At home we lived the “simple life,” With “pint and praties” for the dinner. And chicken stew on Sundays, too, (With nary a bit of chicken in her). But when you “find” some rabbits in The landlord’s ground (a poacher’s trick)    It’s wise to call them something else— And so we called our rabbit “chick.” You take and cut […]

The History of Women’s History Month     Every year March is designated Women’s History Month by Presidential proclamation. The month is set aside to honor women’s contributions in American history.  Did you Know? Women’s History Month started as Women’s History Week?  Women’s History Month began as a local celebration in Santa Rosa, California. The Education Task Force of the Sonoma […]

By Roy Nuhn    Getting the vote had been a long, hard and frustrating fight for the ladies.  By 1890, after several bitter decades of dissension, lack of a cohesive strategy, and often near-anarchy in their own ranks, the woman’s suffrage movement took a new direction. This was an agonizingly slow, state-by-state approach to gaining the vote.  But as a […]

By Roy Nuhn  Superheroes – they’re all around us these days. On giant 3-D movie screens and television, in a mind-boggling array of comic books and as all sorts of toys and novelties for youngsters.  The powers of these special men – and women – range from burrowing through the Earth and lifting up multi-ton trucks to whipping the blazes […]

 The American Red Cross has an enduring as well as an endearing record in American history. Just less than 125 years ago, in 1905, Congress authorized the charter for that remarkable organization which remains in effect today.  In addition to setting forth the organization’s purpose during wartime, the charter also provided for international or national disaster relief. Not long after […]