I don’t remember how old I was when I became the household maid, but by the age of fifteen I am well and truly over it. My desperation to break free of the shackles of domestic duties… Read More
The Roman Temple in the centre of Evora with Evora Cathedral in the background.
Situated in southern central Portugal, Alentejo covers about a third of the country with vast rolling plains… Read More
TULSA OKLAHOMAGREENWOODAs part of the oil boom in 1910 and the fact that blacks wanted to be in charge of their own neighborhoods and businesses. There was a town in Tulsa Okla. called Green… Read More
During the XL Pipeline issue, I always said that a pipeline could have been built in the U.S. without State Department or Presidential approval, and would be transporting a better grade of o… Read More
SACRIFICE OVERTURNS WRATH – Friday May 19th 2017Memorise: And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto th… Read More
Vladimir Putin has declared an expansion of the Russia version of the American Homestead Act, the Far East land giveaway that made headlines last Summer. The massive land offer of one free h… Read More
The More-Spotted Sooty Owl lives in South Wales and is pitch black with a prevalence of white spots covering the feathers. The winter plumage contains more spots than the summer plumage. The… Read More
At least 1,200 people have been killed and millions have been left homeless following devastating floods that have hit India, Bangladesh and Nepal, in one of the worst flooding disasters to… Read More
"The Taking" by T. Christian Miller (ProPublica), Kiah Collier and Julián Aguilar (Texas Tribune) - ProPublica 12/14/2017The federal government's boldest land grab in a generation pro… Read More
Excerpt from the book Animals Evolution Avoided. This book describes 40 animals that ought to exist but don’t, because I made them up.
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The More-Spotted Sooty Owl lives in S… Read More
"Flooding devastates parts of the Midwest after huge winter storm" PBS NewsHour 3/18/2019ExcerptSUMMARY: Parts of the Midwest are reeling from major flooding this week due to a massive… Read More
50 years ago today, The Woodstock Festival took place in White Lake, NY. It was an event that transformed the youth culture and established the Music Festival template that continu… Read More
"How southern black farmers were forced from their land, and their heritage" PBS NewsHour 8/13/2019ExcerptSUMMARY: African Americans have lost millions of acres of farmland across the… Read More
"How Amazon deforestation could push the climate to a ‘tipping point’" PBS NewsHour 9/4/2019ExcerptSUMMARY: The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest and a critica… Read More