No, I'm not doing a post about the Grinch. I'm actually going to post about a time in history when Christmas was forbidden. Does a...

I smile as I type this post today, because it is with great fondness that I look back on some of my childhood memories. When I was young, ...

by Naomi Rawlings "You have to go out. You don’t have to come back." Two years ago I did a series of posts about the Unit...

Last month I blogged about the real historical town of Eagle Harbor, Michigan, which is tucked into the woods on a little slat of land that ...

by Naomi Rawlings War. For as long as people have inhabited the earth, war has existed. While war is always tragic and costly in many wa...

By Naomi Rawlings Auld Lang Syne is perhaps one of the most played tunes around the world on New Year's Eve. The lyrics come from a 2...

Every year during the Christmas season, gingerbread men, women, stars, and trees fill plates and tables across the world. People spend hours...

by Naomi Rawlings Today the term Justice of the Peace isn't overly common. In fact, your one and only thought about a justice of th...

The United States of America has long been a destination for many immigrants. People from lands across the sea or to the south have, for o...

By Naomi Rawlings Whether it was settled 100 years ago or 1000, every town has its own, unique history. But in the United States, only a h...

Note: This post was originally published in 2013. At one time in United States history, the US Live-Saving Service was a government agency...

Naomi Rawlings here today. And I'm happy because tax season is finally over. (At least, I certainly hope it's over for you.) It...

The French Revolution has a rather gory and bad reputation, and admittedly (with a symbol like the guillotine to represent it) some of that ...