Words on Wednesday: More on the Lord Peter books

  This post contains an annotated list of the Lord Peter novels.

  But first, a question for you:

  How do the Lord Peter novels and stories resemble the Big Bang Theory TV show? 

New Post on my other blog

i don't use my other blog very much, but i did just make a post.
It's more of a Christian and Bible emphasis blog.  You might want to check it out.
https://judges2.blogspot.com/2020/07/waiting.html

How is a pencil made?

  Artists and vendors are making lots of videos for us, instructional and behind the scenes.
i was sent

Words on Wednesday: More from the Summer Reading List

  Left out a few books last week, and i really enjoyed them.
  These

Quiz, anyone?

i was looking for the lyrics of a '70s song - seems lots of people have recorded it, but the version i wanted was the first recording, by its writer - and this came up.  Fascinating! 
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/songs/question5.html

You might want to check out their quiz about presidential 3rd parties.

Another History Quote: Lincoln

Reading History

In our Village of Merici Westside Book Club, we're reading Stevenson's Kidnapped.
It's a rollicking good story, but, between the Scots words peppered throughout the story and the complex political background, i'm not sure our members are picking up on enough.
No doubt i think they need more than they do.
Anyway.  Turns out i actually wanted my OTHER blue text, about the History of England. But of course i had to explore the US history book before replacing it on the shelf.
And i found this quote by a guy i'd never heard of, but should have:

Wordless Wednesday: Painted Rocks

This is from my dad's war experience, but both my brother in law and my father in law told about painting rocks, the most boring and useless part of their military experience.

Wordless Wednesday: Raincoats and Friends

Wordless Wednesday: Gathering the Troops

Wordless Wednesday: Photo Booth Buds

Wordless Wednesday: Semaphore

W for William, part of my dad's WWII training. He was a
US Army Technician 5th Grade

Words on Wednesday: Agatha Christie's _There is a Tide_

This is a definitely historical story......

2018 Reading List

  Lately i've been doing a lot of reading.  Possibly too much, but hey, to read i don't have to move those pesky knees.
  Anyway, i've compiled a list of many of the books i've read this year, with a few scattered comments.   Hope you enjoy!

Midweek Photo: Marching to Rome

Somewhere along the road from Salerno to Rome, 1943

Words on Wednesday: Biography

The current, and soon to be past, selection of our Village of Merici bookclub

  i've seen biographies of varying complexity.  This may be

Wordless Wednesday: Electronic Communications and Various Prognostications, ca 1900

Around 1998-200?3 i made two Millennial Albums. this one, the first,

In conversation: Boom and Valerie talk about family history - or is immigration the subject?

Boom: I heard that when your father's ancestors moved to this country, they jumped ship rather than go through the Ellis Island station. Is that true?

Wordless Wednesday: The Center of the US?

THIS in Indiana, doesn't look like any sort of US Center!

Quiz! Who was Russia's Last Tsar?

A) Alexander III
B) Ivan the Terrible
C) Nicholas II
D) Michael Romanov