Mark Twain: Writers and Their Cats
Mark Twain was a writer who loved cats, maybe better than he loved many people. When he was on vacation he rented kittens. The Clemens home was one where cats were welcome. 3 min. read, Kid Friendly.
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Alice Walker: Writers and Their Cats
Writers and their cats have a special relationship. Alice Walker sees life-lessons her beloved cats have taught. 3 minute read. Kid Friendly
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Hemingway Cats: Writers and Their Cats
“A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not,” Ernest Hemingway. Like many writers, famous as well as undiscovered, Hemingway liked having cats around. There is a special relationship between writers and their cats. 3.5 minute read. Kid Friendly
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A Yankee in the Bard’s World
A Yankee living in the Bard’s World? Tradition and green spaces make Stratford-upon-Avon is a great place for a writer. 2 min read. Kid friendly
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Cats and Their Writers
What is it about cats that tugs at the heart of writers? The relationship between writers and their cats is legendary. I’ve been away from my cats for half a year. Do they miss me? What’s a writer to do without her cats? 3 min read. Kid friendly.
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Toy Mice and Treasured Family Memories at Christmas
Toy mice and treasured family memories are part of our Christmas. Why do we have mouse ornaments on our Christmas Tree? It started for want of a wind-up mouse. 1.5 minute read. Kid friendly.
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Why Alabaster Caverns?
The Alabaster Caverns near Freedom, OK are one of two places in the world where you can find black alabaster. Not far from the Santa Fe Trail, it is important in The Black Alabaster Box. 3 min. read. Kid Friendly.
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What Do You Know About the Santa Fe Trail?
The Santa Fe Trail recently celebrated its 200th Anniversary. Who were the people who used the trail? Author, Frances Schoonmaker, discusses a fictional family making the trip west and offers resources for discovering more about the Santa Fe Trail. 6 minute read. Kid Friendly.
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The Diverse History of the Trails West
The diverse history of the Great Westward Migration is illustrated in the life of James Pierson Beckwourth. Born in 1798 to slavery, Beckwourth was of mixed race. His larger-than-life story reached from the Crow Nation in Wyoming to the town named for him in California.
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Santa Fe Trail Bicentennial Year 2021
2021 marked the 200th Anniversary of the Santa Fe Trail. First and foremost a trade route, it began with a man hard-pressed for cash: William Bucknell. (2 minute read)
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