In March 1625, Charles I became king and married Henrietta Maria soon afterward. When his first Parliament met in June, trouble immediately arose because of the general distrust of Buckingham, who had retained his ascendancy over the new king. The Spanish war was proving a failure and Charles ...
This effort came to naught, however, when German parachute infantry landed at the Oslo airfield and captured the city later in the day. Elsewhere in Norway, German forces seized Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger, and Narvik. Within two days, the Germans had taken most of the strategic centres of ...
Thanks to daycare, is yelling at us in Spanish AND English. “Mas leche, por favor!!” Is still an easy laugh who adores Ansel, tries telling jokes, and loves being tickled more than almost anything. Still is REALLY bad at sleeping. Right now, he goes down with Ansel in a double bed...
M:Absolutely,there’sonenamed“Pedro”.AndIlistentolocalnewssometimes,butnothingbeatschattingwithpeopleatthelocalSpanishcafe. W:AnditishandyinSpaintoo,right? M:Absolutely.Byengagingmyselfintheculture,I’lltrulybecomeapartofthelocalcommunity.It’simportanttohaveagenuineexperienceratherthanjustbeingatourist. W...
I found it weird that she turned off her phone so she could see her reflection in the screen. I know she was checking herself out because I saw her fluffing her hair while moving her phone around like a mirror. Wondering to myself I thought, “Self, why doesn’t she just use the ...
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that these cannot live in humid homes...they will dehydrate and need to be in AC-controlled moisture rooms or cases. When on a base, it makes for a small miniature. It is just a bit too big to be a standard Tucson competition-sized thumbnail; and is what some people call a small ...
Come morning, birds emerged before people stumbled from their houses. Flocks of pigeons swooped circles in the sky and then lined themselves up on sleeping rooftops. But it was a starling who landed on the garbage can and jutted its head toward the little ball of gum. Jut-jut, blink-blink...
“I feel like I was just doing the right thing.” Although the two young women were strangers before the 14 , they’ve since become friends. Neither won the race, but the 15 of human kindness won the day. 1.A.designed B...
I’m having another pass at studying Spanish, which seems a little more important now that I’m going to be spending all year in Spanish-speaking territories. This is proving to be easier than I remembered: “Yo soy un hombre, yo bebo leche!” I think I was just using the wrong ...