“I had gone to bed one night, but could not sleep. My father was constantly in my mind. I seemed…
I'd like to introduce you to an extraordinary life, that of the pleasant-looking young woman in the portrait above Jane…
History’s ironies never cease to amaze me. The same day that Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, on January 1,…
While the question of immigration is on the boil in America, and while the current season is one that should…
The genus of Artemisia, consisting of over two hundred mostly aromatic plants was named in honor of the sister and…
Words like cold-blooded, venomous, slithery, and cunning come to mind. Not very many living creatures hold such a place of…
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (1800-1842) also known by her Objibwa name, which is translated as "Woman of the Sound the Stars…
"That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." It was July 20, 1969 and those words,…
I admit, I am very pro-Thanksgiving. What's not to like about Turkey Day? On what other holiday can we get…
Homesteaders often enjoy looking back and learning how the old-timers did things. We look back at their lives as not…
I was reading through some old books looking for information on this and that, when I came across THIS: maggots…
A couple weeks ago I was vacationing in the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest National Parks that adjoin in western…