Carolann's Newsletters

Dear Friends, Tangents: Calendars That Leap   -by Amanda Foreman, WSJ Every four years on Feb. 29, we are reminded of one of life’s most

Dear Friends, Tangents: MARCH: Pisces & Aries Birthstone: Aquamarine Flower: Tulip The days and nights  approach each other in duration, balancing perfectly at the vernal equinox. 

Dear Friends, Tangents: 1729 – Louis XV authorizes new issue of playing card money in New France; not enough printed bills or coinage to

Dear Friends, Tangents: Points of Progress: Worldwide: An iconic doll just got real. US based toymaker Mattel in late January unveiled a new suite of

Dear Friends, Tangents: On Feb. 19, 1945, during World War II, some 30,000 United States Marines landed on the Western Pacific island

Dear Friends, Tangents:  Full moon tonight! On February 22nd, 1943, Conrad Russell, the 4th Earl Russell, the British historian and politician [who was a