Originally posted on TL;DR Civics:
Fourth graders from Lincoln Akerman School in Hampton Falls received a warm welcome at the State House last Thursday. They and their teacher, James Cutting, were guests in the Gallery. That reception quickly turned chilly as students got a glimpse of the cold, harsh realities of politics in the…
Originally posted on TL;DR Civics:
? “My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right” – Carl Schurz ? Carl Schurz (1829-1906) fled his native Prussia at age 20 after participating in an unsuccessful revolution and arrived in the United States in 1852. Schurz became…
Instead of devoting all our efforts towards preventing more of us from showing up, why not put some of those efforts into making life easier for autistic people already here and the people around them?
Read more "Autism Research in the Wrong Direction"Originally posted on Memorphilia:
I used to color with crayons because I didn’t know how to write. I used to draw my dreams and think these wax etchings were all the world was missing. Where there wasn’t love I drew red hearts, the sun was captured with yellow crayon, And I could make a spring…
Have a Merry Christmas everyone! I will be gone for a few days to spend Christmas with my dad and stepmom and stepsisters. I should be back on Saturday the 27th.
Read more "Not Home for the Holidays"Depictions of Santa from the early 20th century were pretty creepy, in my opinion. These were on the covers of newspapers in 1914. I wonder if they did this to make children less eager for a visit from St. Nick so they could spend less on gifts. 🙂
Read more "In 1914 America, Santa was Terrifying"The Yule clog is still burnt in many farmhouses and kitchens in England, particularly in the north, and there are several superstitions connected with it among the peasantry.
Read more "The Yule Clog Explained in 1828"