Carolann's Newsletters

Dear Friends, Tangents: 1692: Salem witch trials begin. On June 2, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II of Britain was crowned in Westminster Abbey, 16

Dear Friends, Tangents: The works of Christo, in photos. -Bloomberg. Unsold  truffles tell tale of broken $3.4 trillion food chain. –Bloomberg. The pandemic isn’t the

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday! Parisians, annoyed at government restrictions, have adopted a rebellious new drinking tradition: the apérue, in which revelers

Dear Friends, Tangents: 1892~ Sierra Club founded. From Bloomberg today: Six-year-old boy finds 3,500-year-old tablet. Earliest “chickens” were actually pheasants. Lego releases a $380 Lamborghini kit. PHOTOS

Dear Friends, Tangents: 1328 – William of Ockham forced to flee from Avignon by Pope John XXII. 1815 – Napoleon crowned king of

Dear Friends, Tangents: 1930: Scotch Tape patented. 1937: Golden Gate Bridge opened, San Francisco. 1940: British and Allied forces begin the evacuation of Dunkirk