Harold II, last Anglo-Saxon king of England. A strong ruler and skilled general, he held the crown for nine months in 1066 before he was killed at the Battle of Hastings by Norman invaders under William the Conqueror. Learn more about his life and reign
Today: Encinitas Death Cafe :Talking Life's Final Chapter Location: Fox Point Farms With Nicole Soares United States: 1150 Quail Gardens Dr, Encinitas, CA 92024 , Cardiff By The Sea , CA , CA , 92024 Jan. 14, 2025, 9.30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. (PST) Free Our Death Café at Fox Po...
I want Death to find me planting my cabbages, neither worrying about it nor the unfinished gardening. I once saw a man die who, right to the last, kept lamenting that destiny had cut the thread of the history he was writing when he had only got up to our fifteenth or sixteenth king!
There was no mercy and no unrelenting in the Death Guard's punishment, whether the enemy had to be run down in the poisoned, reeking hive-sumps or across the blasted rad-wastes, not one member of the Order survived. When the Imperial support fleet arrive they were horrified by the ...
Boomstick: While those advantages are pretty hefty, what Valentine had on the roided out Senator was enough to take him down. Starting off with D4C itself, the chances are Armstrong would never be able to take out Valentine because of it. He’d have to kill him in very specific ways and...
Every year in sub-Saharan Africa, tourists get a close-up look at the king of the jungle in its natural habitat. Perhaps unbeknownst to them, lions see nearly everything around them as potential prey, In the wild, old or sick lions often attack humans, which they see as easier prey....
Death Valley National Park is known for its vast deserts and unique geological formations. The park is situated in a desert basin and is the lowest point in North America, with Badwater Basin reaching 282 feet (86 m) below sea level. The park is home to a wide range of landscapes, from...
To escape having a cold, and general malaise, I am time travelling: via Justin Hill’s Viking Fire, the second novel in his Conquest Trilogy, one of The Sunday Times’ books of the year, focused on King Harald Hardrada of Norway. Last night I was 15 years old, wounded, trekking acros...
Some of the saved will go directly to Heaven when they die. Others of the saved will end up there after some time spent in Purgatory. But Heaven -- the holy place, the house of the Father, the Kingdom of Christ -- is the destination -- a real, finite place -- of all those who...
She took the brief journey—a short hallway, an elevator, a long hallway—with her customary interest, smiling at aides, perking up at sight of the piano in the second-floor commons. The exertions of moving and resettling exhausted her, though, draining what minute dribs of stamina she ...