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The Crooked Fingered Man

The Crooked Fingered Man LFH (Crooked finger hand) positive-hand

Have you seen this hand print? It can be found in the Chauvet-Pont-d’Arch Cave in southern France. The cave contains some of the best preserved figurative cave paintings in the world. This particular hand print speaks to me, how so? Because of it’s crooked pinkie finger. Scientists have concluded that this person was a male approximately 6′ tall. […]

Are the Stars You See in the Sky Already Dead?

Are the Stars You See in the Sky Already Dead?

This thought was kicked around when I was young: “The light we see from the stars may actually be from one that is extinguished.” Was this true? If so how is this possible? The thought is based on the fact that the velocity of light is not infinite, but just under 300,000 km/second (or 186,262 […]

The Blue Dasher

The Blue Dasher

You will find this dragonfly from the Bahamas to and throughout North America. Did you know these dragonflies are carnivorous, and are capable of eating hundreds of insects every day, including mosquito and mayfly larvae. The adult dragonfly will eat nearly any flying insect, such as a moth or fly. One of the facets of […]

Tougaloo Nine

Tougaloo Nine Thanks American Libraries Magazine

The Tougaloo Nine were a group of African-American students at Tougaloo College who participated in civil disobedience by staging sit-ins of segregated public institutions in Mississippi in 1961.[1]Mississippi was considered by civil rights organizer Medgar Evers to be “too racist and violent” for lunch counter sit-ins so the public library was chosen because it was supported by both Black and White […]

A Bee in your Bonnet

A Bee in your Bonnet

This phrase alludes to the state of agitation one would be in when finding a bee inside one’s bonnet. It comes from the earlier expression ‘to have bees in one’s head’, which had much the same meaning. Definition: Preoccupied or obsessed with an idea. One citation of ‘bee in his bonnet’ is found in the […]

“Before I die I want to____.”

“Before I die I want to____.”

“Before I die I want to____.” What’s on your bucket list? ED *This website build will take a team and I consider you the most important part of this effort! Please send any ideas you have on how to make this site a more thoroughly capable and enjoyable experience to: suggestions@livingfamilyhistory.com ED Inspired by Cathy Chang

WHO’s Mental Health Action Plan

WHO’s Mental Health Action Plan

On May 27, 2013, the World Health Assembly adopted the Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013–2020 that has great potential to change the direction of mental health in countries around the world in the next 8 years. This action plan and the accompanying resolution—a first in the history of WHO—represent a formal recognition of the […]

Beauty Explored: Beautiful Woman

Beauty Explored: Beautiful Woman

Beauty is the distance traveled in the high seas of the ‘waters unknown’, excepting how the mirror characterizes, and then checking your compass while declaring: “I’m still willing!” -Bryan J Renslow This woman radiates beauty of the highest order. Her face says so much and her story would be a great read. What do you […]