Carolann's Newsletters

Dear Friends, Tangents: On this day in 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from prison. Giving up is the ultimate tragedy.  –Robert J. Donovan POEM Teacher

Dear Friends, Tangents: We went to the Joan Miró exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum this past weekend and found it worthwhile. 

Dear Friends, Tangents: On this day in … 1869 – The Suez Canal opened. 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the

Dear Friends, Tangents: March 6,1475, Michelangelo was born. 1806, poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born. March 6, 1899, Bayer patents Aspirin. Also on this day

Dear Friends, Tangents: On this day in 1946, Winston Churchill delivered his famous “Iron Curtain” speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo.,

Dear Friends, Tangents: This is Shrove Tuesday, otherwise known as Pancake Day, when many Christians around the world eat pancakes for dinner