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As anyone who has lived through a tragedy knows, severe circumstances tend to bring out the best in some and the worst in others. This phenomenon can be seen i…

Mass deaths of dolphins have occurred along the coastal regions of the Gulf of Mexico. Not just any region though. The main regions where the dolphins have bee…

For those of us who enjoy camping seasonally, there's only a minimal amount of 'gear' that we need for our temporary outings with family and/or fri…

Osceola, the Man and the Myths The most famous painting of Osceola by George Catlin.  George Catlin [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Over the la…

Paeonia tenuifolia is a perennial flower that is better known as the fern leaf peony. This variety of peony has a crimson color to it that is similar to what y…

Activated bamboo charcoal has been around for a long time but an air purifier made from charcoal has been becoming more popular in use in recent times. The act…

Sequoyah Caverns and Ellis Homestead, closed since 2013 , was a popular destination in DeKalb County, Alabama. The cave was named for Sequoyah in 1963. There i…

This 17-minute documentary was filmed in Ohio and covers the subject of the mounds located in the Ohio River Valley. Mounds which were built up by the Hopewel…

This post contains an excerpt from the 1860 book " Social Relations In Our Southern States"  by Daniel Robinson Hundley . The title of the chapter …

Blues singer Willie Foster in Greenville, Mississippi, interview from 1994 (possibly mid-September), sharing his experiences involving the beginnings of his bl…

These are the live streams that the singer Mree did leading up to Christmas. To sum it up: her voice is amazing and beautiful. More about her from  Wikipedia…

R.I.P.: Willie J. Foster September 21, 1921 - May 20, 2001 Willie J. Foster in his back yard. The afternoon of Friday, May 15, 1998, starte…