Carolann's Newsletters

Dear Friends, Tangents: HAPPY FRIDAY!  It’s officially summer!    On this day   1749 – Edward Cornwallis founds settlement at Halifax with 2,576 English colonists. Go to

Dear Friends,   Tangents: -from CNN today: If you’ve been pining for a change of scenery, you’re in luck: Astronomers have found two planets that meet pretty much every

Dear Friends, Tangents: Norwegian island wants to get rid of time. (h/t Scott Kominers) On June 19, 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Monday! Rich people are buying forests, betting the global decline in arable land and rising food demand makes them a good

Dear Friends, Tangents: Paul McCartney, b. 1942 1948 Columbia Records unveiled its new long-playing, 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record.  Go to article » 1983~ First woman in

Dear Friends, Tangents: HAPPY FIRDAY! Royal Ascot Horse Races Centennial of the first Transatlantic Flight June 14, 1919 – Aviation – British Army Captain John