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Category: LEISURE
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October in History
October 1 1959 – The first episode of Rod Sterling’s “The Twilight Zone” was copyrighted October 2 1968 – California’s Redwood National Park was established, preserving some of the world’s tallest trees October 3 1863 – President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States October 4 1911…
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Train Trips Worth Your Time and Money
There is a particular pleasure in seeing North America from a train. Highways flatten the journey into exits and rest stops. Air travel skips it altogether. A train asks you to slow down and notice what lies between one place and the next: wheat fields at sunrise, mountain passes still holding snow, and small towns…
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September in History
September 1 1878 – Emma Nutt (apparently the last name was trendsetting if you remember telephone operators) became the world’s first female telephone operator September 3 1875 – Ferdinand Porsche, Austro‑Bohemian designer of the Volkswagen Beetle, early Porsches, and the first gasoline / electric hybrid September 4 1998 – Google launched, revolutionizing online search September…
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August in History
August 1 1900 – “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum was copyrighted. 1941 – The first Jeep rolled off the assembly line, and Willys Truck Company was the first company to create a Jeep. August 2 1904 – A patent for a “glass shaping machine” was granted to Michael Owen. The immense…
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Where Has Truth Gone?
By boomerznews.com Last month, standing at the counter of my local pharmacy, I found myself at the center of a small, infuriating drama that has become all too common in American life. I was picking up a routine prescription—one that, for months, was written for a generic drug, costing me a manageable co-pay. This time,…
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