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Taboo Topic #8: Cannibalism 37 comments

merbear74 wrote 1 month ago: Cannibalism:   ”The act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other hum … more →

Tags: Humor, Food, Random, musings, Opinion, Nostalgia, Thoughts, General, History

Decemnber 1846: The Donner Party, Trapped By Snow, Survivors Resort to Cannibalism

johnib wrote 5 months ago: The Donner Party was a group of 87 American pioneers who in 1846 set off from Missouri in a wagon tr … more →

Tags: News, california 2, american history 2, snow, Donner Party, the way west, 1846, 1847, Sierra Nevada mountains

Change your NORM.

omaragonzalez wrote 5 months ago: John Muir is on America’s great pioneers and true American Icons that still inspire today. one … more →

Tags: Motivational, Positive, positive affirmation, Inspiring

Remembering Neil Armstrong… When Men Walked on the Moon2 comments

Ask Marion wrote 8 months ago: Almost everyone in the baby-boomer generation and older knows exactly where they were when Neil Arms … more →

Tags: choices 2, Dumbing Down of America, Knowledge is power, News and politics, Patriotism, remembering, Thoughts, wake up!!!, You Be the Judge

America Does Not Build Business, Business Builds America1 comment

mjfellright wrote 10 months ago: In a speech given Friday to supporters at a campaign stop in Roanoke, Va., the current Oval Office o … more →

Tags: obama, Progressives, america, American Business, american inventors, Barack Obama, Current Events, First Principles, Government 2

Untamed Virgin Forest1 comment

Mendicant Monk wrote 10 months ago: June 27/July 10, 2012 St. Sampson the Hospitable When I first started teaching at St. Herman of Alas … more →

Tags: Russia Trip 2012, St. Seraphim of Sarov, russian forest

Americans: The Perpetual Pioneers

Prince Andy Bighorn wrote 1 year ago: Americans: The Perpetual Pioneers   Across the Atlantic we sailed for opportunity, To create new liv … more →

Tags: Poetry, Religion, Religious Poetry, American Poetry, Poetry, american poetry, Jingoism, nationalism american, American Culture

2 Cents Worth On Life Its Ownself

olcranky wrote 1 year ago: Let’s ponder some thoughts, memories and reflections of the events of yesteryear and today and … more →

Tags: Economics, Government, Culture, Politics, Geography, History, Military History, Business, national debt

Letting go . . .5 comments

Margaret L. Been wrote 1 year ago: When our son, Karl, was five years old he imparted to me a bit of wisdom that will serve me all my d … more →

Tags: Family Matters, Creative Living, Reflective Musings, large families, Fun with Grandchildren, family roots, great grandchildren, Ancestral Roots, The American West

2nd Grade Week in Review

Barefoot in Suburbia wrote 1 year ago: We’re finally back after taking almost all of December off homeschooling.  As you might rememb … more →

Tags: Lower Elementary, Nature Studies, 4 digit addition, American Animals, American Landmarks, Ancient Egypt, Arts and Crafts, cold blooded animal, cowboys

Americans See Themselves as Homesteaders... Not the Eventual Rich | LA Progressive

wammtoday wrote 1 year ago: Americans See Themselves as Homesteaders… Not the Eventual Rich October 25, 2011    By Tina Dupuy   … more →

Tags: Human Rights, occupy wall street, U. S. Economy, occupy movement, homesteaders, The 99 Percent

The merits of Achey-Bakey, and reflections on American history . . .

Margaret L. Been wrote 2 years ago: For Christmas in 2005, our daughter-in-law Rosemary gave me a wonderful handcrafted gift:  a microwa … more →

Tags: Creative Living, Nostalgic Reflections, The Home Arts, Home Arts, Home grown art, women and creativity, Family Matters, gracious living, Reflective Musings

Writers Guides to Everyday Life in the Past1 comment

Donna Maloy wrote 2 years ago: Perhaps you’ve never considered writing a novel based in the “real” past. If so, these books could c … more →

Tags: research books, Everyday Life in the Past, Research, renaissance, Regency England, victorian era, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century

A Pioneer's Remembrance2 comments

Maid of Iron wrote 3 years ago:   Twas a bonnie time there, Lass When hearty souls Did climb the mast, To flaunt the Crown And birth … more →

Tags: Thoughts on Life, Days of Yore, Poetry, Poems, writing, Life, adventure, Reflections, musings


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