Tag Archives: america
America: A Vision for the Present
Lately I’ve been reading David McCullough’s John Adams, upon which the recent HBO series was based. Although I won’t write a review yet (I haven’t quite finished it), some interesting observations can be drawn from this era of history. As … Continue reading
Filed under American, British, Daily Life
The Teatime Experience
Branching out from my usual trend toward military or related history, I’ve been thinking about tea lately. I am off caffeine and therefore can’t have the lovely dark liquid for a while, so naturally I should choose to write about … Continue reading
Back to the Victory Garden!
Recommended: WWII era Victory Garden film Working in my own garden has narrowed my focus for the time being to Victory Gardens. In the course of an Internet search on the subject I came across a short film from the … Continue reading
Filed under Culinary, Daily Life, General, WWII
How Does Your Garden Grow?
Having recently spent time getting my own small vegetable garden prepared for planting I was reminded of the work that went on across the nation as Americans got back to the land and grew Victory Gardens during World War II. … Continue reading
Filed under Culinary, Daily Life, WWII
What’s in a name?
Here’s an experiment in the obvious: take a map of the world and read the names of countries in any one of the continents… Britain, Germany, France, Spain… China, Japan, Korea… Zimbabwe, Sudan, Nigeria… America, Canada, Mexico… See how easy … Continue reading
Filed under American, Book Reviews
