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Ya Mama Won’t Dance
The sad, sad tale of Vashti is one of the most confusing stories in the Bible if you ask me. I know there was purpose, and I’ll post about that later. But for now, it’s all about Vashti. There is...
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For Such A Time As This
Yesterday it was Vashti, today it’s her replacement. That’s right, King Ahasuerus didn’t stay single long after he gave Vashti the boot. Esther, like her predecessor didn’t have much of a say in her...
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Just In Case You Missed It…
I don’t do a lot of re-runs, but today is the birthday of Marie Curie, one of the most important women ever to work in the field of science. And her love story bears repeating. For those of you who...
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Lucky For Us.
Lucy Maud Montgomery came into my life when I was in the seventh grade. I told no one about her then. Life was hard enough, and being a fan of the author of Anne of Green Gables would have won me no...
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Furious Love…
Elizabeth Taylor would have turned 84 today. I’m a big fan. A really big fan. Always have been, always will be. She was the greatest actress of her age, and one of the most beautiful women of all...
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Babbling Brooke, The Lady Was A Tramp!
Well, February is over, this is it – the final love affair! I hope you’ve enjoyed these as much as I’ve enjoyed researching and writing them! Thanks for your comments and for reading them each day....
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Tragic Trio
On September 20, 1596, Diego de Montemayor founded the city of Monterrey in New Spain. New Spain was what the Spanish called the Western Hemisphere whether they owned it or not back in the Colonial...
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A Little Distraction…
I don’t know about you, but I need a distraction. I know it’s not February, but here’s a love affair of sorts to keep us off email, elections, scandals, and the angst that we’re living right now....
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Our Union Has Not Been Without Its Trials
This is a re-run. I was texting with a friend yesterday when she asked if I’d ever done a post on “the other first lady born outside the United States. That’s right, Melania Trump is not the first...
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Someone Remarkable…
“I knew immediately she was someone remarkable. Something played off her that gave her a kind of illumination.” Carlo Ponti. It was an unlikely match. But then, the great ones usually are. Born to a...
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Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know.
In British Peerage, she’s known simply as the Honorable Caroline Ponsonby and Lady Caroline Lamb. She was married to the man who would, after her death, become Viscount Melbourne, Lord Melbourne, and...
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They Started It.
We’ve had Cagney and Lacy, Castle and Beckett, Marshall Dillion and Miss Kitty, and countless other wisecracking couples to entertain us over the years, but the granddaddy and grandma of them all are...
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A Study In Black and White – A Loving Story
I’m a little tied UP this week – so hopefully you’ll forgive this re-run. It’s an important story that bears repeating. It ran over five years ago. Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of Loving v....
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What Knockers!
Today is Mel Brooks Birthday! This is a re-run, I’ve got lot’s going on…check in tomorrow for something new! ******************************************* At first glance, it seemed one of the stranger...
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Nothing In Return
I am one of those people who wonder how some folks turn out the way they did. Seemingly, their family life was perfect, the advantages plenty, and the trials few. Things don’t always work out the...
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Very Glad He Waited…
I’m sure it’s taboo to talk kindly about the merchant of death RJ Reynolds, but – well, like I say, “It’s my blog, and…” RJ Reynolds was 15 when the Civil War broke out, and although too young to go to...
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Anybody Got A Match?
Her first line in to Have and Have Not was, “Anybody Got A Match?” Theirs by all accounts was an unlikely one. Lauren Bacall was a 19 year old former model starring in her first leading film role...
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As If They Don’t Have Enough Else Going Against Them…
…now Diana, Princess of Wales’ former psychic, Simone Simmons, who claims to be in contact with the Late Lady Di, says Diana thinks the union of Harry and Ms Markle is doomed. Oh dear. She claims Diana...
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Love Is A Polo Field…
It’s Saturday, I generally don’t post on the weekends, but with all the Royal Wedding hoopla, I thought I’d re-run this Famous Love Affair. Say what you want about The Duchess of Cornwall (who is...
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Love and Marriage
“If love means never having to say you’re sorry, then marriage means always having to say everything twice.” Estelle Getty said on a TV show long ago. The Golden Girl would have turned 95 today, but...
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