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Home stage: five ways you can still watch plays while our theatres are shut

https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/home-stage-five-ways-you-can-still-watch-plays-while-our-theatres-are-shut

Virtual Artist Series , Nancy Charles- Talk Art

Stuck at Home? These 12 Famous Museums Offer Virtual Tours You Can Take on Your Couch (Video)

https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours?

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Maggie (Liz Taylor) is married to a man who has always been a jock–Paul Newman—who talks the talk but doesn’t walk the walk–in this play and now movie by Truman Capote–the man who is credited by many as greatly contributing to introducing the Gay community to Key West—we look at a family that has more than their share of issues—the patriarch is dying—though the doctor differs on that depending on whom he’s talking to.  He is a wealthy man who is over powering and often hateful,  but his wealth has kept his one son and his preggie wife (like their 3rd or 4th on the way?) stay close by in hopes of pushing the father’s favorite Newman and his childless wife Liz out of the line of inheritance…..and the reason the wife is childless (and greatly sexually frustrated and hopelessly in love with her errant husband—and as it is noted on some ads–Maggie is the cat)  is that that to quote Newman she’s in love with someone that doesn’t love her—and without saying outright the reason for this is that Newman’s love is for another gender, especially an old friend that he had developed a relationship with –who has died by his own hand.  He copes with this by drinking to excess.  Put those people together, add Big Momma, who is brash and who also favors Newman’s character, and then for sheer aggravation the badly behaved and noisy children of the one sibling and you have a chaos that makes for a raw drama that hopefully doesn’t remind you too much of your own family’s get together.

How to measure your nation’s response to coronavirus

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/05/coronavirus-how-to-measure-your-nation-response-cvd/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=crm-email::src=ngp::cmp=editorial::add=

We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.

Douglas Adams

3/11/52

Does anyone but me remember this man who wrote  “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy *  in 1979—it was actually a BBC radio series in 1978—but I didn’t hear about it till the book**.

He created the story of a mild-mannered Arthur Dent who travels through space with a friend Ford Prefect after the Earth is destroyed by a crew that is building an intergalactic highway.  It is noted for wit and great character names *** and gives us the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything else:  42. ^

There were more books including:  The Restaurant at the End of the Universe^^ and So Long and Thanks for all the Fish*, a hit TV show and stage shows  Adams described his success as being unexpected like “having an orgasm without the foreplay.”

He was working out at a gym on 5/11/2001 when he had a heart attack and passed on at age 49 (near his home in Santa Barbara.  He was creamated.

Information from Tod Benoit’s Where Are They Buried? How Did They Die?

Extra:    A bit about the four part Triology by Adams

https://www.biblio.com/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-by-adams-douglas/work/3702

*A BBC series in 1978 

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4lVZcX2xDThMtL0V4LzsW0s/the-recording-at-the-end-of-the-universe

https://www.amazon.com/Hitchhikers-Guide-Galaxy-Complete-Radio/dp/1602834792

**The Book

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3Gpx2kxn1grw9FS2XK4zcwR/the-book

*** The Characters:    

https://www.gradesaver.com/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy/study-guide/character-list

^ 42

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/history/42-the-answer-to-life-the-universe-and-everything-2205734.html

^^The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/677/the-restaurant-at-the-end-of-the-universe-by-douglas-adams/9780739332085

• So Long and Thanks for all the Fish

About Spending Way Too Much Time Indoors

May 2 1933:  Loch Ness “Monster” sighted for the first time in modern era

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/loch-ness-monster-sighted?

Anchor Inn

Park Street

Southwark

London

The current building, The SNchor, dates back to the 18th c and comes complete with minstrel’s gallery, old oak beams and cubby holes where escapees from the Clink could hide or where smugglers might stash their contraband, desperate to avoid the duties due at Custom House

The Anchor is the sole survivor of the riverside inns taht existed here in Shakespeare’s time and may have been visited by the playwright himself whose Globe Theatre was just three or four minutes walk away.  Indeed, the Anchor was often full of actors, although by the 18th c it was a hangout for river-pirates and smugglers.  When a huge oak beam was removed during the early 19th c the workmen fond a collection of intricately designed hiding places for contraband.

Kris and Nina Hollington

Criminal London.

