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Excerpts and Extracts of the collective wisdom of mankind with an emphasis on things that may be less known today but nonetheless exciting and stimulating to know. Journals of explorers, scientists and thinkers as well as people of action will be featured. Occassionally photos, drawings and other graphics will appear.
Blog Archive
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2011
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December
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- New Year’s Day in Paris in 1858
- New Year’s in Antarctica 1911-1912.
- Justifying Christmas Celebrations in 1648
- Child singers of Christmas carols carrying a star ...
- A Medieval Christmas Carol
- An English Christmas in Paris
- A Draft of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" fr...
- The first National Christmas Tree was placed near ...
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About Me
- RGR
- Virginia, United States
- I am a retired Army officer who has lived and studied and traveled extensively in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. I enjoy reading, photography, skin diving, walking in the outdoors, hunting and fishing, and a good joke.
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