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Founded by herbalist Rosemary Gladstar and family in 1987, Sage Mountain Botanical Sanctuary is one of New England’s foremost conservation education centers. Located on 600 acres within nearly 80,000 acres of contiguous wilderness in central Vermont, this land has provided a sanctuary for over thirty years to plants, animals, and people. We invite you to learn more about Sage Mountain, the classes we offer, and to become involved in our programs and initiatives
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Can Americans Still Travel to Cuba? How to Travel to Cuba from the US (2023)
The past decade has been a particularly turbulent period in Cuban history, from the re-establishment of diplomatic relations with the U.S., to the death of Fidel Castro, to the protests of the anti-censorship San Isidro Movement. A resident of Havana, Carlos Manuel ?lvarez employs the crónica form—a genre unique to Latin American writing that blends reportage, narrative non-fiction, and novelistic forms—to illuminate how this era affects a wide variety of everyday people in Cuba.
4-Day Cuba Itinerary 2023: The Complete Cuba Travel Guide
Cut off from the rest of the world
Lindsfarne Priory/
Lindsfarne Island
Norththumberland
Few places evoke the spirit of early Christanity so much a Lindisfarne, a feeling enhanced by its seperation from the Noththumerland coast by a tide causeway. As the mainland is left behind one somehow becomes enveloped in the timeless atmosphere of Lindsfarne, an intangible, inexplicable feeling that leaves few visitors unmoved, regardless of their religious beliefts.
Abbeys, and Monasteries
Derry Brabba
3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Holy Island of Lindisfarne, England
How about planning a Parrot Head vacation!!!!!!!!!!!!
There’s the obvious and something I’ve enjoyed several time in my life time:
Jimmy Buffett Tickets, 2023 Concert Tour Dates
But hint ever the chief parrot head must rest sometime: STAY TUNED FOR SHOW ANNOUNCEMENTS!
Jimmy Buffett Tour: Key West Walking This one was July 20th—but you can check at that web site and ask for when they might have more scheduled—inquiries often inspire more to be scheduled.
Key West: Jimmy Buffet Walking Tour with Key Lime Pie. There’s nothing scheduled for this right now but it’s off season for Key West—but you could contact the web site to see when they anticipate more
Margaritaville Beach House Key West Never been here—my visits to Key West ended with my final goodbye to my hubby.
And Margaritaville Hotels are all over the world from Cancon to New York City and far beyond
SUMMERTIME AND CHILL and you can even share your Parrot Head Story
Margaritaville at Sea of course—how could you celebrate all things Jimmy without sailing the seas?
Margaritaville At Sea, Jimmy Buffett’s New Cruise Ship You Tube
The books on the right are low worth only $6,000 the desk and content are worth more–a little!!! $100,000
Know Before You Go: Traveling to Japan with Kids
Grace O’Malley: The Pirate Queen of Ireland
Grainne Ni Mhaille, angalised to Grace O’Malley, led her own fleet with hundreds of men, spent nearly a lifetime at sea, and came face to face with one of the most powerful monarchs of the age, a woman she regarded as an equal. This was a most notorious woman in all the coasts of Ireland.
The Pirate Queen of Ireland
BBC History Revealed
The Pirate Queen, Two Day Castle Trail
Living a life beyond your job and duties is what we’re about and I just want to say the obvious that you do not have to travel the world—unless you want to to– to keep your mind and body active.
The Diva
Inside stunning Scottish castle with private chef and golf course you can stay in
House remaining in Rosewood
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Remembering Rosewood Tours/Fl.
Hannibal Square Heritage Center
The story of the Rosewood Massacre begins with the celebration of the New Year. In January 1923, during a time when Jim Crow laws mandated, encouraged, and protected severe racial discrimination, a white mob descended on the predominantly Black town of Rosewood. This group included members of the KKK who had congregated in Gainesville (50 miles northeast of Rosewood) for a large rally the previous weekend. Responding to a later-dispelled rumor about an assault on a white woman (a common, and usually false, accusation behind many of the era’s lynchings and pogroms), the mob tracked, killed, and permanently displaced the Black residents of Rosewood. State officials suppressed reports of the event, now known as the Rosewood Massacre. Years later, Lizzie Robinson Jenkins clung to the firsthand accounts told by her aunt, a survivor of the massacre, and founded The Real Rosewood Foundation (TRRF) to research and expose the history of Rosewood.
Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum/
16 U.S. CITIES WITH BLACK HISTORY SITES YOU MUST SEE
Where to ‘meet’ history’s great characters in the City
London City of, an old city in the central part of the former county of London: the ancient nucleus of the modern metropolis. 1 sq. mi
10 Reasons Why London is the Best City to Visit
The 10 best Viking sites to explore around the world
The red glow of the sunset above the Rat Tower near Bingen on the Rhineis suppose to be the refletion of hell fire in which the wicked bishop is slowly roasting in punishment for his heinous crimes.
(this is referred to as Mouse Tower on internet sites but in Myth of the Norsemen by H.A. Gueber–which this quote is from– it is called the Rat Tower)
The bishop is Hatlo who became annoyed at the clamours of the poor who were starving during a famine. He had them burnt and their souls returned in a swarm of rats. They devoured him whole but apparently his soul still burns in punishment.
Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.
Orlando, Fl Museum of American Art on Princeton Street
WWW.MENNELLOMUSEUM.ORG
Rose Hall Great House Montego Bay, Jamaica | WestJet Vacations You Tube
I have visited this house and roamed the rooms of history and legend—I have also seen the tomb which has markings on three sides—originally ment to keep her spirit within its borders but after finishing 3 sides the participants began to question how they could be sure the spirit wasn’t roaming about even as they stood there and if they finished the markings it would be blocked from the tomb and even more active and murderous. The job was never completed and so Annie Palmer continues free to come and go.
Jamacia Travel Advisary (input multiple countries on this one)
Visiting Rose Hall | Jamaica Travel
Best Things To Do & Days Out In Leicester, Leicestershire
Leicestershire: After 1945 Polish and Latvian refugees moved to the area. In the 1950’s West Indians arrived and their numbers swelled in the 1970’s when they were forced to leave Uganda making Liecester a multi-international city.
Did you know that Hedy Lemarr use to live in Casselberry and they recently put up a plaque to remember her? Ok alott of you out there are saying no—-and who the heck is Heady Le—What was that name?
Official Web Site of Hedy Lemarr
Hedy Lamarr: Golden Age Film Star—and Important Inventor
The name is Hedy Lemarr and she was an actress during Hollywood’s Golden Age, who was born in Austria in 1913 and came to America in the late ’30s and became a U.S. citizen in 1953.
Hedy Lamarr(1914-2000)
7 Things You Didn’t Know About Hollywood Star and Inventor Hedy Lamarr
National Women’s Museums: Exhibitions
But acting wasn’t her only tallent, she also, along with composer George Anthrill developed a secret communication system in the 1940.s for the allies to use against the Nazis in WWII—after her demise in 2014 she was Inducted into the
National Inventors Hall of Fame
when
these inventions
were also used in internet wifi and cellphones systems.
Hedy Lamarr
November 9, 1914–January 19, 2000
Her career began to fade and her last movie was made in 1958.
Hedy Lamarr – Hollywood Star Walk
She moved to Seminole County in the 1990s–first for several years in Altamonte Springs and then for a few months in Casselberry where she passed away on January 19, 2000.
Hollywood at Universal Studios Florida
I do have a small connection to this— my late husband was a plumber in the area and got a call for a service job to the Casselberry location (I believe though it could have been the Altamonte one). He came home from a day on the job telling me about a former movie star that he did work at her house. He said he never saw her and it was his understanding that she was confined to her bedroom and cared for by others—though he wasn’t sure if it was her health or just her preference. He told me that there were many movie stars photos about the residence.
Now there is a marker that commemorates the site of her death at her home in Casselberry, Florida on January 19, 2000 from heart failure at the age of 85. She died at her home on Wesson Drive in the Orange Grove Park neighborhood that is located adjacent to Red Bug Lake Park.
RED BUG LAKE PARK
The marker is located adjacent to the Red Bug Lake Park playground’s parking lot. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address:
3600 Red Bug Lake Road,
Casselberry FL 32707,
United States of America.
Touch for directions.
FAMOUS MOVIES FILMED IN ORLANDO
Orlando Sanford Airport
Airline Information
Key West Flight details
Free & Cheap Things to Do in Sanford, FL
12 New England Experiences Barbie Would Love
Contrary to the popular belief that Fig Newtons were named after Sir Issac, Fig Newtons were actually (in our minds) named after the town of Newton by the Kennedy Biscuit Bakery when the cookie was first introduced in 1891. The Kennedy Biscuit Bakery named their cookies after Boston communities like Harvard, Beacon Hill, and Shrewsbury. 10 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About New England
New England Oddities A to Z
Museum hours: Mon-Sat: 10am – 5pm | Sun: 12pm – 5pm
This book is a true story of a ghastly murder in the nation’s oldest city in January of 1974. The victim was a former New York City model who in earlier years has moved in the highest social circles, which included the Kennedy family of Massachusetts. The murder investigation and subsequent trial involved many people from the highest echelons of St. Augestine and St. Johns County. The characters in Bloody Sunset are revealed exactly as they were and have not been embellished in any way. The victims were eccentrics in an eccentric city and readers will find them interesting, if not intriguing. The murder of Athalia Lindsley has become a legend in St. Augestine. For months after the slaughter tour operators would direct sightseers to the crime scene. The house where the killing occurred is pictured in a book featuring St. Augestine’s historic houses. This book explains the events that made the structure a “Historic House”.
