![]() Finally, we’ll show how anyone, from a novice home brewer to a seasoned winemaker, can make a delicious batch of dandelion wine this spring. ![]() We’ll also discuss why making dandelion wine is a perfect fit for the homesteading ethos. This article will reveal the origins of dandelion wine, and discuss its appearance in history as well as popular culture. And dandelion wine epitomizes the homesteading experience: it is a rare treat made from a common plant, that most Americans consider a nuisance! No matter how big or small your homestead is, it is easy to gather enough dandelions up to make this delightful beverage. Fortunately, it is very simple to brew at home. ![]() ![]() Dandelion wine is hard to find, unless you make it yourself. All homesteaders should learn how to make and enjoy dandelion wine. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The population of New England at that time would fit into Yankee Stadium today. One minister discovered that he was related to no fewer than twenty witches. Husbands implicated wives nephews their aunts daughters their mothers siblings each other. The youngest was five the eldest nearly eighty. Although we will never know the exact number of those formally charged with having “wickedly, maliciously, and feloniously” engaged in sorcery, somewhere between a hundred and forty-four and a hundred and eighty-five witches and wizards were named in twenty-five villages and towns. ![]() The first hanging took place in June, the last in September a stark, stunned silence followed. In 1692, the Massachusetts Bay Colony executed fourteen women, five men, and two dogs for witchcraft. Illustration by Thomas Allen Source: Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum (document) “Where will the Devil show most malice but where he is hated, and hateth most?” Cotton Mather wrote. ![]() ![]() ![]() it's a wonderful study in eloquent syntax and also a great study in modes of communication. ![]() i would recommend this book for anyone who reads juicy young adult novels or loves classics. ![]() I was not expecting the ending at all, which is neat, especially given that this book is from centuries ago. love can destroy, especially when ill intent is involved. the letters between the two main characters and between, well, everyone else, paint an intricate picture of what love can do to people-whether intentional or not, whether there are (plenty of) ulterior motives involved or not. ![]() ![]() It’s a little less spiritual in the sense there is no mention of the Arch Angels, though it still does have that core of faith. Unlike the Super Attractor book that I wrote about a little while ago, this book has been more about focusing on how you choose what you want. My Thoughts: While the description above is a little simplistic of the book, it is kind of the gist of it. It all starts with believing that you are capable of reaching that goal but trusting that it will come in due time. What It’s About: Learning that you are here for a purpose–the skills, the passions, the knowledge and the support that you have, can lead to you having a life that you love, that you want, and one that you’ve created yourself according to your own terms. ![]() ![]() Genre: self-help, non-fiction, personal development. Title:You are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life ![]() ![]() ![]() National trends seemed to be on their side. Gun reform groups stepped up after the Newtown tragedy to do something they had never done before: They tried to match the NRA dollar for dollar in electoral campaigns to help gun reform candidates win. The gun lobby looked vulnerable for the first time in decades since it emerged on the national stage during the unsteady, often violent times of the late 1970s. His proposed solution of solving gun violence by having more guns rang hollow. When the National Rifle Association chief executive Wayne LaPierre finally did speak on national television, commentators ridiculed him for sounding so “tone deaf” to the still raw emotions of the nation. ![]() Governors in states from New York to Colorado pledged to pass stricter gun laws in their states, too.