Coronation of Glory by Deborah Meroff In this book, Deborah Meroff tells the story of Lady Jane Grey. It is given as Jane Grey’s first-person account, reading somewhat like a journal. Jane was the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Suffolk, who were rather ambitious for power and supremacy. They determined Jane’s marriage, against …
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Crazy Horse by Mari Sandoz Want to feel more intimate with the Native American Indians? In this biography, Mari Sandoz writes from the perspective of the tribes, as she tells the story of the remarkable life of Crazy Horse. As a boy, he seemed different from the other children, and he was called “The Light-Haired …
“ On the subject of the history of the American revolution, you ask Who shall write it? who can write it? and who ever will be able to write it? nobody; except merely it’s external facts. all it’s councils, designs and discussions, having been conducted by Congress with closed doors, and no member, as far as …
A week and a half after planting the sprouted seeds, there is rapid growth happening. Stems are stretching and two little seed leaves are beginning to unfurl. If it appears that the tomato seeds were defective because the leaves don’t look like the tomato leaves usually on garden tomatoes, no worries. Those leaves are yet …
OK. Things are a bit ugly here. This certainly isn’t the pretty picture that will win me any blog awards. But to show you only the pretty pictures, isn’t real life. To portray only the beautiful, misses the true and the good. It leaves out the messy, sometimes ugly part of beginning growth. If things …
Not even a week has passed since we began this year’s garden by ‘bagging up’ the little seeds. They are now doing their part – sprouting. What will become of these little seeds? There is a foot of snow outside with more coming tomorrow. The temperatures will struggle to reach 15 degrees this week. The …
“Boys, be ambitious. Be ambitious not for money, not for selfish aggrandizement, not for the evanescent thing which men call fame. Be ambitious for the attainment of all that a man can be.” – William Clark
