I’ve sprinkled little vignettes of my background all over this site, many of “Famous Common People I Have Known” series are drawn from my life among the trees. My fondest memories are of trees and things associated with trees. (see…
Author: vassar
GALLERY- Historic Mountbatten Tapestry from 1885, $7,000
Alexander Battenberg of Hesse, (Germany) was “appointed” the first Tsar of Bulgaria by the Council of Berlin after the Russian monarchy had helped the Bulgarians achieve their independence from the Ottoman Turks. The state of Bulgaria was created in 1879…
Scratch a Russian and you’ll find a ……?
(Footnoted, 3/10) Rudyard Kipling once wrote: “I had six honest serving men who taught me all I know. They were, Who, What, Where, When, Why and How” This simple life-rule has been virtually absent in news presentation for the…