten”. When a person is twenty years old, the age of forty …
When I purchased my house 25 years ago, I learned that at one time the property had been a farm. Over the years, relatively large …
“Nonetheless, for me, twenty-five square inches of pixels cannot deliver the same sense of location as can fifteen-hundred square inches of paper road map – …
“Sleigh bells ring, are you listening?” Oops! Sorry, wrong adventure. But I could hardly help myself with that title. Seriously, winter is a great time …
Photography during the winter months is both challenging and exhilarating. Some aspects of taking pictures are easier while other aspects are exponentially more difficult, particularly …
As we move through the natural year of four seasons, we also move through the calendar year. Those two methods of reckoning time passing do …
“Merry Christmas!” That short phrase was spoken regularly in almost every personal interaction in the month of December when I was a child. Over time …
The full moon of December, sometimes called “The Full Cold Moon”, has just passed a couple of days ago. In a real rarity for where …
Now that we are fully into December, the period of major holiday gatherings has arrived. When I was younger, these parties would be called “Christmas” …