Carolann's Newsletters

Dear Friends, Tangents: August 9, 1815, Charles Lamb wrote to Robert Southey: I am going to stand godfather; I don’t like the business;

Dear Friends, Tangents: On this day in 1846, the Smithsonian is created. I’ve been a subscriber to the Smithsonian magazine for several years now.  It

Dear Friends, Tangents: August 11, 1965:  Watts riots, Los Angeles. Tonight begins the annual Perseid meteor shower! How to best enjoy this year’s Perseid

Dear Friends, Tangents: LOW TIDE, LATE AUGUST That last summer when everything was almost always terrible we waded into the bay one late afternoon

Dear Friends, Tangents: BIRTHDAY: Percy Bysshe Shelley, August 4, 1792 Percy Bysshe Shelley was a radical, championing the likes of Tom Paine and getting

Dear Friends, Tangents: August, from CD’s Urban Almanac: The days seem to shorten.  The nights, deep and warm, grow longer.  Tree frogs and