Tag: History
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Better with age…
0: I emerged into the great big world, without a stitch on and not bothered in the slightest. I couldn’t speak the language; I didn’t know the people; the colours looked funny; the buildings were very big; everything was noisy; and I could scream. 1: Still needy. I was understanding things better, but still learning.…
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February 16th – a historical re-write
A quiz question appeared on TV today asking which famous person was born in the year that Galileo died. Isaac Newton was the answer, and the year was 1642. I’ve waffled on many a time about the year 1642, and every now and then something comes along that reminds me of the year. Or completely…
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Number 73
Many, many years ago, Saturday morning TV used to be really good for us kids. I couldn’t tell you how it is nowadays, but I suppose the kids of today will say it is great too. But it can not be as great as it was in my day. Number 73 was a Saturday morning…
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Legends, mysteries and me
I’ve been interested in – no! fascinated by – legends, mysteries and the unknown or unexplained for as long as I can remember. I remember when I was very little first hearing about the Bermuda Triangle, and although I couldn’t understand why it was a mystery, I was fascinated by this triangle in the middle…
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Just January…
I’m sure that there are some fun facts about January that I could include in this blog if I had the time to find them. Only I don’t have the time to look in any great depth, and of the facts that I did find I wouldn’t really say they were ‘fun’. In 1642, for…
The Mansionic Perspective 