I’m not Arnold.

I’m not Arnold. He was born to Japanese immigrants to California on June 28, 1932.  Their second son, he was named Noriyuki. Over the next couple years, the baby showed signs of high intelligence.  His…



Unpleasant Dreams

Unpleasant Dreams According to all accounts Susan Godsey lived a normal life for the first eight years of her life.  I can imagine the cute little girl dressing her dolls and playing house.  She would…


Hang It All!

Hang It All! Joseph Samuels was born in England in the 1780s.  He was a pretty normal boy for those times, but things were hard.  Hard times can often make for hard men, and Joseph…


Electric Wind

Electric Wind William Kamkwamba lived in an impoverished area of Africa with no electricity or running water.  Born to uneducated parents he knew that education was his only hope for a better future for his…


We’ve been buffaloed!

We’ve been buffaloed! I’ve heard it over and over, and I’m sure you have too.  Those who repeat it most often use it to support their contention that Native Americans were natural people who purposely…


The Falls

The Falls In Giles County, Virginia, not too far from the quaint little town of Pembroke there is a place where the Little Stony Creek leaps and dances through the mountains for mile after mile. …


Getting Your Goat

Getting Your Goat When Americans visit other countries around the world those crazy foreigners sometimes treat us like we’re odd.  They say Americans are rude know-it-alls who often don’t have any idea what we’re talking…


All Cooped Up: Part 2

All Cooped Up: Part 2 As I said in my previous post, I started trying to salvage an old work shop and convert it into a home for my new poultry flock.  With the bird…


All Cooped Up: Part 1

All Cooped Up: Part 1 As I told my readers in an earlier post, I went through the research and decision-making processes to decide which breeds of chickens and ducks I wanted to get to…