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My Vision of Becoming a Great Teacher

Yes, technology and humor are very importan tools ... BUT it is also very important to keep discipline and order.

Enzo sardellaro, on 12/16/2016

Christopher Columbus and an unknown pilot

A very interesting study published by the prestigious Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries in 1839 (founded by Professor C. Christian Rafn) , gave us some valuable information based on C. Christian Rafn’s primary research work on the first ...

sol, on 12/16/2016

Getting to The Heart of Racism

There is no family more mixed race than the British royals who are mainly Greek/ German / Portuguese/ African. Prince George has more English in him than most of them through his mother Catherine Middleton and grandmother Diana Princess of ...

Veronica, on 12/16/2016

Getting to The Heart of Racism

Now that is interesting. Portugal is the European country which has the most black blood in its population of any European country. Salazar, the long term president of Portugal decreed that Portuguese nationality is not defined by ethnicity. ...

frankbeswick, on 12/16/2016

Getting to The Heart of Racism

It is a little known fact that Queen Victoria's great grandmother was a German/ Portuguese princess and was indeed mixed race from an African princess who married into Portuguese royalty. The British government had her blackness painted out ...

Veronica, on 12/16/2016

Don't get fat this Christmas

Warmed Wassail is delicious and can be served quite healthily depending what goes into it.

Veronica, on 12/16/2016

Getting to The Heart of Racism

There was a case some years ago of a farmer in South West England who could trace his South Western English ancestors back for many generations. When he had his DNA tested, to his surprise his mitochondrial showed that his direct maternal ...

frankbeswick, on 12/16/2016

Don't get fat this Christmas

I notice that you display a picture of wassail. Readers might like to know that wassail is an Anglo-Saxon word meaning good health. There are several types of wassail, but Veronica is showing the one which has apples soaked in cider. But even ...

frankbeswick, on 12/16/2016

Don't get fat this Christmas

Addition to the page I went to a nibbles party ( ah the worst ) yesterday lunchtime and these were on the food table so I ate these ! added above

Veronica, on 12/16/2016

Movie Review: The African Queen (1951)

I never watched it as child as when it came on my dad would say, " Not this again. " and switch channels . I watched it when I got married and left home. It made me laugh because I was thinking of Dad but the relationship between Hepburn ...

Veronica, on 12/16/2016

Vintage Wedding Dresses: Get the Retro Look for Your Wedding Day

oh okay. thank you

Ruthann Mathews, on 12/15/2016

Vintage Wedding Dresses: Get the Retro Look for Your Wedding Day

I literally just put "gothic wedding dresses" in eBay and searched through them. I was actually searching for work and just happened to come across my dream dress style so snapped it up.

AlexandriaIngham, on 12/15/2016

Vintage Wedding Dresses: Get the Retro Look for Your Wedding Day

I really like the Medieval vintage wedding dress, my wedding next year is Irish Celtic theme and this dress would be perfect. Where would I get the specifics on it (ie: prices, sizes, etc)? ...

Ruthann Mathews, on 12/15/2016

Getting to The Heart of Racism

Exactly. This planet has been spinning a long time and people have been moving around it since the beginning.

NanciArvizu, on 12/15/2016

Don't get fat this Christmas

I have no specific dietary needs, so I don't need a special diet, but with me, to moderate my weight, I just need to stem my yearning to devour all in front of me. Veronica knows this,but the rest of you don't: I love food!

frankbeswick, on 12/15/2016