Life Thoughts

Just-Discovered 14,000-Year-Old Settlement May Require Revising History of North America By Annie Garau | Checked By Savannah Cox Published April 11, 2017.  Updated August 24, 2017                  The history books may have to be revised. The Heiltsuk Nation…

I am not a cat person but I love this cat. Cammo and I bonded when she was recovering from her spaying in that ridiculous cone.. Mostly a barn cat,…

I am celebrating the release of my friend and colleague’s book, The Crystal Beads, Lalka's Journey.  My Goodreads/Amazon review: In Pat Black-Gould’s exquisite book, “The Crystal Beads, Lalka's Journey,” readers see the…

Next week, my dear sister Kathy and I begin our sojourn, scattering our folks’ ashes, from Cleveland to Mackinac Island, with stops at the University of Michigan and Traverse City.…

Not on the top of my bucket list but nevertheless on the list was my wish to visit my Russian ancestors’ homeplaces--where Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus intersect. Now this will never…

June 5, 2022. Kickoff, Your Majesty! Dieu et mon droit . . . . meaning God and my right, is the motto of the monarch of the United Kingdom outside Scotland, since…

Olivia-Chanel, age 16. I first met Olivia-Chanel when she was brand new: In NYC, I walked into my daughter's studio apartment on Washington Square and there was a "frog-legged thing"…

Starting out my post-graduate studies, I never imagined that the 17th century would be my area of literary and historical focus. Initially, the poetry of the romantic period attracted me. The…