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In a previous article, I talked about field trips and how they enhance a homeschool education. Today, I will recount a “field trip” that I took with my daughter Caitlin, when she was three years old. I subtitled it “How to Leave the House with $25.00 and Come Home with $0.75.” In the late 1990s, the St. Louis Zoo had
My Grandpa used to tell me that Mom and Great Grandma were close. Great Grandma could be very stubborn, so Grandpa used to send Mom to talk to her about going to the doctor, etc. I will let Mom tell you about her grandmother in her own words. Caroline better known as Lee was a woman before her time. In
My great grandmother, Caroline Leah “Lee” Ellis nee Johannpeter was born to Frederick William August Johannpeter, 1839 – 1903, and Joanna Grieve, 1843 – Unknown, in St. Charles, MO on June 13, 1881. She was the second youngest of six siblings, Gustav, Anna, Amalia “Marie”, Julius “Jules” and Charles Frederick. Great Grandma was said to be a very strong-willed person.
While it may not be on classic film lists, I love The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) (affiliate link). It is an adaptation of the novel (affiliate link) by the same name, written by Baroness Orczy. The film concerns an English gentleman, who risks his life to save French aristocrats from the guillotine. Sir Percy Blakeney married Marguerite, a French woman with
On Friday, April 24, 1953, three men and a getaway driver attempted to rob the Southwest Bank on the corner of Southwest Avenue and S. Kingshighway Boulevard in St. Louis, MO. The St. Louis Police foiled the robbery, which became the focus of a 1959 movie, The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery. The film is now in the public domain. Fred W. Bowerman,