What with scurrying around finishing taxes, clearing out our things from our friends' house (so they can move back in), reports and all sorts of flotsam and jetsam -- it's been a zany time.
More has happened...but I'll save that for future posts this week. Meanwhile, I'm back...and talking. Hope you missed our conversations. I missed you.
Meanwhile: a short list. There will be a longer one next week, as I get used to being online again.
Cycling champion Ethan Boyes is dead -- hit by a car.
The man who made chocolate bunnies de rigeur for Easter. (I keep thinking of the comic Sally Forth, who always eats the ears off her daughter's chocolate bunnies.)
Ten British residences with unusual literary connections.
Ten things learned about historical figures -- because a bit of their hair was saved.
Madeleine McCann is still missing -- not only did the latest claimant's DNA test show it wasn't the missing girl from so many years ago, but this woman has claimed to be three other missing girls in the past. (Gee, wouldn't that have been important to know, before taking her seriously?!?)
Ten 'fake' paintings and sculptures that now are considered genuine. Guess how the values skyrocketed on these!
Ten men who accomplished great things -- and turned out to be women, disguised as men.
Rediscovered 1961 photos of the lost submarine, USS Thresher. We still don't know for certain why this sub went down with all hands in April 1963. (One reason the Titanic was located was that it was a cover story for Robert Ballard's search for Thresher. The sub's remains were eventually found -- some 1300 feet deep.)
Hope you're having a great week. Coloroado is doing what only it can this time of year -- ranging from soft, warm 80-degree days.... to snow! More expected the rest of this week.
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