COVID-19, CDC updates guidelines for pet owners

https://www.wesh.com/article/following-new-covid-19-cases-in-animals-cdc-updates-guidelines-for-pet-owners/32340485?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Damage%20reported%20as%205.4%20quake%20strikes%20Puerto%20Rico&utm_term=wesh_news_local_breaking

University Nottingham Archaeology Museum

https://www.lakesidearts.org.uk/visit-us/our-spaces-facilities.html

Collection of archaeological artifacts from East Midlands ( Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Rutland.)

Every day life from the Paleolithic to Post Medieval

St Mary’s in the Lace Market/Nottingham picture gallery

Photo Gallery

Have a Big Foot Party

first you’ll need a big foot there are all manners of one:  This one is about 8″ tall

https://www.amazon.com/Accoutrements-12458-Bigfoot-Action-Figure/dp/B00I0N07ZM

                             while this one is about 20″ tall

https://www.amazon.com/Design-Toscano-Bigfoot-Garden-Polyresin/dp/B001M2ELNW

And some Big foot Playing cards maybe?

Box Of Bigfoot: Hillbillies Vs. Sasquatch

(3 Movie Pack) 

Includes th Barbaric Beast of Boggy Creek,  Capture of Bigfoot and Legend of Bigfoot

3 movies/DVD total 4 hrs.

https://www.fye.com/box-of-bigfoot–hillbillies-vs.-sasquatch-aec.cfsr5316dvd.html

Chasing Bigfoot:  The Quest for Truth

5 Episode TV show documentary series taht looks at the Bigfoot legend through the eyes of believers, who devote their lives to discovering the hidden truth and bring home the evidence to prove it.

https://www.wish.com/product/5a0014b8ff96b659baeb1cb0?hide_login_modal=true&from_ad=goog_shopping&_display_country_code=US&_force_currency_code=USD&pid=googleadwords_int&c=%7BcampaignId%7D&ad_cid=5a0014b8ff96b659baeb1cb0&ad_cc=US&ad_curr=USD&ad_price=11.19&campaign_id=7203534630&gclid=Cj0KCQjwtLT1BRD9ARIsAMH3BtWDYQdUWjU0Valgs21qTYBCEXkqfnRXDFSuEdm6L_OSRuB57sAm4asaAgqGEALw_wcB&share=web

and decor

CROSSWALKS Bigfoot Crossing Sign – 12″ X 12″ Aluminum Sign (X237)

by CROSSWALKS

Make a Bigfoot Cake—this decorated one includes a Scottish aquatic tradition as well

Coronavirus’ effect on fashion

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dressing-staying-coronavirus-effect-fashion-more-skin-deep-n1198096?cid=eml_nbn_20200502

Oak Ridge Cemetery

North Lee Avenue and Livingston Street
Arcadia, Florida
DeSoto County

This site is located in the Southwest region of the state.

To reach the Oak Ridge Cemetery, travel north on Lee Avenue from SR 70 in Arcadia. The entrance to the cemetery is at the intersection of Lee Avenue and Livingston Street.

In the process of training Royal Air Force cadets to fly at the Riddle schools in Arcadia and Clewiston, twenty-three men were killed. Of that number, two died at Carlstrom Field in Arcadia and the remainder while at the Riddle Field site near Clewiston. These young men, with their instructor John Paul Riddle,    are now buried in a specially designated area of the Oak Ridge Cemetery in Arcadia. Located in the southwest area of the cemetery, these graves are set off by a 30’ x 100’ raised curb and the presence of the British Union Jack on a pole nearby.

The Arcadia Rotary Club conducts annual commemorative services on Memorial Day to honor these brave men and their instructor

https://www.museumoffloridahistory.com/exhibits/permanent-exhibits/world-war-ii/historical-sites/southwest-listing/oak-ridge-cemetery/

If you’re interested in the cadets and their taining and cause of death in training:  Check out this book on the subject:  https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1008&context=purduepress_ebooks

This deals with cadets during the war and locations in USA—go to page 241 for the causes of deaths to the boys buried here as well as their names.

and the British Trainees are not the only Pilots buried here

Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex connection

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/sussex/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8414000/8414347.stm

Did you know that there is a Sherlock Holmes story that includes a Vampire?

