Mary Jemison (1743 - 1833)

I was born to Thomas and Jane Jemison aboard the ship William and Mary in the fall of 1743 while en route from Northern Ireland to America. ...

Wordless Wednesday - Flaming June

Flaming June   Lord Frederick Leighton   I LOVE COMMENTS

Eugenia of Rome

The best of scriptwriters would be hard pressed to match, let alone exceed, my true to life story. It is said that I resorted to what might ...

Weekend Chef - Pasta con Piselli

I decided to start posting an Italian recipe every Friday for those of us courageous enough to venture into the kitchen. Some recipes will b...

Wordless Wednesday - Sandro Botticelli

The Birth of Venus Sandro Botticelli Painted sometime between 1482 - 1486

Wordless Wednesday - A Coign of Vantage

A Coign of Vantage Sir Alma Tadema 1895 I LOVE COMMENTS

Lucy Maud Montgomery (1873 - 1942)

Lucy Maud Montgomery MacDonald (1874-1942) is one of Canada's best known and most enduring authors. Her family always called her “Maud...

Typhoid Mary - Mary Mallon (1869 - 1938)

Of all the terrible fates to befall an ordinary person, mine was the worst. It ruined my life. Like millions before me, I immigrated to the ...

Adelina Patti (1843 - 1919)

Adelina Patti 1843 - 1919 Opera Singer Diva When it comes to opera, Adelina Patti (February 10, 1843 – September 27, 1919) was...

Jeanne Baret (1740 - 1803)

Jeanne Baret 1740 - 1803 Adventurer World Traveler They say that the life of a sailor is for men only. They say that a woman aboard ...

King Abdullah's Tomb

King Abdullah’s Tomb, by Linda and Gary Cargill, is an adventurous, plot-driven novel that starts on the ill-fated 1915 voyage of the RMS Lu...

Love Letter - Catherine of Aragon to Henry VIII

Catherine of Aragon (1485 - 1536) had the dubious honor of being the first of eight wives to Henry VIII.  She bore one child - a daughter, M...

Fannie Farmer (1857 - 1915)

Fannie Farmer 1857 - 1915 Author Healer I was born in Medford, Massachusetts, USA, to Mary Watson Merritt and John Franklin Farmer, a...
 

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