by Cathy Hanson | Dec 8, 2020 | HAS, News
I don’t know about you, but I feel hope and wonder when reminded that we don’t know/haven’t seen everything. Here’s a nice surprise for those who haven’t already seen it. Archaeologists have uncovered 8 miles of wall paintings in Columbia that they estimate to be...
by Cathy Hanson | Nov 10, 2020 | HAS, Stories
I was watching a movie about Bonnie and Clyde the other night and took a quick look at their bios in Wikipedia. (If you use Wikipedia, feel free to toss a donation their way.) Turns out that Bonnie Parker was born in 1910, just like my paternal grandfather, Ernest...
by Cathy Hanson | Oct 13, 2020 | HAS, Stories
It’s time for a little music history! Being born on October 13 makes these musicians Libras. Since my mother and both my sisters married Libras, I have a fondness. Here are some tunes that you may or may not know by people that were born today. (Not sure why the...
by Cathy Hanson | Sep 22, 2020 | HAS, Stories
I was standing by the beach watching the sunset when a man (more than six feet away from me) took a call on his cell phone and carried on a personal conversation for quite a long time. He was speaking loudly to be heard over the waves, and I thought that I really...
by Cathy Hanson | Aug 11, 2020 | HAS, Stories
I love to learn new stuff, even if it’s not intentional. “Reaction videos”, judging by the number of hits when you plug that in your chosen search engine, are a big deal. You can watch people react to all kinds of things, but my chosen ones are music. In these videos,...
by Cathy Hanson | Jul 14, 2020 | HAS, Stories
Lucky for us, in terms of stories and knowledge, some women during the Victorian Era (1837-1901) broke free of the constraints limiting women and became explorers. Apparently the spirit of adventure and the lure of knowledge and freedom were (and still are) a powerful...
by Cathy Hanson | Jun 9, 2020 | HAS, News
It’s hard to do research during chaotic times, but I can still listen to podcasts without overloading my brain too much. Texas Ranger monument in front of Texas State Capitol. Photo by Daniel Mayer via Wikimedia Commons. Today I listened to NPR’s Fresh Air...
by Cathy Hanson | May 19, 2020 | HAS, Stories
I love quest stories. Add in some spies and rock music and I’m all in. I’ve mentioned before that I listen to podcasts a lot, whether they are continuous weekly or limited to telling one story in a limited number of episodes. At the moment I’m listening to one of the...
by Cathy Hanson | Apr 21, 2020 | HAS, Stories
I originally wrote this post in 2016, but this is a good to time to put it out there again. I’ve made a couple of very minor changes that don’t effect the details of the story. The stories I share with you on this blog are usually about more than the...
by Cathy Hanson | Mar 31, 2020 | HAS, Stories
I hope you all are staying well. I read that in Iceland they are testing everybody for the coronavirus, not just those who present with symptoms. Although they haven’t tested the entire population yet, they have discovered that about half of those who tested positive...
