Cruising with Life

Paso Robles in Photos: Rain, Rain, and More Rain in Paso Robles : No More Drought Right Here, Right Now It seems it's been raining for days now. When it's not raining, it's getting ready to...

Snippets from the Ancient World: Empress Theodora saves the day : On 17 th January 532 the Byzantine Emperor Justinian was saved from being overthrown by a rioting mob, his saviour being his strong-...

Aspects of Literature: Ring-a-ring of roses: a misunderstood nursery rhym... : Ring-a-ring of roses, A pocketful of posies; A-tishoo! A-tishoo! We all fall down. Everyone knows that this nursery rhyme h...

Rusty2rusty's Chatter: 5 Ways To Have a Further Reach With Your Blog : One thing I have done with my blog is experiment with how far my reach can go. Everyone knows the more you promote and gain followers, th...

Aspects of Literature: Humpty Dumpty: egg or cannon? : Everybody knows the “Humpty Dumpty” nursery rhyme, and some people will tell you that they know its origin, but are they right? H...

Stories, mainly silly: New Beginnings : It is not generally realised that Macbeth made a third visit to the witches on the blasted heath, in addition to the two that are rec...

Madan G Singh: SU-22 is a State of Art Bomber from Russia * ... : One of the older era Russian bombers was the Tupolev -22 or as known by its NATO codename the Backfire. This was first flown in 1969 a...

Historical Triumphs and Disasters: How Marconi bridged the Atlantic Ocean : The first morse code message sent across the Atlantic Ocean by radio, as opposed to cable, was received by Guglielmo Marconi (1874-19...