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Even Death Can't Stop Cold Feet
For some families, family reunions are affairs that occur every decade or so, especially when family members are spread out across the country or even the world. Unless these are planned events, or even traditional annual gatherings, some family members may even go years without seeing one another until a wedding or a funeral obligates them to make that journey home. In Chinese[...]
The Hearse Song
Nursery rhymes, for years have been used as an integral form of soothing and pacifying children into the dark, slumberous passage of sleep or arousing the playful mischievous wonderment of fun. These catching melodies were, on the surface, weaved to both educate and instruct moral lessons, but if you scratch the surface of these lullabies there lies a much more complex adult[...]
The Legacy of the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans
Born in 1827, Marie Laveau Glapion was one of 15 children living in Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau's home on Rampart Street. Described as a virtual replica of her mother, Marie II was said to have lacked the compassion and warmth of her mother.Carrying on the rich traditions and persona of the Voodoo Queen begun by her mother, Marie II oversaw the operations of Maison Blanche, the house[...]
Pringles Can Inventor Buried In Pringles Can
You never think about the can as you devour your Pringles potato crisps. Industrious potato crisp lovers often find countless uses for their empty containers and use them for everything from straw holders to storing nuts and bolts. In a recent Pringles promotion you could order your own "Pringles Can Speaker". What most people never think about is having their ashes put in a Pringles[...]
The Spirit Houses of Russian Alaska
In 1873, Catherine, Empress of All the Russias, issued an edict that would see missionaries journey from Russia to Russian America and by the following year 18 priests had arrived. The Russian fur traders who had been there for years didn't get along with the missionaries and the Natives were hostile to both groups for usurping their land.But the missionaries persisted and began[...]
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