Carolann's Newsletters

Dear Friends, Tangents: Peter Pan helps sick children. Not fictionally, financially. The author J.M. Barrie, who was born on this day in 1860,

Dear Friends, Tangents: 1980: Chrysler Canada saved from bankruptcy The Poem: GIRLHOOD was when I slept in the woods bareheaded beneath jagged stars and the membranous near-misses of bats, when I

Dear Friends, Tangents: On this day in 1886, Dr. John S. Pemberton sold the first glass of Coca-Cola at the soda fountain of

Dear Friends, Tangents: May 7, 1824: Premier of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Pyotr Tchaikovsky, b. 1840 On May 7, 1945, Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday! On May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on anti-war protesters at Kent State University, killing four

Dear Friends, Tangents: On this day in 1952, Lt. Col. Joseph Fletcher walked to the exact geographic location of the North Pole, likely