Bad Blood: The Murder of Athalia Ponsell Lindsley
I wanted something different to feature in St. Augustine—-so many people who come here see a quiet old city which is quaint but not very exciting—-I decided to give you come places that may change your mind about it.
Died in House – Two Separate Murders on Marine Street
Castillo de San Marcos, formerly Fort Marion, in St. Augustine, Florida
Of course the fort here is bound to have a bloody past from wars with the indians several of whom were held in the fort and probably several who didn’t have happy endings—–there were also battles with the English—-presumed some of them ended up here as well.
ST. AUGUSTINE UNDER THREE FLAGS: A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF FORT MARION
On several trips to the fort and tours about it I heard tales of a body that was found walled up in an interior area of the fort—all withered up over its centuies of lock up.. I have more recently heard that it was a couple and they were put here by her husband and while that’s a believable senerio I have not seen anything to support it with historical info.
The Massacre of the French
Disease & Disaster
Between 1614 and 1617 friars estimated that nearly half of the Timucua Indians died. Yellow fever became epidemic in 1649, killing Spaniards and Indians alike. A smallpox outbreak occurred in 1655, and killed all of the African Royal slaves, as well as large numbers of Spaniards and Indians. A measles epidemic struck in 1659.
and you can check out alot of those at the:
Cemeteries of St. Augustine
It was not a safe time to live and when cities had horrible plagues is it any wander that this colony far from the maddening crowds suffered so much.
Murder & Martyrdom in Spanish Florida: Don Juan & the Guale Uprising of 1597
ANILA QUAYYUM AGHA: FLOURISHING PATTERNS
Mennello Museum of American Art—E. Princeton Orlando, Fl
ORLANDO MUSEUMS & ART GALLERIES
Tiger Tours & Trips
Where to See Tigers in the Wild: 9 Best Places in 2023
A Most Enchanting Florida Bed and Breakfast
Seven Sisters Bed & Breakfast Inn
Ocala has many Victorian Houses–
The Town Square Park
has a replica of a doomed Victorian gazebo.
A few blocksaway along Ft. King Ave. between 3rd and 13th st, is an area with over 200 home built in styles ranging from Gotic to Queen Anne Revival.
Seven Sisters Inn
now a bed and breafast inn, was built in the
Queen Anne Style
in 1888 for the Scott Family.
Things to Do & Attractions in Ocala FL
Things to do away from the Maddeing Crowds in England
Reading
Reading
This University town and financial center goes back over a thousand years.
The famous Roman eagle in the Silchester Gallery.
Prior to that the Romans had occupied an area south of the town—and you can see and learn more about that at
Silchester Gallery
at
Reading Museum
The museum also holds the Amazing Victorian fascimile of the world famous
Bayeau Tapestry
Silchester Town:
The complete circuit of the Roman Town Walls and the amphitheatre of the Roman Town are open to visitors all year round. It is a mile and half walk along the Roman walls and the North Gates and South gates into the Roman Town are well worth a visit
Visit Us (it is near but not in Reading—-click on the visit us for directions)
The Abbey was founded and is the final resting place of Henry I
A short history of Reading: Reading’s royal abbey
High Altar
Henry I is said to be buried near the High Altar but you know from Richard III’s burial what you’re told as part of history sometimes just Ain’t true—and they haven’t located Henry I to this day.
Museums & Galleries
Go to this site and you can find everything from
Accommadations: The Roseate Reading
to
Shopping: Beaverbrooks
Just click below to access Reading searches to help you plan your visit.
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Go for a wander through the classic English countryside: Thames Path from Reading
38th Annual Cup-A-Thon
August 4-5
U.S. DEPARTMENT of STATE — BUREAU of CONSULAR AFFAIRS: Viet Nam
My Son
Quang Nam, Vietnam
“My Son’s temples prove that Hinduism once thrived from it’s Indian birth plce. The Cham people built these thick masterpieces between the 4th and 13th c , their empire falling to the Viet people in the 1600’s. Over 25 of the original 70 temples survive, others having succumbed to nature and conflicts, including US bombing of Viet Cong positions during the Vietnam war.
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Bok Tower Lake Wales
Charlotte Pride Festival & Parade
