by Cathy Hanson | Nov 10, 2020 | HAS, Stories
I was watching a movie about Bonnie and Clyde the other night and took a quick look at their bios in Wikipedia. (If you use Wikipedia, feel free to toss a donation their way.) Turns out that Bonnie Parker was born in 1910, just like my paternal grandfather, Ernest...
by Cathy Hanson | Oct 13, 2020 | HAS, Stories
It’s time for a little music history! Being born on October 13 makes these musicians Libras. Since my mother and both my sisters married Libras, I have a fondness. Here are some tunes that you may or may not know by people that were born today. (Not sure why the...
by Cathy Hanson | Sep 22, 2020 | HAS, Stories
I was standing by the beach watching the sunset when a man (more than six feet away from me) took a call on his cell phone and carried on a personal conversation for quite a long time. He was speaking loudly to be heard over the waves, and I thought that I really...
by Cathy Hanson | Aug 11, 2020 | HAS, Stories
I love to learn new stuff, even if it’s not intentional. “Reaction videos”, judging by the number of hits when you plug that in your chosen search engine, are a big deal. You can watch people react to all kinds of things, but my chosen ones are music. In these videos,...
by Cathy Hanson | Jul 14, 2020 | HAS, Stories
Lucky for us, in terms of stories and knowledge, some women during the Victorian Era (1837-1901) broke free of the constraints limiting women and became explorers. Apparently the spirit of adventure and the lure of knowledge and freedom were (and still are) a powerful...
by Cathy Hanson | May 19, 2020 | HAS, Stories
I love quest stories. Add in some spies and rock music and I’m all in. I’ve mentioned before that I listen to podcasts a lot, whether they are continuous weekly or limited to telling one story in a limited number of episodes. At the moment I’m listening to one of the...
