As I scrolled through an online site’s “Celebrity Birthdays” for this date, Ted Bundy’s name caught my eye, and simultaneously clenched my gut. Had serial killer Bundy not been executed in 1989, he would have been 68 today. I shared this information with a friend of...
In 2013, the Dow Jones closed above 16,000 for the first time ever. In 1973, an 18 ½ minute gap in one of Nixon’s White House tapes concerning Watergate was disclosed. in 1963, the Kennedys arrived in Texas. In 1934, the Yankees purchased the contract of Joe DiMaggio...
The third Thursday of November—this year, November 20th—is the Great American Smokeout. The American Cancer Society has marked this day to encourage smokers to use the date to quit, or to create a viable plan to quit. Even quitting for one day is an important step...
We’re half way through the timeline for NaNoWriMo—National Novel Writing Month—and once again, I wasn’t able to take up the challenge of writing a whole book in 30 days. Fact is, I know I’ll never be able to do this in any November, and it niggles at the core of my...
The woman pictured on the left was born on this date in 1815. That’s right—199 years ago. She lived to be 86, and was instrumental in writing “The Declaration of Sentiments” at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. What’s that? Can’t put a name with those initials in...