“Dracula and Sherlock Holmes vie with each other as the most popular fictional speaking character in the English speaking world….”

“Sherlock Holmes had only one brush with a Vampire, the short story ‘The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire.’ which appeared in the January 1924 issue of the Strand Magazine, just six months before the dramatic version of Dracula Written by Hamilton Deane opened in rural England.”

J. Gordon Melton

The Vampire Book

The Encyclopedia of the Undead

VIRTUAL ALEXANDRIA BACKGROUNDS

https://www.visitalexandriava.com/alxathome/virtual-alexandria-backgrounds/

This Italian Chef Is Teaching Traditional Tuscan Cooking Classes on Instagram (Video)

http://chasingadventureorg.ipage.com/http/chasingadventureorg/wp-admin/post.php?post=12133&action=edi 

Origins and Ancient History of Wine

https://www.ancient-origins.net/book-reviews/origins-and-ancient-history-wine-food-and-nutrition-history-and-anthropology-009538

Walk Around Edinburgh Castle

https://artsanhttps://artsandculture.google.com/story/VAWxcB3PgVhOvwdculture.google.com/story/VAWxcB3PgVhOvw

The Moscow Metro Is Offering Virtual Tours of Its Famously Beautiful Subway Stations (Video)

https://www.travelandleisure.com/culture-design/architecture-design/moscow-metro-virtual-tours-beautiful-subway-stations

How to Juggle for Kids

Immune Systems Boosters

Garlic

Ginger Root

Onion

Shitake Mushrooms

Vitamin C

Stephen Harrod Buhner

Herbal Antibiotics

“Lexington…the equine city in Kentucky–has concentrated some of its blue grass terrtory memorialize horse heroes.  The most renowned is Man O’War, winner in all but one of his 21 races, who lies beneath his life sized statue in the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington…said to be the only horse ever embalmed

Tom Weil

The Cemetery Book

A rare documentary on MAN O’ WAR: the best race horse of all time!

https://www.facebook.com/vivacanonero/posts/a-rare-documentary-on-man-o-war-the-best-race-horse-of-all-time/635091656568589/

Virtual Horse back rides and more from Kentuckyy Horse Park

https://kyhorsepark.com/visit-khp/virtual-tours/

BLACK HORSEMEN OF THE KENTUCKY TURF

http://imh.org/exhibits/current/black-horsemen-of-the-kentucky-turf/

Streamline Meditation – A state of profound balance

1. Home

Sleep Guidelines During the COVID-19 Pandemic

https://www.sleepfoundation.org/sleep-guidelines-covid-19-isolation

Online dating surges as singles entertain themselves in lockdown

https://www.watoday.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/online-dating-surges-as-singles-entertain-themselves-in-lockdown-20200424-p54n1q.html

Witchy Ways to Deal with Lockdown, Quarantine & Self-Isolation

https://www.magicalrecipesonline.com/category/witch-tv

How to throw a perfect Zoom party with your friends and family

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-throw-zoom-party-custom-background-friends-family-2020-3

Thanks everybody  I’l be back —the Lord willin and the creek don’t

We are of the earth and from the stars

Stay SAFE & WELL

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/games/personality-quizzes/what-dinosaur/?

I watched it free on Ovation yesterday

At first glance, this 1991 comedy looks like another formulaic fluff-piece with a standard fish-out-of-water scenario–in this case a hotshot young doctor (Michael J. Fox) whose cross-country drive to become a Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon is interrupted when he crashes in the rural hamlet of Grady, South Carolina. But as Fox’s character is urged by the folksy locals to stay–an offer made tempting by his romance with a law student (Julie Warner)–this unassuming little movie just gets better and better thanks to a sharp script and a splendid supporting cast. Well, okay … maybe Woody Harrelson and Bridget Fonda aren’t used to the fullest of their abilities, but for the most part this is a charming and surprisingly intelligent comedy that’s good enough to compare favorably to My Cousin Vinny, a film with which it shares much in common. Fox has all the right moves to make his character both bullish and ultimately agreeable, and Julie Warner’s performance may leave you wondering why this fine actress didn’t immediately rise to stardom. –Jeff Shannon

https://www.quotes.net/movies/doc_hollywood_3175

COVID-19: How much protection do face masks offer?

