Lenora Rogers's Blog, page 161
May 5, 2015
Stone cliffs and mind mysteries: Some new photos of Hanging Rock.
Originally posted on www.seanmunger.com:
My friend and frequent contributor to this blog, Robert Horvat, took an interesting trip this weekend–with his family he went to Hanging Rock, the famous geological formation in Victoria, Australia which has a fascinating geologic, literary and cinematic history. Once known as “Mt. Diogenes,” Hanging Rock is the setting of Joan Lindsay’s fascinating 1967 mystery novelPicnic at Hanging Rock, which takes place in 1900 and features the story of a group...
Class acts – The Irish Sisters who helped bring Communism to the World
Originally posted on historywithatwist:
Friedrich Engels’s name will forever be associated with that of Karl Marx. Together, they would write The Communist Manifesto, and in doing so would change the world.
There’s a saying that behind every good man is a great woman— well, Friedrich Engels had two… sisters by the name of Mary and Lizzie Burns. The interesting thing about them is that they hail from the Irish slums in Manchester. Engels was wealthy— the son of a mill owner— and yet he seemed...
May 4, 2015
British Language….
Originally posted on seagirll:
First spoken in early medieval England, the English language is the de factoofficial language of the UK, and is spoken monolingually by an estimated 95% of the British population.[12][note 1]
However, individual countries within the UK have frameworks for the promotion of their indigenous languages. In Wales, all pupils at state schools must either be taught through the medium of Welsh or study it as an additional language until age 16, and the Welsh Language A...
History of Catapult & why important? Vodcast
Originally posted on GroovyHistorian:
History of Catapult & why important?
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May 1, 2015
1 Of May 305 A.D #Onthisday Diocletian and Maximian Retire
Originally posted on GroovyHistorian:
On this day 305 A.D : Diocletian and Maximian retired from the office of the roman emperor ‘roman empire times’
Win this Paper Mache Dragon! And support a great cause!
Originally posted on Gourmet Paper Mache Blog:
Hello everyone. It is time. It’s been a long wait, but I’m finally able to announce this opportunity to support a great cause, and to possibly win one of my dragons. I made this dragon for the Dragon Master Foundation because it is a wonderful organization. The people involved in this group are totally dedicated to the fight against cancer. All the proceeds from this campaign will support cancer research. The expense ratio for this foundation is...
January 1, 2015
Writers and Readers
Writers and Readers
December 29, 2014
2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,300 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 38 trips to carry that many people.
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Writing the Funny
Originally posted on T.K.'s Tales:
A friend of mine has a gift for writing humor. ���But,��� she says plaintively, ���I want to write about deeper issues.���
What is humor anyway? Is it frivolous to write it?
I know people can twist everything, even humor, but I���m talking about the good stuff.
I don���t often write humor per se, but my characters sometimes surprise me. Surprise is in integral part of humor and, for me, a significant part of the joy of writing.
Humor is a sense of perspective. I...
