Category Archives: History

This month’s reading

Posted on May 17, 2023 by Linda Andrews

Here are the two books I hope to finish this month: and: For the first time, both books are nonfiction and none are mysteries. Go figure. Until next time, stay healthy.

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Friday Fun Fact

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Linda Andrews

The Western World’s Age of Enlightenment coincides with the introduction of coffee and tea into the west.

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Give an inch

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Linda Andrews

The hubbinator and I have been watching Time Team on amazon Prime. For those of you who have never heard of the program, it started sometime in the 1990s and ran for a rather large number of years. We are … Continue reading →

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Doing Better

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Linda Andrews

I started last year with high hopes that I would read through these magazines that have been collecting on a shelf in my livingroom since 2013. I made it about halfway there. And now have 31 magazines to go. Not … Continue reading →

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Excuses, excuses

Posted on November 8, 2019 by Linda Andrews

I had lunch with my coworkers the other day, and one friend was kind enough to share the drama that is her daughter’s life. The story starts with an impossible roommate, late rent payment, and eviction. Thankfully, the daughter was … Continue reading →

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Mental Barriers

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Linda Andrews

It’s weird. I’ll binge-watch a series on Netflix or Prime and not even think twice about it. But then I see a Ken Burns series where each episode is nearly 2 hours long and my brain balks. Nope. We don’t … Continue reading →

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Our Week in Portland, Part VI

Posted on August 16, 2019 by Linda Andrews

We managed to cross the river into Washington and visit Fort Vancouver. It is a completely reconstructed National Park that tells the story of early European settlement driven by the fur trade. Outside the walls was a food garden and … Continue reading →

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Our Week in Portland, Part IV

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Linda Andrews

Given that the Willamette river just a few blocks from our hotel, we found the Spirit of Portland River Cruises and booked a cruise on a boat that would take us up the river and through the Columbia Gorge to the … Continue reading →

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Where did they come from

Posted on December 17, 2018 by Linda Andrews

I was at Sprouts the other day when I came across Jordan almonds in Christmas colors. Which got me curious. Where did this tradition come from and why is it usually associated with weddings? Apparently, the hard sugar-coated almonds date … Continue reading →

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Nuts to you

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Linda Andrews

Growing up in America, most of us know that margarine containers rarely contained margarine. They were used to store leftovers. Which made finding the margarine a bit of a game. It also seems that those containers rarely had missing lids/bottoms … Continue reading →

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