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-mask/art-20485449?

While Dr Hollywood is supose to happen in of the town is Grady, S.C.  the filming location is no where near there.

In fact it was filmed in Florida:

Micanopy, Florida

Home

and whether you like the movie or not—I know it’s another fairy tale escape piece with lots of laughs and a comfortable feel of small town warmth -some thing which don’t seem to happen enough lately

https://www.visitflorida.com/en-us/cities/micanopy.html

and the town is such a pleasant break from the non-stop tourism of Florida that its really worth a visit—something I’ve done several times over the years of residency in Florida

https://destinationmainstreets.com/florida/micanopy.php

The Europeans have been in Micanopy area much longer than they have in the rest of the state—except St. Augustine it was a site of cattle grazing and the like for the early Spanish from the St. Augustine settlement …something that most people don’t know

https://www.floridarambler.com/florida-lodging-cabins-bb/micanopy-herlong-mansion-old-florida/

and finish up with a tour of the town:

virtual Dive—Christ in the Abyss

https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/vr/florida-keys/christ-of-the-abyss.htmlhttps://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/vr/florida-keys/christ-of-the-abyss.html

Bat Tower

In an effort to control mosquitoes in the Keys, this strange structure was built to house “skeeter eating” bats.  The project was abandoned when not enough bats were attracted to the 35′ tall oddity.  A historical marker is all that remains of the bat house.”

Charlie Carlson

Strange Florida

the unexplained and unusual.

This statement that the historical marker is all that remains was incorrect when the book was written in 1997—-bu it turned out to be the truth as the tower which had stood  since 1929 was destroyed by a hurricane in 2017—they were just 20 years too early—but the marker is along the main road the the Bat tower was further back and off the tourist beaten path–but then few have ever described me as a tourist  I in fact have a piece of wood that was blown off the tower years ago—a friend of mine that was a carpenter picked it up and made me a coat rack of it.

The end:  https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/sugarloaf-keys-bat-tower-destroyed-in-hurricane-irma-9716936

The story of the tower   https://www.visitflorida.com/en-us/cities/key-west/the-keys-perky-bat-tower.html

Oh and there are 3 stories about the bats in the keys according to Keys legends

That they put bats in the tower but they soon deserted it.

That they tried to attract local bats to the tower but they never came

And my favorite

They bats were placed or came or both to the tower

and the mosquitoes ate them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXQB6l-owfI&feature=youtu.be

Hoe to do an online applications for University of Florida

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp__yOghSr4&feature=youtu.be

Edinburgh Royal Mile

The Tollbooth Kirk

http://cityexplorerstours.com/edinburgh-travel-guide/the-hub.html

It contains the city’s highest spire

Formerly St. John’s Church

Associated with John Knox (1505=72)

https://reformationhistory.org/johnknox.html

Gothic Building

https://www.travelerstoday.com/articles/17993/20150127/scotland-edinburgh-edinburgh-castle-cramond-island-scott-monument-scottish-national-portrait-gallery-arthurs-seat.htm

buy Agustus Pugen & James Gillespy Graham

https://www.facebook.com/pg/CambusnethanPriory/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1010472709004091

Hasn’t been used as a church since 1984

Opened as the Hub 1999

http://cityexplorerstours.com/edinburgh-travel-guide/the-hub.html

Enhance your virtual cocktail party with Cocktails around the world

https://www.thediscoverer.com/blog/6-cocktails-from-around-the-world/?

Separated by a wall & 200 years are the homes of two musicians who chose London & changed music.

Welcome to Handel & Hendrix in London

Home

James Marshall Hendrix

 the Jimi Hendrix Experience in LONDON   https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/14/travel/jimi-hendrix-london.html

 Jimi Hendrix who lived here in the late 20th century.

and the museum is haunted:  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1334045/Exorcist-called-to-banish-ghost-in-Handels-house.html

but not by either muscian

10 Haunted And Spooky Places You Can Visit Online During The Coronavirus Pandemic

and we’re back to Key Weird—I mean West

Key West Winery

https://www.thekeywestwinery.com/

103 Simonton St,

“Wanted Winos!”

an outlet for fruit-based wines.  With Key Lime wine their signature flavor.

