I was visiting my grandpa?s farm in Kansas,and Grandpa sent me into the woods to pick up pecans for us to enjoy later. I wasn?t about to let him down. Then something caught my eye: a squirrel picked up a pecan, climbed up a tree and disappeared into a large hole. A moment later...
in the mid-1800s.People began to travel west and hunt bison.Some hunted for the same reason as Native Americans did.But others killed bison for sport.In 1894,it became illegal to kill bison.But it was almost too late.By the early 1900s,fewer than 1,000 wild bison rema...
I knew my lines, but I was terrified to have to recite them in front of an audience. As soon as I saw the crowd of people down there, my heart beat so fast that I was unable to say a single word. W: That's how I feel just thinking about the spelling competition next week. ...
This set of pictures captures life on the campus of Beijing Chen Jing Lun High School in the last days before the final showdown. Chinese hiker went missing at Mt. Whitney in west U.S. A 27-year-old female Chinese hiker, Dongying Qiu, went missing at Mt. Whitney, California in ...
These neighboring cafes opened their doors in the late 1800’s and were frequented by many literary and artistic famous (or not yet famous) throughout the early to mid 1900’s: Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, just to name a few. They are now popular tourist destinations due...
These neighboring cafes opened their doors in the late 1800’s and were frequented by many literary and artistic famous (or not yet famous) throughout the early to mid 1900’s: Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, just to name a few. They are now popular tourist destinations due...
knew its residents. Now my grandmother probably didn’t know any little spinster moonshiners with “flower making machines,” but the world she described growing up in (she was an inveterate night owl and would stay up late to chat over multiple rounds of Little Debbie snacks washed down with...
“If only it was colder”– to wake up at the break of day to cloudless skies and sunshine is, to put it frankly, un-British. There’s nothing worse than to lie in bed overheating only to find no relief when you get up. Give me a crisp, frosty morning any day, when the sky is...
But at the least we can say that the U.S. has joined the mainstream of modern world politics to the point where the socialist viewpoint generally figures in the mix — albeit in a modest way. Lesser of two evils? The 2024 race stood out from the presidential election norm both for ...
Late 1800s blues music was mixed with other genres. By mixing African rhythms and vocal approaches with European instruments and song patterns, blues was born. This blend of cultures and living situations created music that portrayed players’ and listeners’ hardships, happiness, and despair. The...