Archive for January, 2006
Friday, January 20th, 2006
Irish Slavery
Montserrat sits in the Caribbean Sea southeast of Puerto Rico. Most folks remember it because of the devastating eruption of Soufriere Hills volcano in 1995 and subsequent burps by the volcano. Few know that the majority language of Montserrat up until 1900 was Irish Gaelic. Ann “Goody” Glover was hanged for witchcraft in Boston in […]
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Sunday, January 15th, 2006
Eternal Vigilance
Few people remember Claudette Colvin. On March 2, 1955 Claudette, a 15 year old black student, boarded a public bus in Montgomery Alabama. When she refused to give up her seat to a white man, she was handcuffed, arrested and removed from the bus.
Claudette was a member of the NAACP youth council in Montgomery. One […]
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Wednesday, January 4th, 2006
Memorization
It is said that the druids were masters of memory, retaining the entire body of Celtic lore and wisdom in superbly trained minds. While the druids were, in fact, literate, it seems they felt that truly important things were too important to write down. Consider the phrase “to know by heart.” […]