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(Taken from "Uppity Women of Medieval Times" by Vicki Leon) The seventh century was a tumultuous time in history especially in Ko...

We recently went to a small local country fair - the kind of country fair that you think your grandparents might have attended years ago - f...

(From "Uppity Women of Medieval Times" by Vicki Leon) Back in the 1600's, Nzinga Mbande apparently was not...

Have you ever found a place that just seems "right" to you - a place that you know you belong even though you have never been ther...

(taken from "Uppity Women of Medieval Times" by Vicki Leon) When the Crusader armies from France were headed to Egypt in 1249 - th...

(taken from "The 176 Stupidest Things Ever Done" by Ross and Kathryn Petras) Two men in England during the year 1988, invente...

Born about 1750 in Amabou, Africa to wealthy parents, Prince Whipple was sent to America with his brother Coffe (or cousin) to get a good e...

Godmother of the Cosa Nostra? (taken from "Uppity Women of Medieval Times by Vicki Leon) In 1194 a forty year old woman gave birth to a...

Gentle Readers - I found out something last week that really knocked me to my knees. I finally connected with an old friend who was very kin...

"Losing Mum and Pup" by Christopher Buckley I have just finished reading a book that was poignant, sad, bittersweet, hilariously f...

(taken from www.lautrec.info by Eric Johnson and Chris Whitten) Shameless and outrageous,Louise Weber earned her nickname La Goulue (The Glu...

(taken from Uppity Women of Medieval Times by Vicki Leon) One spring night in 1582, a German ship laden with silver coin lay anchored in Fal...

(Taken from "Uppity Women of Ancient Times" by Vicki Leon) Athens was a bore for well bred ladies in the fourth century B.C. Only ...

As a former Laboratory Technician, I receive updates from the American Society for Clinical Pathology. A few days ago, the ASCP informed me ...

(taken from "Uppity Women of Medieval Times" by Vicki Leon "Shades of Rosy the Riveter - a woman with the delightful name of ...

Vincent Van Gogh and Howard Pyle were born in the same year. They were both artists but lived on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean and ne...

I am posting this experiment with the permission of the original writer on the website www.theatheistmissionary.com. He is a "Canadia...

(taken from "Uppity Women of Ancient Times" by Vicki Leon) Sickly as a child, Telesilla was told by an oracle to learn music. This...

(taken from "Uppity Women of Medieval Times" by Vicki Leon) In Florence Italy at the Florence hospital church of Santa Maria del M...

(Taken from an article by John Clayton in "Does God Exist") "Cloning is not new. Clones from fetal cells have been known for ...

(taken from "Uppity Women of Ancient Times by Vicki Leon" In 480 B.C. war was being waged between the Persians and the Greeks (rem...

Born in 1922 in the town of Ichocan, Peru - a descendant of the last Peruvian Ruler Atahualpa - largely self-taught by listening to the soun...

(taken from "Uppity Women of Medieval Times" by Vicki Leon) "Her rap sheet was a mile long and her personal habits left a lot...

It is one of the paradoxes of life that those who are so quick to jump on others for intolerance are usually the most intolerant. I am sadde...

I just finished reading "Falling Leaves" by Adeline Yen Mah and was completely blown away - please read the book if you ever get t...