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Santa Ana Winds
Mysterious autumn winds that warm southern California by Liz Olson California Related Links Worst U.S. Forest Fires Disasters CaliforniaIn autumn, we often hear about Santa…Childhood Diseases: Infectious Mononucleosis
Infectious MononucleosisChildhood DiseasesIntroductionThe Polio PanicChickenpoxEar AchesMeasly MeaslesMumpsRubellaDeadly DiphtheriaPertussis, or Whooping CoughTerrifying TetanusThe Importance of…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: October 25, 1804
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark October 24, 1804October 26, 1804October 25, 1804 25th of October Thursday a Gentle Breeze from the S. E by E passed an (1) old Village on a…Iconic Presidential Moments: Ronald Reagan
There are images that will stay with us forever. From FDR notifying the world that the U.S. had entered WWII, to Obama's trademark fist bump at the Democratic National Convention, these…Brewer's: High Tea
The meal called tea served with cold meats, vegetables, and pastry, in substitution of dinner. “A well-understood `high tea' should have cold roast beef at the top of the table, a cold…Brewer's: Eleatic Philosophy
Founded by Xenophanes of Elea about B.C. 530. The Ionic school believed there was but one element; the Eleatics said there were four or six, as heat and cold, moisture and dryness, odd and…Christina Rossetti: Repining
RepiningMarch 1850She sat alway thro' the long day Spinning the weary thread away; And ever said in undertone: 'Come, that I be no more alone.'From early dawn to set of sun Working, her task…William Shakespeare: King Lear, Act III, Scene IV
Scene IVThe heath. Before a hovelEnter King Lear, Kent, and FoolKentHere is the place, my lord; good my lord, enter: The tyranny of the open night's too rough For nature to endure.Storm…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: November 26, 1804
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark November 25, 1804November 27, 1804November 26, 1804 26th of Novr. 1804 Monday Fort Mandan a little before day light the wind shifted to the N. W…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: May 4, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark May 3, 1806May 5, 1806May 4, 1806 Sunday May 4th 1806. Collected our horses and set out early; the morning was cold and disagreeable. we ascended…Trending
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