įor seven long days after Newtown’s Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the gun lobby said not a word. President Obama and Congressional leaders promised action in Washington. The horrific massacre of mostly first-grade children in Newtown, Connecticut, seemed to have changed the nation’s views of guns. ![]() Earlier this year, long before this week’s latest tragic shooting at the Washington, D.C., Navy Yard, one expert after another predicted the gun lobby’s demise. ![]() ![]() ![]() In Hollywood he worked for the producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr. A graduate of the Professional Children's School, he provided a child's voice in a radio drama and appeared onstage. Originally a child actor, he became Jeff Brown because Actors Equity already had a Richard Brown as a member. Jeff Brown was born Richard Chester Brown. In translation, he traveled to France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan and Israel, among other places. The character's life extended further, as schoolchildren mailed cut-outs of him to their friends. All together, Stanley's tales have sold nearly a million copies in the United States alone. The last, "Stanley, Flat Again!," was published the year he died. Flat Stanley became the star of a series of perpetually popular books. Jeff Brown had worked in Hollywood and as an editor and writer in New York before creating Flat Stanley, a hero for the youngest readers whose adventures, with illustrations by Tomi Ungerer, were first published in 1964. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. ![]() ![]() ![]() Whimsical, engaging illustrations by Lucy Fleming.How High Is Heaven is the perfect book for parents and grandparents to read aloud and provides an uplifting message for kids ages 4-8, featuring: Kids and their parents can celebrate that heaven is a place we can look forward to, by God’s grace and goodness, while finding moments of heaven here on earth. In this uplifting, imaginative picture book, How High Is Heaven inspires hope and comfort in readers young and old, that heaven can be experienced here and now and is open for us all.īestselling author and ABC News anchor Linsey Davis invites children to explore age-appropriate questions about heaven. Children ask A LOT of questions when it comes to heaven, particularly when they’ve experienced the loss of a loved one. ![]() ![]() ![]() Without getting too specific and spoilery about that plot, what Brigance defeated was the town’s tendency toward racism, an unpleasant failing still very much in evidence in the new book. And now the author once again returns to the fictitious Deep South hamlet of Clayton, Mississippi, following up on attorney Jake Brigance’s life and practice just three years after his somewhat amazing courtroom victory in A Time to Kill. In the intervening 25 years, however, his second book, The Firm, sold more copies than any other novel of 1991, was followed by a very popular film adaptation, and more bestselling legal thrillers, and more films. Back when John Grisham was distributing copies of his first novel, A Time to Kill, to Mississippi bookstores from the trunk of his car, he probably didn’t in his most blissful dreams imagine there’d be a day when its sequel would top most of the nation’s bestseller lists. ![]() ![]() 35 Best Quotes From It Ends With Us (+Screensavers!).10 Heart-Breaking Books Like Reminders of Him.22 Books Like It Ends With Us By Colleen Hoover.Colleen Hoover Books In Order (Masterlist & Mindmap).November 9 Book Club Questions & Discussion Guide.Plus, I read this book just in time to review it before November 9! ![]() Two characters, vow to meet each other at the same time, same date, for the next 6 years. I decided to read November 9 by Colleen Hoover because this book’s plot stood out to me compared to ther rest of Colleen Hoover’s books. ![]() In this November 9 summary and review guide, you’ll get to read a non-spoiler and spoiler summary of the book, my personal thoughts on the book, favourite quotes, books like November 9 and more! This blog post contains affiliate links, no extra cost to you, thank you for your support! ![]() ![]() ![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Aldiss passed away in 2017 at the age of 92. Among his many short stories, perhaps the most famous was “Super-Toys Last All Summer Long,” which was adapted for film by Stanley Kubrick and produced and directed after Kubrick’s death by Steven Spielberg as A.I. ![]() He edited many successful anthologies and published groundbreaking nonfiction, including a magisterial history of science fiction ( Billion Year Spree, later revised and expanded as Trillion Year Spree). ![]() Campbell Memorial Award) bestselling popular fiction, including the three-volume Horatio Stubbs saga and the four-volume the Squire Quartet experimental fiction such as Report on Probability A and Barefoot in the Head and many other iconic and pioneering works, including the Helliconia Trilogy. Over a long and distinguished writing career, he published award-winning science fiction (two Hugo Awards, a Nebula Award, and the John W. 3.48 avg rating 1,093 ratings published 1969 26 editions. Supertoys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time. Aldiss was born in Norfolk, England, in 1925. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. ![]() |