The Art of Words, The Colors of Life
From historical events to current events, people’s lives have been impacted by uncontrollable circumstances. These are the stories of the times and the people that shape our world, with an occasional off-topic blog thrown in.
Just for fun… I ran across news from 1894 — 130 years ago — and read just one page of that paper to learn how little things change in a century. Of course, the events seemed to be more catastrophic because ways to handle them were primitive compared to 2025. However, the following will give … Read more
This blog isn’t about the resilience of people. It is more of a nature thing since I woke up today wondering how queen bees get to be queen. Are the prettiest? The biggest? Do they kill all the other females and win by default? Does she win a bee election? Marry into power? Weird, right? … Read more
I found myself thinking about the difficult life of farmers in the Oklahoma Dust Bowl era recently. I really love history now (not so much as a kid). The pioneers, the original Native Americans, the early settlers, life before the industrial age, etc., all that history is fascinating. In real life, we have just completed … Read more