Carolann's Newsletters

Dear Friends, Tangents: 1828: Jules Verne, author, born 1910: Boy Scouts of America established. 1921: Lana Turner, actor, born 1931: James Dean, actor, born. On Feb.

Dear Friends, Tangents: Terrance Hayes selected this poem for inclusion in last Sunday’s NY Times magazine.  He writes, “This pithy poem could

Dear Friends, Tangents: On this day in 1958, the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense is established. It

Dear Friends, Tangents: On Feb. 6, 1952, Britain’s King George VI died; he was succeeded by his daughter, Elizabeth II. Go to article

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday! On this day in 1887, Groundhog Day is celebrated for the first time at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney,

Dear Friends, Tangents: André-Gustave Citroën was born on this day in 1878. The French engineer and industrialist introduced Henry Ford’s methods of