Tag: poem

• April 29, 2021

  Meeting Pete

  When I was in graduate school in Wisconsin, my mother met a man named Pete. My father had died several years earlier, and she was lonesome. She liked to socialize, to dance, to eat and drink with friends. She was a one-man woman, and liked strong men. She didn’t care what they looked like as…
• October 3, 2020

  Hello World

  I am posting again “Developing a good work ethic is key. Apply yourself at whatever you do, whether you’re a janitor or taking your first summer job because that work ethic will be reflected in everything you do in life.” Today’s Topics… Oak and Old Ironsides….History Cherokee Confederate General Stand Watie… History Pajamas……Society and culture …
• October 2, 2020

  Longhorns

  Longhorn cattle are famous for their huge horns, which can be six feet (almost 2 meters) from tip to tip. Sometimes known as Texas longhorns, the breed developed on the range in Northern Mexico and Texas.  The cattle from which the longhorns developed were brought from Spain to the Americas in the early 1500s, first…
• September 28, 2020

  Kid

  A kid is a baby goat. They are incredibly energetic and often their antics are amusing. The word ‘kid’ has also been used for generations to describe young people. It’s less formal than words like ‘child’ or ‘children.’  ‘Kid’ is one of several words related to goats that now are most often used in a…
• September 24, 2020

  The Other Slave Trades

  One of the saddest of historical topics is the Atlantic Slave trade, which ran from about 1450 through the 1880s. Historians estimate that about eleven million Africans were taken as slaves to the Americans, with another one or two million dying during the crossing. The Atlantic slave trade was perhaps the largest and may have…