Aug 24, 2020
Living on the Great Lakes, there are many preserves of shipwrecks and home to many very famous wrecks. Probably the most famous shipwreck on the Great Lakes is the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Well, in today's episode, we read the pom “The Wreck of the Hesperus” written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. I don't...
Aug 22, 2020
Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. Probably one of the best know trio in the history of literature, and probably of all mankind. Published 176 years ago, this is a novel that has stood the test of time. There's something for everybody. There's a love story, there's a betrayal, there are kings and queens, representatives of the...
Aug 22, 2020
Today, we ride the rails again with Thomas Edison and we look at his early career as a telegrapher with the story “The Young Telegraph Operator” from the book “The Boy's Life of Edison” written by William H. Meadowcroft. Be sure to check out the link below for the blog from Historical Ken. It really cleared...
Aug 19, 2020
Today, we ride the rails with Thomas Edison and we look at his early career as a newspaper boy on the train from Port Huron to Detroit. The story for today is “The Young Newsboy” from the book “The Boy's Life of Edison” written by William H. Meadowcroft. There is a lot of information in this episode that...
Aug 13, 2020
Today, is a double feature about spiders. Last night, I was asked by my son, to do a story about dady long legs. I couldn't find one but I did find two stories, from our friend, Clara Dilingham Pierson. These come from her books, “Among the Meadow People” and “Among the Pond People.”
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