The Canary Islands sound like they should be named after those cheerful little yellow songbirds, right? Sweet, delicate, maybe perched on a windowsill somewhere in the sun. Charming. Logical. Completely wrong.
The real story has a bit more bite.
We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of knowledge hidden…
In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten then he who continues the attack wins. ~ Ulysses S. Grant
It is the sweet simple things in life which are the real ones after all. ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder
Think rap battles were a modern invention? Think again! Medieval poets were dropping fire bars centuries ago, though they called it ‘flyting’ – a verbal showdown where insults flew faster than arrows.
In the 1800s, popcorn wasn’t just for movies; it was a breakfast cereal, enjoyed with milk and sugar.
The duty of the philosopher is to find the truth everywhere. ~ Nicolaus Copernicus
Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle. ~ Helen Keller
The most successful pirate was a woman named Zheng Yi Sao. Her fleet was composed of 400 junks and between 40,000 to 60,000 pirates in 1805.
Glitch by Laura Martin is delightful. The author did a great job creating two main characters who had depth and exhibited both likable and annoying traits. I loved learning new tidbits about history.