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I recently went to the last town in the world that still speaks Old English and I was shocked by how much I could speak and understand. Well okay, it’s not exactly Old English, it’s a rare language ...
In the spring of 1901, 33 people from the small West Virginia town of Dry Fork, high in the Potomac Highlands of the ...
Yellowstone is most famous for huge explosive eruptions that create large calderas. Outside Yellowstone Caldera, however, ...
Did you know elephants have long trunks? The first YouTube video delivers that little-known bit of animal knowledge -- and after that, things really started charging.
Good old Livy (59 B.C.-A.D. 17) in his Early History of Rome, Vol. I, tells us that “the study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind” and ...
Don’t want to miss a single column? Sign up to get “Dear James” in your inbox. I turned 82 last Bastille Day, and I cannot ...
Slang says a lot about its time, and some of the funniest phrases from decades past are too good to stay buried. These ...
Recently, someone on Reddit asked the r/BuyItForLife community — a subreddit focused on finding "practical, durable and ...
A friend who is one of the founders of the Roaring Fork Valley Horse Council asked me some time ago if I would write a short autobiography for a celebration their (our) group is ...
Ross, 82, has recovered and will once again lead the group, which was established in 1936 and she joined about 50 years ago, ...
You’re in too deep thinking about who your neighbors are, why they are the way they are, and what they should do. The changes they need to make to their home, the reasons behind Cheyla’s “delicate” ...