Carolann's Newsletters

Dear Friends, Tangents: On May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Manhatten, was opened to traffic.  Soccer introduced to British Columbia –

Dear Friends, Tangents: On this day in 1873, blue jeans are born when Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis obtained a U.S. patent

Dear Friends, Tangents: By the numbers… 75.4 MILLION: Number of Millennials (ages 18-35) in the United States in 2015; they have dethroned the

Dear Friends, Tangents: On May 18, 1980, the Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington state exploded. On May 18, 1819, Lord Byron wrote to

Dear Friends, Tangents: I read a book on the weekend that was amazing.  It is entitled When Breath Becomes air and was written by

Dear Friends, Tangents: Friday the 13th: Thirteen was regarded as an unlucky number even among the Romans, who held it as a sign