PayDay loans Auto insurance

What is the history behind having bad luck when one’s path is crossed by a black cat?

Well this fear goes back to Middle Ages,when the world believed in witches and demons.

Many women who were thought be witches kept black cats as their pets. And since people believe that a witch could change into her cat whenever…

Mother Teresa: Minister to the Poor

Mother Teresa devoted her life to helping the poor in the worst slums of Calcutta.

This dedicated woman knew this was the path she wanted her life to take early on.  As a girl of twelve, Mother Teresa, a devout Catholic,…

Look Behind You

It was a dark and foggy night. A young lady was having trouble staying awake while driving home at night. Her anxiety level was not helped by the fact that she was running low on gas and was lost.

Finally, a…

Salem Wax Museum of Witches and Seafarers

You have to admit that is a strange combination!  Think of it as getting two museums for the price of one.

Here you can experience the terror of the witch trials of 1692, now known by some as “the burning times”…

How Dare Someone Call Child Protection on Me

I am so peeved, how many people have ever had child protection called on someone in your own home, from a babysitter, that had nothing to do with you at all, and it also was something that happened months ago?

It…

Who were HUMPTY and DUMPTY?

During the English Civil War the City of Gloucester was being held by one Colonel Massey for the parliamentarians, and they were about to be besieged by the King’s army, approaching from the West.

Now in those days Gloucester was a…

Captain Kathryn Janeway: At the Helm of Star Trek’s “Voyager”

Captain Kathryn Janeway, played by actress Kate Mulgrew, is the female captain of television’s USS Voyager.

Tough as nails, yet compassionate and approachable, she leads her 24th century crew through the unexplored “Delta Quadrant” in search of home (which, by the…

Praline Pecans

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon soda
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2-1/3 cups pecans
  1. Combine sugar, soda, salt, and buttermilk.
  2. Boil 5 minutes at 210 degrees.
  3. Add butter and pecans and cook 2 minutes at 230 degrees.
  4. Cool slightly and beat until creamy.
  5. Drop on wax…

What’s For Dinner?

Have you heard about the terrible thing that happened to that family across town? They were just moving into their new house and it was getting late and the family was hungry.

Due to a mix-up with the electric company, Mom…

Space Farms and Museum

If you happen to be tooling through Beemerville, New Jersey, stop in at Space Farms and Museum.

Space Farms was known as the home of Goliath, the World’s Largest Bear.  Goliath died in 1991 but he still does tourist duty, mounted…

Close
E-mail It