Originally the home of Jack’s Saloon (opened in 1889) and quickly became truly infamous.

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Up staris is Berlin’s Cigar and Cocktail Bar, remembering the glory days of Cuba

Home

And so ends our tour of Key West  too bad we aren’t really there—we could have relaxed at Berlin’s

 

Black Heritage Sites in Palatka, Florida

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

https://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Bethel-A-M-E-Church/167357036632643?rf=1099815546718626

719 Reid St,

https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/16000270.pdf

Organized by the residents of Newtown in 1866.

Romanesque Revival style constructed the church 1908 – 12

Finley Homestead

https://www.visitflorida.com/en-us/listing.a0t40000007qvYxAAI.html

522 Main St.

Private Home NOW

2-story frame structure which was the home of

Adam Finley

https://books.google.com/books?id=oCWuX0–iAIC&pg=PA168&lpg=PA168&dq=finley+homestead+palatka&source=bl&ots=-24en_9vkX&sig=ACfU3U0PoNf_37ncKuR1w5BQ2LgvtpZCHw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQ1-6jmZHpAhWhmeAKHTSaBsoQ6AEwAXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=finley%20homestead%20palatka&f=false

Old Central Academy High School

https://www.visitflorida.com/en-us/listing.a0t40000007qvOHAAY.html

127 Washington Street

Established  1892, It became the first accredited black high school in Florida in 1924.  The original building here was destroyed by fire in 1936.  This present building was built in 1937 and is now the County School Board Service Center.

reportedly in October 1924, there was a small storm in New Smyrna Beach and it reportedly dumped 23″ of rain in 24 hrs.  that’s about 4,000 tons of water or so I was told.

another event we lost to the CV LD

I took part in one of those sea battles—my hubby collected rotten veggies that we threw  (we chartered a sail boat and crew —- an got some others–just a few—-to come along with us and help pay) or rather he did.  In anticipation of the whole trip I went to all kinds of low price stores and bought really bad perfume and then I bought a bucket and a long range water gun-  I mixed the perfume with sea water and the rest is a new chapter in the battle.

Is your state reopening today? See where lockdowns have been lifted in each state

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/reopening-america-see-what-states-across-u-s-are-starting-n1195676?cid=eml_nbn_20200501

How to make the most of cancelled trips

Introducing: Our best experiences, brought to you online

12 Virtual Book Events You Can Attend from Your Couch in May

https://www.bookbub.com/blog/virtual-book-events-may-2020?position=1&source=multicontent&target=title

Upscale Apparel

1165 E Pant St.

Suite 4

Winter Garden

407-654-0979

https://upscaleapparel.org/

Helping to feed, clothe, shelter and educate those in need

http://www.medievalwarfare.info/templars.htm

The history of the Order in the East is extremely hazy in this period and in fact one of their earliest recorded actions appears to have been a humiliating defeat.   During a campaign of Fulk in Gilead , Runciman relates, ‘a band of Moslems managed to cross the Jordan close to its junction with the Dead Sea and to raid Judea, where thy lured to its destruction by the tactics of feigned retreat a company of Templer knights sent against them.

https://books.google.com/books?id=hzx_2Xaa5MkC&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=campaign+of+Fulk+in+Gilead&source=bl&ots=WLk-9w0fqi&sig=ACfU3U0utoVyuPITLFf8wGGOiCIiGmZRDg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiz9JbsvpPpAhVHJt8KHW0cAskQ6AEwAHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=campaign%20of%20Fulk%20in%20Gilead&f=false

It was indeed some time before the Templers and other knights present in the Holy Land developed taticts to counteract those of the Moslems and the Seljuk Turks who each employed means of warfare different from those to which European knights had been accustomed.

https://www.history.com/news/knights-templar-facts-crusades-wealth

The Templers made good use of these early experiences and later became the military strategists of the kings and crusaders who fought for the Holy Land.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2011/jun/27/whatever-happened-to-the-knights-templar

This movie is all fairy tales (with some true points but not so you’d notice)—so once you accept that you can go on and just enjoy the major production with all the battles and broad views of war fare and my favorite Orlando Bloom movie.  Check it out below.