The Opium War By Julia Lovell The first half of this book is an excellent telling of the details of the Opium War that the British Empire and China fought in the mid 19th Century. It is pretty balance...Read More
Dudgeon Noun: A feeling of offense or deep resentment. Bordering on anger. Example: After the poor service he was in a state of high dudgeon....Read More
It was the height of the short tourist season on the Oregon Coast when we visited. We stayed by the bridge in Newport and we experienced blowing glass. We also ate great food, the best meal was at Bec...Read More
WWIT Economic Sanctions are Acts of War The USA is imposing economic sanctions on Iran as a response to this weeks missile attack on oil process facilities in Saudi Arabia. They are seen in the US as ...Read More
The Big Rock Candy Mountain By Wallace Stegner Stegner’s prose are beautiful. He paints word pictures that are so vivid they make you feel like you are living in the time and place he describes....Read More
Temporal Adjective: Related to worldly as opposed to religious or eternal affairs. Example: He is interested in temporal assets not heavenly credits....Read More
On our trip to Oregon last month our daughters organized for us to go to a glass blowing studio and have a lesson. I was suspicious. I love glass and thought that it was unlikely that we could create ...Read More