Bits past, present, and future
One does well to honor the martyrs, though for remembering it helps to be Catholic or to belong to congregation that knows and practices the liturgical calendar. Others may know only that it’s time for candy and trick-or-treaters. Or for the great autumnal brouhaha so Mardis Gras-like when to taunt, or at least [...]
So I’m up now, but not fully squared away! Thanks to some relative technical help, though, and this and another subdomain site will be more than I can handle, but I’m going to try.
Going by the first day of a season, summer is the second season in the year. If duration counts, then winter is the first, spring the second, and summer the third. How do most people list the seasons — spring, summer, fall, winter, or do they start with winter?
Tiger Mountain - maybe it’s just a hill - actually the Martians have called it Van Zandt Hill since the 1840s. Sometime around 1795 the Spanish ambassador charted it in the line of hills dividing the king’s lands from Mexico. Soon Napoleon had the king’s lands, and not long after that, President [...]