history – E. Lexi Abbott

Origins of Mother’s Day!

Hello everyone and Happy Mother’s Day! I hope today has found your hearts full and enjoying time with people you love! I had the wonderful opportunity to spend the weekend with my own mother! We were both vending at the Mother’s Day Festival at 3 Oaks Farm! She makes custom memory quilts with client’s oldContinue reading “Origins of Mother’s Day!”

Origins of St. Patrick’s Day

I know it’s a little late but given the recent holiday and the fact I don’t know myself, I wanted to write an article on the origins of St. Patrick’s Day! Ahhh St. Patrick’s Day. The day where people all around the world dress up in green, drink beer, and celebrate everything Irish! Or atContinue reading “Origins of St. Patrick’s Day”

Human Monoliths

We carved Our future out of rocks and stone and took the marrow from animal bone bent wooden statues to ride the seas and brought the rivers to their knees harvested the forces of crystals and plants created electronics and power plants erected skyscrapers teeming with glittering glass carved a canal through countries so weContinue reading “Human Monoliths”

A Day For Love! Or Is It?

Hello and good morning everyone! We all know which holiday is coming up featuring red hearts and cupid’s arrow. That’s right! Valentine’s Day! I wanted to write an article for you guys talking about the origins of Valentine’s Day because we could all use a little history in our lives, don’t you think? But firstContinue reading “A Day For Love! Or Is It?”

-Ology

ecologymycologydragonologyand yethistoryis a mysteryand all that studying getsis more questions than answerslike trying to catch a lazer dotthe heavens themselves mocking uswhen we think the dot we caughtthen it slips away againand fades into the mistof religion and footprintsfrom ancestors long amisswe go to work and come homea routine turns to rutsometimes we pick upContinue reading “-Ology”

Coffee – Where Does It Come From?

Coffee – the magic bean, burnt bean soup, the reason many people get up for the day. It’s a wonderful drink that fills the senses with happiness and makes the morning routine bearable. When you think of coffee, a popular image that comes to mind is a hot steaming dark liquid in a cup thatContinue reading “Coffee – Where Does It Come From?”