[White House Photo] Reuters posted a story March 19 that is absolutely mind-boggling, but I guess it just underlines that this is a "Whites [Only] House [https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-removes-ban-segregated-facilities-federal-contracts-2025-03-19/] And Yes, I'm Old Enough to Remember the Separate Drinking Fountains in Illinois'…
For how this all works: https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/65286/handwriting-helps-kids-learn-heres-how-to-make-the-most-of-it
Battleship USS Texas Finds Home in Galveston, SS United States Arrives in Mobile John Grady March 5, 2025 5:57 PM - Updated: March 5, 2025 10:38 PM USS Texas, a U.S. Navy New York-class battleship that served in both…
Bless Our Lucky Stars! Less than two months into 47's term, we can haul out a MoneyGeek illustration to remind us [who are old enough] to recall those wondrous days of RMN's second term, past Carter, into RR's first when…
2025's King Cake came from Wegman's -- closer to home. So Party Hearty while you have the chance. Oh yes, March 5 is Ash Wednesday. Have sack cloth and ashes at hand.
Well, that kid chant is out the window [and certainly predates Aaron Lewis' 2022 song}. Bye-Bye Job and Maybe More! Watch your tongue and pen [keyboard]! https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025/02/04/national-science-foundation-trump-executive-orders-words/
While we haven't seen rain for many days and leaves are falling without much color but brown and green, the Manse celebrates fall. The hibiscus continues to flourish -- in the daytime sun and warmth. The "Burning Bush," actually a…
(Image HarperCollins) My interview with Rachel Kousser on this historical figure shrouded in myth. https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-interview-with-rachel-kousser
Photo courtesy of South Carolina Maritime Research Division One-hundred and sixty years after its sinking, researchers are still studying the wreckage of Housatonic, the first warship sunk in combat by a manned submarine. https://news.usni.org/2024/08/23/160-years-after-the-first-ship-was-sunk-by-a-sub-researchers-are-still-looking-for-answers