Investigate Or Die Of A Heart Attack?
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Sunday, January 10, 2021
Saturday, January 9, 2021
50 Dollars Is 50 Dollars
Every summer in early August, Earl took his wife Eunice to the state fair, and every year he would say to her, “Eunice, you know that I’d love to go for a ride in that helicopter.” But Eunice would always reply, “I know that Earl, but that helicopter ride is 50 dollars and 50 dollars is 50 dollars.”... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, January 7, 2021
A Look Back At That Memorable January Day In 1892 For One Irish Family
Ellis Island accepted its first new arrivals on New Year’s Day 1892 when the steamship Nevada arrived with 124 passengers from Europe. At 10:30 a.m. on New Year’s Day, a flag on Ellis Island was dipped three times as a signal to transport the first boatload of immigrants. A chorus of foghorns,... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Just Imagine What the Size Of Her Stimulus Check Would Be Today
The Guinness World Record for most children born to one mother goes to Valentina Vassilyev, the wife of a Russian peasant Feodor Vassilyev. She gave birth to 69 babies total in her lifetime. She lived to be 76 and, between 1725 and 1765, she had 69 children that included 16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
When He Wouldn't Listen And You Went 600 Miles In the Wrong Direction
How many times did I say we should stop and ask for directions, but no, you said you didn’t need any, and now look, we flew 600 miles in the wrong direction”! “I know, I know...I heard you the first time”! Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, January 4, 2021
A Powerful Healer Of The Many Things That Ail Humans
It is an old-world superstition that if you sleep under the sacred Peepal aka Bodhi fig tree at night that you may be haunted by a ghost or visited by a witch. There are a lot of myths, superstitions, and beliefs associated with the Peepal Tree. It’s a popular belief that watering, worshipping, and... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, January 3, 2021
Missouri's Most Unexplained Phenomena Has Many Different Theories
My daughter-in-law is from Missouri, and she has shared with me many of the state's most bizarre tales that include ghosts and the unexplained. The one that fascinated me the most is the legend of the "Ozark Spooklight," also known as the Devil’s Jack-O’-Lantern, the Hornet Ghost Light, the... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, January 1, 2021
For Me, Age Has Come With Some Wisdom & A Bit Of Orneriness
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Thursday, December 31, 2020
Nature And Its Many Mysteries Are Amazing
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Wednesday, December 30, 2020
How This Dessert Came To Be, And the Presidential Family Who Symbolized It
I do not eat sweets often, but when I do, my go-to favorite is the Boston Cream Pie which is actually not a pie at all. The Boston chef who invented it did such an amazing job that the cake became the official dessert of Massachusetts. The Parker House Hotel alleges that in 1856, the chef Sanzian... Sign in to see full entry.