“A vision of the West, the rippling green, the wide frozen purity of Northern winters possessed him; he breathed in imagination the spacious air, the air so different from this; he was thrilled by the thought of turned virgin soil, the vitality of new towns, towns on limitless plains or by rushing narrow rivers, under the canopy of a primitive forest.”
She browsed turquoise color chips at the hardware store, looking for something deeper than the Tiffany’s box that cradled the gaudy engagement ring her sister Tawny just received, but something lighter than the Caribbean pics her former co-worker Daphne posts on Instagram during couples getaways.
Flipping through the 2,000-plus titles on the streaming service can be daunting, but these are some standouts and starters you don’t want to miss.
Daly Walker was struck by polio when he was a boy. Today, he compares America’s response to polio in the 1950s with COVID-19 today.
When Cortés’s soldiers arrived carrying a novel virus, the empire first succumbed to smallpox and then fell to Spain.
This summer is going to be one of the lamer ones on record, with 6,000 new rules governing that slice of American life called “leaving the house.”
Americans have had a lot of experience with shortages, including food, gas, and cars. Jeff Nilsson takes a look at how we have responded in the past.
With 15 Major League teams gearing up for spring training, the Sunshine State is the sweet spot for fans of baseball. Andrea Guthmann tells you where to go and what to see.
In the news for the week ending February 7, 2020, are new books, old candy, rotary phones, pepperoni pizza, and much more.
“Sometimes it is the face of a woman known long ago; sometimes a high adventure, war or perilous voyaging undertaken in the day when youth was not made irritable by discomfort or anxious by danger; but always to every man there is one vision that is a nucleus for dreams.”
Gay Haubner shares hair-raising tales of cruising in the White Delight, scoring 16 out of 100 on her driver’s test, and a surviving a car fire put out by a bucketful of minnows.
In the news for the week ending October 25, 2019, are Halloween memories, angry yoga, lost magazines, classic horror movies, spooky treats, Herbert Hoover, and much more.
Val Lauder was there when World War II started, and remembers the posters that reminded stateside Americans of the sacrifices being made overseas.
In 1950, the prospects for England’s noble classes were dwindling. Would high taxes and costly maintenance spell the end of these centuries-old great estates?
“Of course, they’re all dears, my family, but as fiction material there is nothing to them; no drama, you know; no color; just nice, ordinary, unimaginative dears.”
Diversify your garden, and give weeds a chance.