Tag Archives: U.S. History
THE RED LINE THROUGH TIME BIT
I always look forward to the 4th of July! And what’s my favorite way to honor our breaking away from England to try something completely new? It’s to keep up tried and true traditions like eating too much picnic food, listening to marches by John Philip Sousa, “ooh”-ing and “ahh”-ing over fireworks – and watching the movie 1776. This […]
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO A FOUR-YEAR-OLD BIT
It was a date that lived in infamy for me – the day I wasn’t allowed to visit Pearl Harbor because I was only four… I’ve since recognized the importance of keeping it peaceful at such hallowed places (at four, I might not have been relied on to do that). In any case, I think the rules there have changed since my rather distant […]
TESSEROLOGY 