“In this noble and Ancient place, once palace to our count-kings, I offer you all I have brought together in a life ruled by the passion of Art” – Frederic Marés Museums. I love to visit museums. There is such excitement in seeing history, and what some other person has viewed as interesting. My parentsContinue reading “Let’s exhibit my love for museums”
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“…and you wise men don’t know how it feels…To be as thick as a brick.” – Ian Anderson
It is said that Emperor Augustus found Rome “As a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.” Steve Jobs said “Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.” Zig Zigler said “Big things are built one brick at a time.” I have a few books and aContinue reading ““…and you wise men don’t know how it feels…To be as thick as a brick.” – Ian Anderson”
This artist is a real tweet to see
I just received a book, a gift from a very close friend. It is a beautiful edition of “The Birds of America” by John James Audubon. This copy was printed in 2022 by Prestel Publishers. I am very thankful for this gift. In grade school, a schoolmate’s mother had a copy of this book, andContinue reading “This artist is a real tweet to see”
“A Noiseless Flash”*
“At exactly fifteen minutes past eight in the morning, on August 6, 1945, Japanese time, at the moment when the atomic bomb flashed above Hiroshima, Miss Toshiko Sasaki, a clerk in the personnel department of the East Asia Tin Works, had just sat down at her place in the plant office and was turning herContinue reading ““A Noiseless Flash”*”
December 28 “What president is buried at Washington National Cathedral?”
December 28th, 1856, Woodrow Wilson was born. Woodrow Wilson was our 28th president, after being president of Princeton University, and Governor of New Jersey. His first wife died while he was president, and he remarried. He believed in segregation, and in his early life did not push womens rights. He started the League of Nations,Continue reading “December 28 “What president is buried at Washington National Cathedral?””
September 27 “Like a teepee and a Wigwam…I was too tense”
September 27th is American Indian Day, the fourth Friday in September. My dad was an avid reader and student of Indian history and art. He spent a summer in his youth living in at a reservation in New Mexico. When we traveled, if there were Indian artifacts in a museum, or buildings and mounds, weContinue reading “September 27 “Like a teepee and a Wigwam…I was too tense””
July 30 “a new era in colonial government”
The Jamestown settlemant in Virginia was the first permanent English settlemant in America. I have a great book that tells of the Virginia colony’s beginnings. Once again, I lean on my collection of Landmark Books, for their American history and stories. This one is “Pocahontas and Captain John Smith: the Story of the Virginia Colony”Continue reading “July 30 “a new era in colonial government””
April 21-27 ‘a penny for your thoughts’
April 21-April 27 is National Coin Week. I have several books on coin collecting and identification. “Modern World Coins, 1850-1950” by R.S. Yeoman, 1974, and “Coins of the World, 1750 to 1850” by W.C. Craig, 1971. They have helped me with some figuring out of coins. I have collected coins from friends, and from variousContinue reading “April 21-27 ‘a penny for your thoughts’”
January 8 ‘whole world in his hands’
Today is Earth Rotation Day. It is said that the Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours. If you were looking at Earth from the North Star, Earth would be spinning counter clockwise. When you visualize the above, you are picturing Earth as a globe, so I am showcasing several books I have on globes. The firstContinue reading “January 8 ‘whole world in his hands’”
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