The early bird can keep the worm. I’ll take the coffee. Some days, you make the coffee. Other day, the coffee makes you. “Oh, coffee, you’re so fine. You’re so fine you blow my mind. Hey, coffee. Hey, Hey, coffee!”Be honest. You didn’t read that, you sang it. My idea of a good time involves… Read More
History: Hidden in Plain View
Historical tidbits are hidden in plain view all around us. Sometimes they are the statues in public places, on words carved into clay tablets, in the Bible, in the Dead Sea Scrolls, in pictures in museums, in fictional stories that take place during actual historical events, and even in our homes on the kids’ book… Read More
Semi-Opaque Windows into History
How many of you had a book of Nursery Rhymes in your house as you grew up? For many of us, they were a part of our childhood as silly rhymes with catchy tunes. Some of us even jumped rope to these little ditties. But do you know that they are also a semi-opaque window… Read More
Nursery Rhymes are Historical Fiction
There’s more to nursery rhymes that fun little ditties to sing while you jump rope. They are our history in disguise. For example: The origin for this rhyme that most historicans agree on is: Nimble Jack is actually Black Jack, an English pirate who was notorious for escaping from the authorities in the late 16th… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 