This castle is just a quick train ride from Prague. Founded in 1348 by Charles IV of the Holy Roman Empire, this Gothic castle safeguarded Bohemia’s crown jewels and holy relics. Due to warfare in the 15th century and fire damage in the 17th century, the castle underwent several reconstru...
this woman has a lot of good points...NOTE: Contra Costa County, the El Sobrante Chamber of Commerce in collusion with the ESMAC tried to push a smaller version of a "smart city" onto El Sobrante around 2001 with the so-called Appian Way-Downtown El Sobrante Redevelopment Plan which...
Texas. He also has ties to Mexico. Gonzalez served time in the early 2000s after convictions for Burglary of a Building, Retaliation, and Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle. In 2006, he was convicted of Injury to a Child and sentenced to two years of probation, which was later revoked...
It is official, Record Store Day for 2024 will be Saturday, April 20th. RSD is a special day once a year where special limited edition vinyl records are released.
Diana chose it from an array of rings presented by the royal jeweler. Prince Charles paid $65,000. The ring was new when Charles gave it to Diana. The British public was scandalized that it wasn’t custom-made, and many thought Charles should have chosen a ring from his mother’s colle...
The Eltonian pyramid (named after Charles Sutherland Elton, one of the founders of ecological science) shows the trophic levels moving up from a base of primary producers (like the algae shown here) all the way up to apex predators like hammerhead sharks. Image © Christian Pankow | Field ...
Life is dirty and messy and sometimes what needs to be done is no fun. Do it anyway. Pro Tip: If you have some friends and neighbors to help you, it can make the work a whole lot easier. 5. Be Tough But Fair Cathy Holman
Carpooling benefits the driver by saving him money on gas, tolls, parking and vehicle upkeep by sharing the cost among all the riders and it’s a lot cheaper for co-travellers than some alternative modes of transport, such as taxis. ...
Recently, Lopez published a revelatory personal essay that has received a lot of attention,“Sliver of Sky,” inHarper’s Magazine,about a period of sexual abuse he endured as a child. That Lopez waited until his seventies to write about this suggests how deeply confounding and wounding it wa...
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. Now that we have raised our children, my husband and I are planning our next great endeavor, which we hope will be closely tied to nature and changing the status quo. More about that in future posts. In the meantime, here are snippets from...